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

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    #5822
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    Hopefully we find out today what the story is !

    My motivation is completely gone can’t seem to study at all but I really have to 😂


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    #5823
    lsheehaneire
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭lsheehaneire


    PPC1 exams are being held online ...so hopefully the same can be done for the FE1s. I guess it depends on the numbers.


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    #5824
    rickmatt
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭rickmatt


    Is the nutshell for Constitutional law worth getting?


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    #5825
    CoconutHeadMia
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭CoconutHeadMia


    Can anyone explain why the exams cannot be held online? Other professions have gone online like the chartered accountant exams, kings inn etc so not sure why law society are reluctant to do that


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    #5826
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    CoconutHeadMia wrote: »
    Can anyone explain why the exams cannot be held online? Other professions have gone online like the chartered accountant exams, kings inn etc so not sure why law society are reluctant to do that


    They said there’s too many of us and no company has the capability of hosting us

    I don’t think the law society are reluctant they just can’t find a company to host us


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    #5827
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    lsheehaneire wrote: »
    PPC1 exams are being held online ...so hopefully the same can be done for the FE1s. I guess it depends on the numbers.

    They’ve told people the FE1s will not be online - ppc2 was online also but FE1s still we’re in person in August

    They said it’s highly unlikely a company will be found between now and November :(


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    #5828
    Vegetarian2017
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭Vegetarian2017


    lsheehaneire wrote: »
    PPC1 exams are being held online ...so hopefully the same can be done for the FE1s. I guess it depends on the numbers.

    The law society already confirmed they wont due to the numbers and lack of facilities. The possibility for online fe1s will be next year at the earliest, if at all.

    Hopefully the law society will confirm after the announcement a later date for the exams this year (late November/early December). No doubt late entry will be permitted for Hybrid applicants.


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    #5829
    HU123
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭HU123


    Fe1student1234 wrote: »
    They’ve told people the FE1s will not be online - ppc2 was online also but FE1s still we’re in person in August

    They said it’s highly unlikely a company will be found between now and November :(

    I wonder have they considered getting two different companies.


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    #5830
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    HU123 wrote: »
    I wonder have they considered getting two different companies.

    No idea

    They probably haven’t


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    #5831
    dobby896
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭dobby896


    All I'm hoping for is some form of Government announcement this evening and an update from the Law Society asap after that.

    Being in limbo is honestly so demotivating, not even just from a study point of view, generally also.


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    #5832
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Fe1student1234 wrote: »
    No idea

    They probably haven’t

    Also may need to make multiple papers to accommodate staggered online sittings if no company can host all FE1s at once 🀷ðŸ»*♀️


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    #5833
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Also may need to make multiple papers to accommodate staggered online sittings if no company can host all FE1s at once 🀷ðŸ»*♀️

    Yeah they probably don’t want that tbh


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    #5834
    IgoPAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭IgoPAP


    I don't find the argument that they just can't find a company very persuasive considering it's been half a year and there's an abundance of companies and methods available at the moment to facilitate online exams.


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    #5835
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    IgoPAP wrote: »
    I don't find the argument that they just can't find a company very persuasive considering it's been half a year and there's an abundance of companies and methods available at the moment to facilitate online exams.

    Idk i don’t see the benefit of lying and saying they can’t find a company if they haven’t tried

    There’s obviously just too many people registered per exam


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    #5836
    Lawlaw12
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭Lawlaw12


    At this stage could they not just do it online but leave it open book, yes more people might pass that way but I'm sure they could afford to have one sitting with higher pass rates. Then they wouldn't necessarily need a company to supervise us by webcam etc.
    We were left in limbo for 5 months last time and I cannot imagine having that situation again :(


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    #5837
    LawStudent999
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭LawStudent999


    I definitely share the feeling of lack of motivation as many others here. While I understand that everything is up in a heap, a part of me does feel a certain amount of annoyance at the Law Society. From my perspective there have been many junctures so far at which the law society needed to put contingencies in place and failed to do so, other than supposing the exams be held at later dates. It just seems as though there is an underestimation by the LS as to the importance of sitting the exams for many people, especially those under time pressure in relation to starting hybrid courses, training contracts etc.

