FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) NOTE: YOU MAY SWAP EXAM GRIDS

aideenc18

The Law Society have just responded to my email. I asked them to confirm whether the results will be out Friday and if not, to confirm the alternative date.

‘The 1st of May is still a provisional date, we hope to confirm with you soon.’

I’m not sure what the delay is and quite frankly it’s just causing additional stress for everyone involved but seemingly Friday is still a possibility guys!

mydogwentroof

aideenc18 wrote: »

The Law Society have just responded to my email. I asked them to confirm whether the results will be out Friday and if not, to confirm the alternative date.

‘The 1st of May is still a provisional date, we hope to confirm with you soon.’

I’m not sure what the delay is and quite frankly it’s just causing additional stress for everyone involved but seemingly Friday is still a possibility guys!

Yeah you're right I mean either tell us they are or they aren't - cut all this provisional **** ...what's going to change in a matter of two days?

vid36

The country is in lockdown. The Law Society is closed. The vast majority of the staff are working from home, so I can understand why there are delays with results and logistical issues.

jewels652

vid36 wrote: »

The country is in lockdown. The Law Society is closed. The vast majority of the staff are working from home, so I can understand why there are delays with results and logistical issues.

I understand that due to the circumstances there are delays. All we want is transparency and to tell us that there are delays rather than giving us the same robotic answer.

aideenc18

vid36 wrote: »

The country is in lockdown. The Law Society is closed. The vast majority of the staff are working from home, so I can understand why there are delays with results and logistical issues.

Postal services are still running as usual (albeit with delays). Emails can still be sent. PPCII is still running online.

I appreciate there are difficulties but a more informative email would be appreciated as opposed to the generic ‘will be confirmed later’. If there was a delay in marking the papers due to Covid I would understand completely, or if they expect a delay getting the results by post, but just let us know.

Spreece

OK, stop moaning everyone, they've confirmed that results will be available on Friday at 10am. Just have a read back of the last couple of pages, the level of moaning and complaining is ridiculous

iamanengine

I’m scared.

Best of luck on Friday all!

z6vm1dobfnca3x

See ya'll here on Friday when the Law Society's website crashes

Best of luck!

htnor

Anyone else not get the email yet...

jewels652

htnor wrote: »

Anyone else not get the email yet...

I did

user115

Anyone else wondering if they have sent out the results in the post yet and maybe some people might have them tomorrow?? That's probably being way too overly optimistic! Would be surprised if we actually get results Friday and the site doesn't crash.

lawhelp123

Sorry to hijack but not sure where else to ask this

Depending on Friday's results I may have now passed all 8 FE1s. The thing is though that in the 2 years its taken me to do them I've come to the conclusion that I would probably rather qualify as a Barrister than a Solicitor. So with all the uncertainty around training contracts etc atm I'm strongly considering taking the plunge and just signing up for the King's Inns entrance exams this summer (or whenever they happen)

Just wondering if anyone knows if any allowance is made by King's Inns if you've already passed the FE1s? I'm assuming realistically that you still need to sit those subjects again anyway

Thanks!

Hamerzan Sickles

Now to keep myself busy until Friday morning...

Jeremiah25

Anyone else not gotten an email yet?

htnor

Jeremiah25 wrote: »

Anyone else not gotten an email yet?

Me! Never happened before, hoping its just delayed..

hullaballoo

lawhelp123 wrote: »

Sorry to hijack but not sure where else to ask this

Depending on Friday's results I may have now passed all 8 FE1s. The thing is though that in the 2 years its taken me to do them I've come to the conclusion that I would probably rather qualify as a Barrister than a Solicitor. So with all the uncertainty around training contracts etc atm I'm strongly considering taking the plunge and just signing up for the King's Inns entrance exams this summer (or whenever they happen)

Just wondering if anyone knows if any allowance is made by King's Inns if you've already passed the FE1s? I'm assuming realistically that you still need to sit those subjects again anyway

Thanks!

