Hi everyone, Just to add my two cents here and i hope it helps. Thank God I have all my FE1's and and now entering the PPCII in two weeks. A little bit of background, I went into studying for the FE1's probably later that most as I am a single parent with two sons and living in the country. What I can say is that I put my life on hold for just under 3 years to get the FE1's as I was working full time and with the family commitments could not attend the lectures. I registered for a number of the colleges but could not attend but I was able to get the material. With the material, i went through every chapter in detail, i left nothing out for the exams. I had absolutely no social life.
My advice is you must have commitment for this career path, you MUST put the work in and you must also be able to quote case law and be able to give the important points of the case in "your own language". To "quote" from text books or precedents without being exact or without doing a biblo at the the end of the question may and I stress may work against you especially in exams such as constitutional, european law, and tort. Use your own language it works I am evidence of that fact. Do not be afraid to argue an opinion in any of these subjects. If you are asked to discuss you may discuss both sides of the arguement, especially where the question is vague on what is being asked. Remember when you go into practise there is a possiblity you may be employed for or against the point in the question. From my own experience I passed these exams where I used this tactic. Although it is not recommended to use bullet points, if you run out of time for your last question, BULLET point. It saved me more times when I thought I had failed. I hope this helps and if you need any advice on approaching exams or techniques please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards Siobhan 2009/4/10 lukin <[email protected]> > > "I really think the examiners are going out of their way to > ensure that no learning is done from the pack, in so far as they now > are focusing on specific areas of the course, that may be only touched > on in the packs (State aids question in EU focusing on Art 88 only, > Statue of Limitations Act 1991 (not the other acts), etc etc)." > > I must clarify the above statement. What I meant is that (as you've > correctly noted) it isn't just enough any more (I say any more because > people could do it in the past) to take one of the manuals and learn > chapters 1-14 (or even worse, pick and choose topics) - the questions > on the 4 exams I sat this time round are now becoming more > understanding orientated and more specific. Where the real issue is > that students who have understood the relevant law, are left short > handed by the more and more unpredicatble nature of the examiner's > focus on the topics (which can of course can be seen as topical) This > coupled with the fact that, as you've noted, certain examiners feel it > their duty to include off syllabus topics is just soul destroying. > > There undoubtedly has been an up in the ante for these exams is what > I'm trying to say in summary. > > By the way Brian, I must commend you for your efforts regards all > this. Everyone is saying you're doing a great job at GCD and everyone > is really on top of things there. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
