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nmurphy1441 · 18-03-2020 03:04PM

Thinking of sitting EU when the extra dates are released!!! Can anyone give me some sort of guidance as to what topics to cover?

lawDani · 18-03-2020 03:13PM

Hi All,

is the rescheduled sitting going to just be Tort and EU?

Or will this be a full exam sitting?

thinking of doing Constitutional on its own in the Spring if i have the option. haven't began study yet so advise welcome.

Danielle

nmurphy1441 · 18-03-2020 03:24PM

lawDani wrote: »

Hi All,

is the rescheduled sitting going to just be Tort and EU?

Or will this be a full exam sitting?

thinking of doing Constitutional on its own in the Spring if i have the option. haven't began study yet so advise welcome.

Danielle

Just EU and tort according to the email

rightytighty · 18-03-2020 03:25PM

lawDani wrote: »

law society will have dates of rescheduled sitting by this Friday 20th March

Did they tell you this?

jewels652 · 18-03-2020 03:58PM

lawDani wrote: »

Hi All,

is the rescheduled sitting going to just be Tort and EU?

Or will this be a full exam sitting?

thinking of doing Constitutional on its own in the Spring if i have the option. haven't began study yet so advise welcome.

Danielle

It may be worth sending an email and ask the law society. I have a friend who didn’t sit constitutional as she was being cautious because she has a condition that compromises her inmune system. So although at that point the law society were still holding the exams there were people who didn’t show up because they have to think of their health.

lawDani · 18-03-2020 04:14PM

jewels652 wrote: »

It may be worth sending an email and ask the law society. I have a friend who didn’t sit constitutional as she was being cautious because she has a condition that compromises her inmune system. So although at that point the law society were still holding the exams there were people who didn’t show up because they have to think of their health.

ah thank you for the input. i hope your friend is ok...
the lady on the phone said it may be more or less an Extra sitting. id say we find out on Friday anyway.

would it be illogical to attempt constitutional in two months?

rightytighty · 18-03-2020 04:15PM

lawDani wrote: »

ah thank you for the input. i hope your friend is ok...
the lady on the phone said it may be more or less an Extra sitting. id say we find out on Friday anyway.

would it be illogical to attempt constitutional in two months?

You said they’d know by Friday in a previous message. Is that a guess or were you told this?

lawDani · 18-03-2020 04:47PM

rightytighty wrote: »

You said they’d know by Friday in a previous message. Is that a guess or were you told this?

i was told this on the phone

lawDani · 18-03-2020 04:59PM

rightytighty wrote: »

Did they tell you this?

i spoke to Fiona in the education centre and she said she will have the dates by Friday

jewels652 · 18-03-2020 05:10PM

lawDani wrote: »

ah thank you for the input. i hope your friend is ok...
the lady on the phone said it may be more or less an Extra sitting. id say we find out on Friday anyway.

would it be illogical to attempt constitutional in two months?

I think two months should be enough time for one exam you can squeeze another exam and you should be fine.
When you spoke to the lady in the education centre did you ask her if the dates to be release was for all the 8 exams or just Eu and tort?

Louis Litt · 18-03-2020 05:20PM

lawDani wrote: »

i spoke to Fiona in the education centre and she said she will have the dates by Friday

Thanks for letting us all know. I will be trying to sit Tort myself. Wonder is it abit premature to try and set a date now when everything is so uncertain

lawDani · 18-03-2020 05:23PM

jewels652 wrote: »

I think two months should be enough time for one exam you can squeeze another exam and you should be fine.
When you spoke to the lady in the education centre did you ask her if the dates to be release was for all the 8 exams or just Eu and tort?

Unfortunately no i didn't manage to i was heading back to my desk after lunchbreak. i'm going to be calling again on Friday so i will post was info i get then on here.

i work full time so i might attempt one exam to study for over two months, would you suggest doing EU or tort?

lawDani · 18-03-2020 05:26PM

Louis Litt wrote: »

Thanks for letting us all know. I will be trying to sit Tort myself. Wonder is it abit premature to try and set a date now when everything is so uncertain

i think it seems to be, especially with the announcement yesterday from Leo...but i will post here anyway after i call - prob after 2pm on Friday ha

jewels652 · 18-03-2020 05:34PM

lawDani wrote: »

Unfortunately no i didn't manage to i was heading back to my desk after lunchbreak. i'm going to be calling again on Friday so i will post was info i get then on here.

i work full time so i might attempt one exam to study for over two months, would you suggest doing EU or tort?

I would go for Eu there is a lot of material but more predictable. I went to the Eu exams with 9 topics covered then for tort I went into the exam with at least 17 topics.

nmurphy1441 · 18-03-2020 05:50PM

jewels652 wrote: »

I would go for Eu there is a lot of material but more predictable. I went to the Eu exams with 9 topics covered then for tort I went into the exam with at least 17 topics.