I'm 10 years a barrister and I think anyone would be mad to think about qualifying now. I would have said the same thing last October but doubly so now.

The profession was already on its last legs. Coronavirus is just about sweeping those legs away.

iamanengine

Hamerzan Sickles wrote: »

Now to keep myself busy until Friday morning...

I plan on drinking the entire day tomorrow

channing90

hullaballoo wrote: »

I'm 10 years a barrister and I think anyone would be mad to think about qualifying now. I would have said the same thing last October but doubly so now.

The profession was already on its last legs. Coronavirus is just about sweeping those legs away.

Could you expand upon this statement please. I understand that barrister route is much harder to get established then the solicitor route but is it really a dead end either way at the moment??

lawhelp123

hullaballoo wrote: »

I'm 10 years a barrister and I think anyone would be mad to think about qualifying now. I would have said the same thing last October but doubly so now.

The profession was already on its last legs. Coronavirus is just about sweeping those legs away.

Part of my reasoning that I’m leaning again qualifying as a solicitor is that I’m not sure anymore that I actually want to practice law, at least in Ireland. I definitely do want to qualify as a lawyer though, which was my thinking behind doing the BL degree. I don’t necessarily want to practice as a barrister, more for it to hopefully open the door to in-house jobs or jobs abroad etc

It’s obviously more exams and a tough year of studying, but it seems more doable than getting a decent training contract atm tbh, but maybe I’m being too negative.

benny994

Hi how are you?

I have set fe1 criminal law for the first time. I was very stressed but prepares basically I highlighted all the cases and legislation, used ILAC, essay plan but the problem was that I was not able to complete last question. I just wrote few bullets point of the 5 question because there was not time. From your experience so you think that I can fail it?

Thank you

Federica

Jeremiah25

Anyone else still not gotten an email regarding results?

LawStudent1234

Jeremiah25 wrote: »

Anyone else still not gotten an email regarding results?

I didn’t either, didn’t even know about it until a friend told me about the email. So I rang the law soc to let them know and they sent it to me straight away then. Definitely ring in the morning just so you have login details for Friday. It’s stressful enough not to mind not having login details!

lawgrad15

Jeremiah25 wrote: »

Anyone else still not gotten an email regarding results?

I also didn't get one but then again it's not the first time I didn't get an email from them.

benny994

I have said no because of s 6 that says intoxication can’t be insanity. I said that it could be automatism because it was an external factor that was making him loose control

mydogwentroof

What did ye make of question 6 lads? Proper tough one!!

benny994

mydogwentroof wrote: »

What did ye make of question 6 lads? Proper tough one!!

I have sais that can be murder first because he had AC and MR. then I have said that intoxication is not applicable for insanity(internal factor)defense for s5.1 act 2006 and then I said that as a defense he can use automatism due to the drug(external factor). If the defense is accept it can be manshlaugter because there was no clear evidence of MR

benny994

mydogwentroof wrote: »

What did ye make of question 6 lads? Proper tough one!!

The question was about the a guy intoxicated for several year for drugs, he stabb his father because tv said to do it

Aoaoaoao2019

Is an exemption for EU/Tort for those who weren’t able to sit them even a remote possibility? Regardless what is announced May 5th it’s really difficult to see a scenario where they’re able to schedule sittings over the summer and have results out in time for commencement of PPC I, isn’t it? Wishful thinking I know

rightytighty

Aoaoaoao2019 wrote: »

Is an exemption for EU/Tort for those who weren’t able to sit them even a remote possibility? Regardless what is announced May 5th it’s really difficult to see a scenario where they’re able to schedule sittings over the summer and have results out in time for commencement of PPC I, isn’t it? Wishful thinking I know

Maybe for the people who committed to sitting tort before it was cancelled? They should’ve gone ahead with it for them, they’d already done the damage by allowing EU to go ahead

Blue_pens17

Details of the results for the March 2020 FE-1 sitting will be published at 10am on Friday 1 May 2020.

Taken from the Law Soc. Hopefully they give an indication of the dates of the additional sittings tomorrow.