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IgoPAP

Are the Law Society aware that the chances of Dublin being reduced to Level 2 by early November is very slim?

Fe1student1234

IgoPAP wrote: »

Are the Law Society aware that the chances of Dublin being reduced to Level 2 by early November is very slim?

Guess they’re just hoping it will. I guess there’s not much they can do given the circumstances at the moment

Hopefully everything works out and we’re not delayed in moving on to the next stage

rightytighty

Fe1student1234 wrote: »

I also got that - don’t see the harm in registering for it - I think it’s more like there’s loads of places to train and ways to do it

I registered for it

Could someone post/PM me a link for this? Would really appreciate!

Fe1student1234

rightytighty wrote: »

Could someone post/PM me a link for this? Would really appreciate!

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3016014691131/WN_bcK9CikfSYSS6VB7CrnEEg

Shonagoring123

CiaraND16 wrote: »

Just spoke to someone from the law school and they confirmed company contract and EU are same says as October sitting so I presume the rest are the same!

That doesn’t make any sense if company is on Wednesday 7th and it’s moved to 7th November that’s a Saturday? And if it’s starting on the Wednesday 3rd November company isn’t the first exam so it wouldn’t be on the Wednesday? Can they not just publish a new timetable or people are gonna turn up on the wrong days

Lawlaw12

Shonagoring123 wrote: »

That doesn’t make any sense if company is on Wednesday 7th and it’s moved to 7th November that’s a Saturday? And if it’s starting on the Wednesday 3rd November company isn’t the first exam so it wouldn’t be on the Wednesday? Can they not just publish a new timetable or people are gonna turn up on the wrong days

I think it follows the same structure, but starts on the 3rd instead of the 6th
So the second exam would be on the 4th

IgoPAP

They mean the first week of the month is the same. Originally supposed to take place first week of October, now provisionally first week of November.

Jenosul

Iso_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with constitutional law at the moment? I just can't seem to wrap my head around some of the topics and find it difficult to identify the issues/topics in some of the problem questions! feeling a bit defeated by it!

Hi!

Constitution can be overwhelming as the questions are not to a specific topic and can be confusing. I felt this also the last time around. He is a really sound marker. I have been told and found it worked well if I just threw everything at a question in my mind as a list. Eg does separation of powers fit this question? Does Property rights? Does family? etc and say I would argue that property rights are also being infringed upon. If you say I would argue in Constitution you can argue anything! Even write out the list of topics in rough work and if it fits the question in some shape tick it off! I actually used nutshell also when studying and a few extra cases as the manual I was using was not as straightforward with explanations I found.

With regards questions I would pay attention to interpretation, referendum the president and AG as these never came up in last sitting! Property rights seems to be a regular as well as sop but personally I am not indept on sop just know the functions and a couple of relevant cases. If I were to learn the full manual I would cry and be overwhelmed. I literally pick a topic and write a brain storm of what know as a way of study. I ready the questions and think could I argue property rights ect

I hope this helps. Good luck. I suspect you know more than you are giving yourself credit and it will all come together for you.

Lelila

LS3 wrote: »

does anyone have a recent griffith college constitutional manual they could swap with me for any other griffith manual they want?

I do. Can you DM me?

Spreece

CMUL wrote: »

Definitely dont need the year, god is hard enough remembering the cases. If the case is very well known like a seminal case you could even get away with just the plaintiff e.g. Glencar, McGhee, Fairchild, even Hanarahan I'd say when discussing nuisance. The fact is though for the well known cases you actually know both parties but I think it saves on time. Definitely for EU just the Plaintiff's name is sufficent.

One name is definitely enough, no need to memorise both plaintiff and defendant. I’ve done 4 of them this year so far, quoted plaintiff name only for all case law. It’s cast iron.

Iso_123

Jenosul wrote: »

Hi!

Constitution can be overwhelming as the questions are not to a specific topic and can be confusing. I felt this also the last time around. He is a really sound marker. I have been told and found it worked well if I just threw everything at a question in my mind as a list. Eg does separation of powers fit this question? Does Property rights? Does family? etc and say I would argue that property rights are also being infringed upon. If you say I would argue in Constitution you can argue anything! Even write out the list of topics in rough work and if it fits the question in some shape tick it off! I actually used nutshell also when studying and a few extra cases as the manual I was using was not as straightforward with explanations I found.

With regards questions I would pay attention to interpretation, referendum the president and AG as these never came up in last sitting! Property rights seems to be a regular as well as sop but personally I am not indept on sop just know the functions and a couple of relevant cases. If I were to learn the full manual I would cry and be overwhelmed. I literally pick a topic and write a brain storm of what know as a way of study. I ready the questions and think could I argue property rights ect

I hope this helps. Good luck. I suspect you know more than you are giving yourself credit and it will all come together for you.

