Administrative Law Kings Inns Exam

moncai

Hey,
I've just returned from traveling and i'm registered to sit the Admin law exam with the kings inns in May, i just wanted to see if there are any people interested in setting up a study group? Or failing that i'd even exchange any notes i make for the use of text books or class notes anyone else sitting the exam may have in their possession... Think of it as an opportunity to have someone else compile study notes for one of your subjects
Clause; I cannot guarantee the study notes to be of any set standard... i'm a 2.1 student!


Nah just joking about the notes really, but i would sincerely appreciate it if anyone can recommend any current text book or articles worth reading in preparation for the exam. I've been out of the legal study scene for nearly 3 years now so i'm a bit out of touch.

fliptzer

Hi,

I'm doing the Admin exam too. Found "Judicial Review" by MarkDeBlacam (Tottell) very good. It's only out a few months now (2nd ed) and goes into a bit too much detail for what we need on the exam.

The recent Meadows case isn't in it but we'd probably need to know it inside out considering its the most important JR decision in years.

Hope that helps.

Tom Young

Yes, I'd agree with both of the above recommendations.

LawGeek

Hi,

I am sitting the Admin. Exam in May also.

I just bought a book by Ger Coffey called "Administrative Law in Ireland", Tottel Publishing, late 2009. It was recommended to me by someone in the profession and so far, so good!

Good luck with the exam!

moncai

Thanks for the pointers guys, out of interest, have any of you been attending the kings inns classes in admin law this year? I registered too late to attend them. Is Tom O'Malley the lecturer?

Ruby83

moncai wrote: »

Thanks for the pointers guys, out of interest, have any of you been attending the kings inns classes in admin law this year? I registered too late to attend them. Is Tom O'Malley the lecturer?

I did the exam last year. If you have any of the Irish Admin law books (fairly recent) you should be fine. The exam is grand and with a bit if work and using the manual they send you to guide you on the topics you should be fine.

LawGeek

This is my first exam in the Kings Inns so if anyone has sat Admin before I'd love some advice!

Is the manual the Inns provide enough?

fliptzer

Been going to the Amin classes, manual is quite good and is enough to pass. As per usual if you're aiming for an honor know it inside out and have some recent cases to pop into an answer.

I take it that those of you doing the admin exam will then be doing the entrance exam too?

LawGeek

That's the reason I am sitting the Admin Exam - It was an elective subject when I was doing my Degree which I opted against and now the Inns require me to have passed Admin as a subject.:mad:

Tom Young

LawGeek wrote: »

That's the reason I am sitting the Admin Exam - It was an elective subject when I was doing my Degree which I opted against and now the Inns require me to have passed Admin as a subject.:mad:

That's why picking your proverbial electives is critical.

LawGeek

Tom Young wrote: »

That's why picking your proverbial electives is critical.

I know that now Tom, but at the time I was hell-bent on going the Law Soc route!

I went to the Inns Open Evening 3 weeks back and was very impressed.

Tom Young

LawGeek wrote: »

I know that now Tom, but at the time I was hell-bent on going the Law Soc route!

I went to the Inns Open Evening 3 weeks back and was very impressed.

That's good. It's a great place to go, I did and had tremendous fun.

I realise now my reply might have looked a little smart assed. Though it never ceases to amaze me the amount of people who want to go one route and never bother their behinds to check out the prerequisites! I say that in the full knowledge that the Inns changes it's requirements from time to time, e.g., entrance exam and indeed degree.

"Fail to plan, plan to fail."

Best of luck.

brian__foley

Tom Young wrote: »

That's why picking your proverbial electives is critical.

Unless of course you went to university at a time when Administrative law was not a core requirement, went away for post-grad, and then came back to find your degree no longer "cut it". Never seemed right to me.

Tom Young

brian__foley wrote: »

Unless of course you went to university at a time when Administrative law was not a core requirement, went away for post-grad, and then came back to find your degree no longer "cut it". Never seemed right to me.

Sure, totally agree and I make reference to that above. I don't know why that happens!

louloubell690

hi, just decided to sit the Admin exam in may at the absolute last minute, waitin on my manual.... can any1 tell me what the quantity of work is like?

also for the entrance exams does any1 have the preparatory manuals? are they any good?

LawGeek

louloubell690 wrote: »

hi, just decided to sit the Admin exam in may at the absolute last minute, waitin on my manual.... can any1 tell me what the quantity of work is like?

also for the entrance exams does any1 have the preparatory manuals? are they any good?

Hi there

I received my Admin Manual from the Inns a month ago. Not a huge amount of work involved. A month is plenty of time.

I will be doing the Prep Course in GCD or IC to get ready for the Entrance Exams in Aug.

Good luck!:D

moncai

Any ideas on likely topics or question types? I've never sat an inns exam before either so i'm unsure as to if it'll be problem questions or essay questions

LawGeek

moncai wrote: »

Any ideas on likely topics or question types? I've never sat an inns exam before either so i'm unsure as to if it'll be problem questions or essay questions

Im doing Chapters 1-8 of the manual.

That's all.

You?