Past King's Inns Entrance Exam Answer keys

seb65 wrote: »

Is there any way of obtaining an answer guide for the past King's Inns entrance exams?

Really bad idea. Answering the Inns exam questions is done by following the syllabus in each subject and by knowing the law.

Even the prep course grids and guides can only go so far. That said, practicing questions is a great idea.

seb65 wrote: »

I know the law. I'm hardly looking to memorize answers if that's your interpretation of my rationale for wanting a guide. I simply want to determine what they generally look for - and if I've picked out the correct issues in their questions. The Fe1's give feedback don't they?

Well, going to the KI website and printing off the syllabi is a start. This is what the Criminal Syllabus suggests about the exam:

Purpose of examination
 
The purpose of this examination is to test the ability of candidates to apply basic legal skills to criminal law problems and issues. It is assumed that students taking this examination will already have successfully completed examinations in criminal law at university level (or equivalent), or in the King’s Inns diploma programme. Essentially, students will be required to demonstrate that they recognise the central legal issues involved in the questions set, and that they can apply the appropriate principles as set out in the leading cases and relevant statutes. While the examination is primarily a test of reasoning rather than memory, students are required to demonstrate:

(a) the capacity to identify and analyse the salient facts of problem questions in a lawyerly fashion;
(b) a competent knowledge of the relevant legislation and case law;
(c) the ability to apply the relevant law to the facts of the case; and
(d) the ability to frame their answers in logically-structured, clear and concise terms.

Thereafter, the problem questions would of course be an excellent idea.

Constitutional law to my mind is the most challenging, as the examiner seems to keep the topics mainstream. .....

Hi MaryPoppins, I was only thinking the same thing myself regarding the lack of a specific thread on the entrance exams compared to the last couple of years.
Im feeling the pressure now too. At this stage I have all my notes written out twice - a comprehensive set and a more compact set. I am only starting to memorise them today. I dont think I will have time to write out answers to sample questions but I am going over past papers and writing out short notes on the topics and cases involved.
I am under serious time constraints, I have three children under 5 so my only study time is in the morning before they wake and at night after they go to bed and all weekends.

Look at the syllabus on the Kings Inns website for recent cases for Constitutional, there are loads on there.

I know 2 other girls sitting them and there are feeling the pressure now, so you are not alone.
Try not to panic, write up a timetable for revision and break it down into manageable parts. I try not to think about the volume of work covering all 5 subjects, I am just concentrating on one at a time.

I have no idea what standard is required, the papers themselves seem quite straightforward. I have sat all the FE-1s and by comparison the questions are not as complex but they cover a wide range of topics so nothing can be left out, particularly with the compulsory first question.

Remember the week is a test of stamina so keep focused and dont give up if you have a poor paper. I have heard stories of people dropping out as the week progresses thinking they failed a paper only to find out they actually passed it.

Hope thats helps somewhat. Definitely for constitutional go through the syllabus on the website, it is very comprehensive and informative.

seb65 wrote: »

Okay, I'm going to stop whining about having to study while working full-time. Three children under five - you must be exhausted!

You're both right on the time pressure. Feeling it here too. I am definitely not giving the same amount of attention to these exams as the ones during my degree. However, it is only a revision, having already learned it all once.

That said, I don't know how I am going to memorize all the fine details - case names and statute provisions. I am blocking a week at a time for each subject, problem is I'm memorizing it now and will have it forgotten again by the Sunday night before the exams begin.

I've been doing a subject a day allotted as per the exam timetable, followed by revision of each day's work over the weekend which has (kind of ) helped to keep things relatively fresh. Having said that, like you I feel I'm not hitting these as hard as the Dip exams, something I've put down to just running out of stamina and enthusiasm at this point. It's been a very long year from September.

I think Tom's right, reading the syllabi and practising the questions is probably the best policy, especially without any examiner's reports to rely on.

Look: Let there be no panic. It's a marathon, not a sprint!

Try sync up the days, in terms of study.

End of the day: You'll be lawyers and will need to be capable of working under pressure.

Answer keys can't sit exam for you!

Hi All,

Thanks for your answers to that! I hadn't thought of the most obvious; they're just not boards users!

Just wondering, I have some contract and criminal answers done out and a contract answer key if anyone has any answers for tort/const or other answer keys that they'd like to swap. You can just PM me.

Best of luck to everyone next week anyway, hope we'll all be classmates come October!

Hey guys, Im sitting the exam on Aug too and as revision goes this is what Ive done and planned out; like others from this thread I have studied and revised each subjects as per the exam timetable (Mondays = Tort etc.). And each topic Ive done I would look at a question from the past papers re that topic and would try to answer them. Also I got into a habit of just reading the past papers and just quickly jotting down topics that were asked. Identifying the problems quickly will help with time-management which is crucial. I keep or atleast try, as now pressure is getting into me, doing this. I guess there will always be that 'have I studied enough?' question which with the exam coming up gets you out of focus.
And then the plan is 14 days before the exams, Ill just stop revising and will only focus on practising questions until my pens give up on me and my hand will just write the answers for me on exam week.
Just make sure that youve covered all the core topics per subject. Focus on question ones. And to allow yourself some rest as to not be burnt out on exam week. Been told the physical aspect of the exam is real and one of the reasons people give up so easily thinking they have failed one paper.
We can do this guys!

Best of luck to you all.

No help anybody...?

No it not contract law I got confused. It probably is from company law, its not stated in the question and basically we just have to answer the question for an assignment due today so any pointers would be great