This was so helpful thank you! I am defo going to take your advice with the president AG and interpretation as odds are one of those will come up! your advice for the problem questions is really helpful too! thanks again:)

Jenosul

Can any lovely kind person please send me the last EU paper please as screen shot? Thank you

Dliodoir2021

Company law

For corp authority, would you need to know ultra vires in detail? It seems almost redundant now when it’s no longer applicable to LTDs? Thanks

CiaraND16

Shonagoring123 wrote: »

That doesn’t make any sense if company is on Wednesday 7th and it’s moved to 7th November that’s a Saturday? And if it’s starting on the Wednesday 3rd November company isn’t the first exam so it wouldn’t be on the Wednesday? Can they not just publish a new timetable or people are gonna turn up on the wrong days

The 3rd of November is a Tuesday so company would be Wednesday like last time and then each of the others would be the same! (Same days of the week not exact same dates of course!)

Lallers96

When you pass an exam do you automatically get your script emailed out or is there a way you can request it? I'd be curious to see what marks I got for each answer

lawgrad15

Lallers96 wrote: »

When you pass an exam do you automatically get your script emailed out or is there a way you can request it? I'd be curious to see what marks I got for each answer

No you don't automatically get a copy of the script(s) - you have to request it.

Email is fe1dataprivacy@lawsociety.ie

I'm almost sure I had to send some photo ID with the request as well as my ID number. You have to state which exams you sat and what papers you are looking for.

Hope that helps!

LS3

anyone have constitutional notes ready to study from they can sell me or swap for notes for Criminal property Tort Equity EU Contract?

EmmaO94

Will be very interesting to hear Government's take on the NPHET recommendations - if they go along with them, November exams are out of the question!!

IgoPAP

EmmaO94 wrote: »

Will be very interesting to hear Government's take on the NPHET recommendations - if they go along with them, November exams are out of the question!!

Government won't go along with it - they'll accept level 4 instead, which means the exams are still out of the question.

lsheehaneire

They are not likely to go ahead now surely ?

Lallers96

There's not a chance this goes ahead physically anyway! We're already sitting on our hands now for a month waiting for Dublin to go down to level 2 and now it's going up if anything. I won't bother speculating what the government will do as per the new recommendations but there is zero chance this gets put down to level 2 where we can sit the exams physically in time for the proposed early November time.

ruby1998

I'm not able. I could have predicted this surely the Law Society could have also seen this coming.. Probably a cop out but every time something pops up that calls the exam sitting into question, my motivation to study vanishes lol.

IgoPAP

Looking forward to 25 months time when we finally get the opportunity to sit the exams because the Law Society seem to have a bizarre aversion to remote sittings.

lsheehaneire

They are going to have to adapt and go online. Covid is going nowhere fast and all those Fe1 fees are a nice little earner for them. It is a sucker punch, I have my last fe1 left and was hoping to start the hybrid in December but that's unlikely now. I guess we will wait and see what the government says and hope that the LS will communicate with us in a timely manner...

legallyginger

ruby1998 wrote: »

I'm not able. I could have predicted this surely the Law Society could have also seen this coming.. Probably a cop out but every time something pops up that calls the exam sitting into question, my motivation to study vanishes lol.

Exactly the same, I also feel I could have sat more subjects now with the length of time we have and probably will have lucky to even put in 2 hours a day now

Vegetarian2017

IgoPAP wrote: »

Looking forward to 25 months time when we finally get the opportunity to sit the exams because the Law Society seem to have a bizarre aversion to remote sittings.

It will most likely be next year before the Law Society can avail of remote sittings because of the amount of candidates there is no facility available to them which they have already confirmed. In that regard I would be focusing on the physical sitting only going ahead this side of christmas.

If level 4 goes ahead we can be sure it will follow with level 3 for 2 weeks or so, assume they will just postpone till the end of November /early december and anyone applying for hybrid will be giving an extension.

I think that will be the most logical response so if the goverment goes ahead I hope the law society will confirm something along those lines and not string us along.

Early November was always in my view a bit too hopeful we all know by now the restrictions always go on longer than what we are initially informed.

sarahlawless

Its all that that f***ing petition's fault !!!!!

Coopie

What r the chances of people getting an exception who have 1 exam left and want to start the Hybrid in December?

lsheehaneire

I would be up for that :-)

FE1new

legallyginger wrote: »

Exactly the same, I also feel I could have sat more subjects now with the length of time we have and probably will have lucky to even put in 2 hours a day now

Completely agree, my motivation is gone. I am really struggling to study.