What were those 9 topics for EU you covered?

jewels652 · 18-03-2020 05:54PM

Competition
Institutions
Judicial review
Goods
Workers
Citizenship
Direct effect
member state liability
Preliminary reference procedure

nmurphy1441 · 18-03-2020 05:57PM

jewels652 wrote: »

Competition
Institutions
Judicial review
Goods
Workers
Citizenship
Direct effect
member state liability
Preliminary reference procedure

And you’d definitely get 5 Qs answered with these topics. Never looked at EU before and seriously considering it for the extra sitting whenever it is! Doing tort too but I’m fairly comfortable with it!

jewels652 · 18-03-2020 06:04PM

nmurphy1441 wrote: »

And you’d definitely get 5 Qs answered with these topics. Never looked at EU before and seriously considering it for the extra sitting whenever it is! Doing tort too but I’m fairly comfortable with it!

Yes I got my five questions in the exam. Although I had so much on goods that it toke me forever to answer that question I ended up answering the last question on bullet points. In hindsight I wish I had general principles essay prepared. for me is easier and faster to answer prepared essay questions because for problem questions it can take a while to identify the issues and how to frame it in the answer. Is just personal preference I guess.

nmurphy1441 · 18-03-2020 06:18PM

jewels652 wrote: »

Yes I got my five questions in the exam. Although I had so much on goods that it toke me forever to answer that question I ended up answering the last question on bullet points. In hindsight I wish I had general principles essay prepared. for me is easier and faster to answer prepared essay questions because for problem questions it can take a while to identify the issues and how to frame it in the answer. Is just personal preference I guess.

Thanks for the input! I might give it a go if it’s fairly predictable! If I wasn’t so comfortable with Tort, I wouldn’t dream of it!

lawDani · 18-03-2020 06:28PM

nmurphy1441 wrote: »

And you’d definitely get 5 Qs answered with these topics. Never looked at EU before and seriously considering it for the extra sitting whenever it is! Doing tort too but I’m fairly comfortable with it!

thank you both for this.. i feel id be more comfortable with Tort rather than EU but time is of the essence with taking on a totally new subject ive never looked at before.

mydogwentroof · 18-03-2020 07:48PM

lawDani wrote: »

thank you both for this.. i feel id be more comfortable with Tort rather than EU but time is of the essence with taking on a totally new subject ive never looked at before.

EU certainly ain't a walk in the park either!! I did essentially the same topics as the above and got caught out.

I got a bare pass(50%) because I was able to blag the case notes.

lawd20 · 18-03-2020 08:05PM

Hi all, I am looking to begin study for the next sitting of FE1s in the autumn. Is there any good sources online to find notes? Also, I saw online about a google drive for fe1 notes - any ideas about this or where to find it? Thanks for your help in advance.

nmurphy1441 · 18-03-2020 09:14PM

mydogwentroof wrote: »

EU certainly ain't a walk in the park either!! I did essentially the same topics as the above and got caught out.

I got a bare pass(50%) because I was able to blag the case notes.

What else would you try to cover along with the topics we mentioned?

bekker · 18-03-2020 10:51PM

COVID-19 Emergency Legislation - possible post-facto challenge

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum, but searching seems to indicate this is the most active Constitutional forum.

Given that all TDs are equal in all respects, given that no TD can be denied access to the voting chamber, given that no TD may delegate his vote, given that all TDs voting must be present in the voting chamber (pro tem) of the Dáil for their ballot to be valid, and given that political parties have no status under the constitution.

How will the procedure currently outlined (reportedly based on relative strengths), avoid a simple constitutional challange?

Breacnua · 19-03-2020 03:45AM

Louis Litt wrote: »

Thanks for letting us all know. I will be trying to sit Tort myself. Wonder is it abit premature to try and set a date now when everything is so uncertain

I’m surprised by this as second level schools don’t know where they stand for instance and nobody knows when the storm will be over ... she must be mystic meg! Leo told us to hold on to our seats only a day ago ... roll on Friday so.

Breacnua · 19-03-2020 03:48AM

bekker wrote: »

COVID-19 Emergency Legislation - possible post-facto challenge

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum, but searching seems to indicate this is the most active Constitutional forum.

Given that all TDs are equal in all respects, given that no TD can be denied access to the voting chamber, given that no TD may delegate his vote, given that all TDs voting must be present in the voting chamber (pro tem) of the Dáil for their ballot to be valid, and given that political parties have no status under the constitution.

How will the procedure currently outlined (reportedly based on relative strengths), avoid a simple constitutional challange?

Emergency legislation will have this copper fastened. Was last used in 1948 with the outbreak of TB.

JCreaghy · 19-03-2020 12:17PM

Leaving Cert students are getting 100% in oral and project examinations. If only we got something so kind.

nmurphy1441 · 19-03-2020 12:29PM

If anyone is considering sitting tort, have a look at the SC decision this morning!

spygirl · 19-03-2020 12:31PM

nmurphy1441 wrote: »

If anyone is considering sitting tort, have a look at the SC decision this morning!

yes, very interesting decision alright.

igobuy · 19-03-2020 04:35PM

JCreaghy wrote: »

Leaving Cert students are getting 100% in oral and project examinations. If only we got something so kind.

I think this should be extended to us tort candidates who couldn’t sit the exam due to the same cancellation reason

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