Study techniques!

Hey y’all, I’m a Year 13 student transferred from an Accounting Apprenticeship (so I’m a year older than everyone else). Just wondering if any second year students or first year uni students have any study techniques for AQA A Level Law? Any help appreciated, websites also will be a great help!

Reply 1

rwnsl

i did ocr law (now going into my first year of uni), but in terms of content the two are very similar!

a big thing for me was honestly memorising how to write each type of essay; aka what exact order id write a certain offence in. first learning the basic structure (eg just the elements), then becoming able to expand that hook in my brain to a fully formed essay. so if i was just thinking “breach of duty” i’d immediately also be thinking of all the factors that go into that. it sounds obvious but genuinely drilling that into your head through loads of reputation really does help! i found it saved me so much time in writing essays if the basic structure was absolute muscle memory, giving more time to work on a really detailed application with quality case law to support it.

speaking of case law, i’ve got a few tips:
- learn longer case names as a shortened version; they will still know what you mean! you will remember “The Christian Brothers Case” far easier than “Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society
- try to find a way to make associations with cases to help you remember them easier! eg i used notion, so i would have a little emoji next to each case name that related to the case, which i found helped me recall the facts better. or “Gibbens v Proctor” involves a baby, so my teacher would always tell us “BB for baby”. you have a LOT of cases to remember, so silly little things like that do genuinely help
- narrow down what cases you learn when it comes to your exams! realistically, you do not need 7 cases with the exact same facts and held — pick the one in which the legal point is established, perhaps one more example of the precedent, and that’s really all you need to focus your revision on. go over the rest sure, but don’t stress about knowing every single case in perfect detail. it won’t work

Reply 2

studentr.3

Original post by enviable-correct

Use these flash cards to learn content https://www.brainscape.com/p/4OF44-LH-CI9U1

practice exam questions in timed conditions, write a structure on how to answer questions:
for example i did this structure for theft
The defendant may be charged with theft defined under S1 of the Theft Act 1968 as someone who dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with intention to permanently depriving the other of it. The actus reus is the appropriation, defined under section 3 illustrated by Morris 1984, of property, defined under section 4 illustrated by Kelly 1998, belonging to another.

Identify actus reus

The mens rea of theft is the dishonest intention to permanently deprive the other of it. Dishonesty is defined under section 2 and can be established through applying the principles of Ivey v Genting Casino 2017: Whether the defendant knew what they were doing and whether an ordinary person would say this was dishonest.

Identify mens rea

Furthermore, applying section 6 which defines the intention to permanently deprive as the disposal or outright taking of property.

Identify mens rea

write efficient notes
wider reading of the textbook of cases to understand concepts more
CONSOLIDATE AFTER EVERY LESSON
i can reply with the whole structure if u like but first year content ( up to theft - so like sec47, of the offences against the person act etc )as i am in yr 13 now

hope this helps xx