kayleee123 wrote: » Hi Guys, might be a stupid question but I was wondering if future employers could see attempts made / failed for FE1 exams? I just added constitutional to my exams for this sitting - I'm not overly sure of my chances but said i'll give it a go anyway and see how I get on with a month solid work on it. My other subjects should be fine (fingers crossed) but i'll drop constitutional again if it will show up that I failed as i'm nowhere near as prepared for it as the others but would good to get it out of the way at the same time so no harm giving it a go? Thanks
starfishxxo wrote: » I would also be interested if anyone has knowledge/experience of this. Upon completing FE1s does your transcript indicate all attempts made, or just confirm your having passed and marks achieved per subject? In my experience employers havent been concerned with attempts, just that you have completed them or when you intend to complete
IgoPAP wrote: » I accidentally applied to one exam that I had no intention of sitting and I cancelled it a month before the sitting and got a refund - you're telling me on my results letter it'll say 0% implying I failed it???!!!
Dliodoir2021 wrote: » No, because another one said "absent" --- same circumstances! Crazy!
IgoPAP wrote: » "Absent" sounds like I wasn't bothered to sit the exams so that's not good either. I hope it doesn't say that on my transcript
dobby896 wrote: » Hey all, an important and very recent SC case of natural justice/fair procedures below.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-unconstitutional-law-governs-procedure-under-which-citizenship-can-be-revoked-1.4380723
Jeremiah25 wrote: » Likely something like this could feature on the exam given that it's so recent and papers were presumably set time ago?
law_struggles wrote: » For Tort, does anybody know how Vicarious Liability works in basic terms in relation to the different tests? Am I right in saying there is a course/scope test and a close connection test? thanks!
CoconutHeadMia wrote: » Is it possible that the law society are going to rely on students not using their own books and notes during the exams if they’re not going to invigilate? Or how did the kings inn work
shaunadennyham wrote: » No I think they’ll have it invigilated like they did with the august sitting. Kings inns was closed book and invigilated like the august fe1s as well
FE1new wrote: » Hi All, I am really struggling with Criminal law does anyone have any tips on what can be left out or what should absolutely be covered? I am drowning now and panicking that the exams are so close. Really appreciate any guidance at all.
Lawlaw12 wrote: » Essential Topics: Sexual Offences, Homicide, Actus Reus/Mens Rea, Non-Fatal Offences against the Person, Offences against Property, Defences. After that: Bail/Arrest/Detention, Presumption of Innocence, Minor v. Non-minor offences, Jurisdiction of the Courts etc... For criminal there is a lot of mixing of topics so it is actually quite difficult to leave out whole topics, also there can be questions with 4 parts (a-d), so if you have left out the topic for one of those parts you're cutting down the marks you can get for that question. But because topics are mixed, it can actually mean that you end up writing very little about any given topic e.g. if it is a 4 part question you'll only be writing around a page for each part and this can include an introduction and advice to your client etc. so you can get away with only knowing the main cases. Also, the examiner is a generous marker, so he will give you marks where he can! If you can, try to learn a few main cases for every topic, and then for those important topics have a bit more detail
awsah wrote: » try not to get too stressed out, if its your only exam you have plenty of time, just read read read and practice exam questions. If you look at the exam questions you can see that some may cover 5 topics, you absolutely must cover ch on murder and manslaughter and sexual assault, this should get two questions out of the way, I would cover defenses as they can tie in as part of any question, NFOATP seems long and daunting but when you read enough times it should be ok. key thing in problem questions is to identify the issues, if tom hits mary over the head and kills her don't talk about section 2 assault, you would be discussing the mens rea for murder/assault manslaughter. don't say things like "duress is not a defense" if it is not in the question. you just want to get in and get out, 1. "this is the issues that arise, 2. this is the statute/case law,3. this is how the case law/statute applies to the question and 4.this is the conclusion. The issues and the conclusion are the easiest marks, couple of sentences: the issues are a, b, c and in conclusion I would advise tom that he is liable to be charged with the murder of mary which could be lowered to assault manslaughter if it is shown he did not intend to kill or seriously harm her. (if you know the sentence you can put it here but like people have said it is not technically necessary). I have not taken criminal yet so I really hope that helps and it wasn't a lot of gibberish.
FE1new wrote: » Not gibberish at all. Thank you so much!
awsah wrote: » do you have exam questions with examiner reports? if you spend an hour or two just going through problem questions and writing out what you think the issues are and then checking the examiners report and if you are wrong the examiners report should help explain it. I would have a look at complicity also as that could come up as part of a problem question!
LawLearnin wrote: » Hey guys, feels a bit late in the day to be asking this with the exams (presumably!) around the corner, but would any of you mind sharing some tips on how you put your notes together? I've passed four of the FE1s at this stage, but am having a terrible time preparing for the Criminal exam (am going to sit Equity too but I think I've a good grasp on what it's about). I can't figure out how to arrange the info for Criminal and it seems there's no end of cases, whereas some of the other subjects seemed to have a smaller core set of cases to draw on. Do you guys work from undergrad lecture notes, legislation, the syllabus texts or college cram notes etc to hone down the key info? And do you just then pick a couple of whatever cases seem relevant for each of the different elements you're focusing on for the exams?