    Surely if they have been in a position of uncertainty since after the March sitting, they could have commenced discussing alternatives other than just simply postponing every time a sitting doesn't suit. Even from this forum alone there have been some very feasible alternatives put forward that the LS don't even seem to have considered amongst themselves.

    Hopefully some clarity is coming soon for us all.


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    #5838
    Dliodoir2021
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭Dliodoir2021


    rickmatt wrote: »
    Is the nutshell for Constitutional law worth getting?

    If you're a first/second year student.

    Get the supreme court book by ruadhan mccormaic

    Use twitter to follow const'l academics, get their blog posts and email them for articles


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    #5839
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    I wonder has anyone heard anything or been in contact with the law society


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    #5840
    IgoPAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭IgoPAP


    Government rejects Nphet guidance to move to Level 5. We're staying at Level 3 in Dublin.


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    #5841
    Lawlaw12
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭Lawlaw12


    IgoPAP wrote: »
    Government rejects Nphet guidance to move to Level 5. We're staying at Level 3 in Dublin.

    Apparently it will be level 3 nationwide, so no travel between counties.
    Hopefully it will only last the 4 weeks and we can still sit the exams at some point in November


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    #5842
    lsheehaneire
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭lsheehaneire


    and we are meeting ye up there from Cork ...oh jesus, now where do we stand? A hope that we will all be at level 3 in 4 weeks??


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    #5843
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    Lawlaw12 wrote: »
    Apparently it will be level 3 nationwide, so no travel between counties.
    Hopefully it will only last the 4 weeks and we can still sit the exams at some point in November

    Where did yous see this ? I’ve only saw there’s a meeting at half 5 to decide whether or not to go with the recommendations


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    #5844
    ruby1998
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭ruby1998


    Really hope there’s some indication as to where we stand given this evening..


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    #5845
    maggie95
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭maggie95


    Fe1student1234 wrote: »
    Where did yous see this ? I’ve only saw there’s a meeting at half 5 to decide whether or not to go with the recommendations

    It's on the Journal's live updates


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    #5846
    Pengo11
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Pengo11


    Fe1student1234 wrote: »
    Where did yous see this ? I’ve only saw there’s a meeting at half 5 to decide whether or not to go with the recommendations

    Richard Chambers has details on his twitter, few RTÉ sources have tweeted it as well that level 5 looks off the cards and everyone comes into level 3
    What do people think this means for exams? Still not possible to go ahead under level 3?


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    #5847
    maggie95
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭maggie95


    Any one else think a national move to Level 3 is the worst case scenario for us as the LS will continue to hope to hold the exams in a month with a drop to Level 2? (but it is very very unlikely for this to happen)
    At least with Level 4 or 5 it would knock them on the head and alternative arrangements could be made asap


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    #5848
    dobby896
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭dobby896


    Lawlaw12 wrote: »
    Apparently it will be level 3 nationwide, so no travel between counties.
    Hopefully it will only last the 4 weeks and we can still sit the exams at some point in November

    If it does last the 4 weeks (from midnight tonight), that'll bring us right up to the day the exams start, imagine the panic of the next 4 weeks wondering if they will go ahead lol


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    #5849
    Fe1student1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Fe1student1234


    Pengo11 wrote: »
    Richard Chambers has details on his twitter, few RTÉ sources have tweeted it as well that level 5 looks off the cards and everyone comes into level 3
    What do people think this means for exams? Still not possible to go ahead under level 3?

    Thank you !!

    No they were postponed due to level 3 in Dublin so that’s the start of November out of the question


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    #5850
    Lawlaw12
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭Lawlaw12


    dobby896 wrote: »
    If it does last the 4 weeks (from midnight tonight), that'll bring us right up to the day the exams start, imagine the panic of the next 4 weeks wondering if they will go ahead lol

    True, surely the LS couldn't actually book venues etc. when its very unlikely that all counties would move back to level 2 after the 4 weeks


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    #5851
    maggie95
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭maggie95


    Fe1student1234 wrote: »
    Thank you !!

    No they were postponed due to level 3 in Dublin so that’s the start of November out of the question

    You're right I think. On the LS website it says "Subject to any extension of the Level 3 status, or any other public health guidance/restrictions yet to be announced, the FE-1 sitting will commence in the first week of November 2020", given there's an extension and expansion of Level 3, start of November is out of question


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