Well everyones study routines differ to varying degrees but I sat my first four in March/April 08 and pretty much started studying the first week of January. The first four I did I hadnt looked at in a few years so it was a case of starting afresh! For the first month I treated it like a job i.e. 9-5, 5 days a week. I had the course covered within a month and started preparing the questions and learning them. This was my first sitting and made the rookie mistake of covering everything on each syllabus which there is no need to do. There is room to leave certain topics out. Obviously there is some risk with this but the trend in the papers is generally (but not always) consistant. For the last two months I had to up it a gear and ended up doing long evenings and weekends in the library. It was tough but it is worth it to not have to go and repeat. You have 5 months to the next sitting which is absolutely loads of time. Dont go into heavy study yet or you run the risk of burning out. Become familiar with the texts for now and around the three month mark you could put the boot down then! As regards tips. It has been my experience that a lot of the good tips dont start leaking out until around a week or two before the exam. It helps if you have a friend in griffith that can give you the low down but keep an eye on this group. I found it very useful! good luck with the study!
On May 7, 8:14 pm, ed <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Guys for the advice, Rich you siad I'm getting a good start on > the study but I'm looking at everything for the first time and I also > gotta start criminal and one other subject which I have not yet > decided on..Do you think I'm on a good time schedule for four > subjects? What was your study routine and how many months beforehand > do you think is visible? > > On May 7, 11:08 am, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey ed > > I have Tort and Contract passed and from my experience I found Tort to > > probably be the hardest exam of the lot and contract is definately the > > easiest. First of all, the griffith or independant packs are all you > > really need to get through these two. Tort is a very interesting > > subject to study and the case law is pretty easy to remember so you > > will be fine in that regard but I cant emphasize enough the importance > > of past papers, especially in Tort. Questions are not as clean cut as > > in other subjects like property or company. There are usually multiple > > topics in each question that need to be identified and dealt with. The > > best way to practice is to trawl through the past papers. I know its a > > pain going back over papers but once you have a handle of the topics > > it is the best way to prepare and you will find in the exam that you > > can identify the issues much quicker. You will have five problems and > > three essays. I ended up having to do the five problems because the > > essays are very obscure but hopefully you will get one or two nice > > essay questions. Make sure to know negligence and causation inside out > > because even if you are not directly answering a question on these > > they can apply throughout the whole course and can be useful to add to > > a question if needed. The examiner tends to make the problems as > > tricky as possible so go through them slowly to pick out the issues > > With Contract, you will probably find this the easiest of the exams. > > Like Tort it is interesting enough to study and the case law should > > come easy to you. I found the Sale of Goods Act the most difficult > > aspect of this exam and I actually left it out. This can be a gamble > > because if you look through the papers you are almost guaranteed a > > question on sale of goods. If you have everything else covered you > > should be fine though. That said, some people like this question > > because you can bring the legislation in with you. Generally though, > > the issues in the problem questions are pretty straightforward. > > You are getting a good start on the study so my advice is to just go > > through the papers, make out your questions and you will be well > > prepared. > > Good Luck!! > > > On May 6, 6:52 pm, ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Do I have to know the entire course? Or are there certain sections I > > > could focus on?, Also anybody know off any tips from griffith on these > > > subjects or is it too early to be asking? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
