Guys!, I was under the impression you can do the fe1's without a degree as long as you pass the irish exam or the whatever they have in place of the irish exam, I have just being informed that is not the case and you do need a degree to sit the fe1's..Panic!!
On May 8, 1:50 pm, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
