legal

[hard]

omg 1 week(1) left till 3.15 and we are off. Btw what are guys doing now to prepare. I have completed 6 practice exams so far but for the last 3-4 days i've mostly been doing revision and couple questions here and there. It seemed to get repetitive and tedious to do the same questions over and over when you know it already so i decided i should just read my notes (hope you all liked them). But my kind vce coordinator let me have a week off next week to prepare for my exam. I will most likely read notes and shiat from 11-like 2ish and then do a prac exam every day till friday at the same time as the actual legal exam in a couple weeks.

One more thing, legal people MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT EXAMINERS ARE ASKING FOR!

i can't stress this enough. Like when they say critically examine, make sure you know that they mean look at ads/disads and all the aspects of the questions as opposed to lets say briefly outline. Time is of the essence and you got little in legal.


okay well enough of my rant/ good luck to you all and myself and hope VN get an avg study score percentage for legal students of 45+ .

(1) EDIT put in the week which i forgot to do before.

[Golfa]

I'm feeling pretty good about Legal. Done about 4 practise exams and have got between 52-57/60. Havn't done a thing in the past two days because of English but i'm going to start to do a prac exam a day (at the time of the exam. Good tip!) and revising my notes.

Theirs only going to be 11 questions this year compared to 13? last year so their will be more 6-10 mark questions which is where your chances at 45+ lie. Will end up just fine tunning now, nothing else can be really done. Learning more cases to use as examples is a must which will seperate you from the thousands of others doing it.

You've GOT TO STOP using absolute language (if you are use it) as this can single handingly loose you marks, even if the rest of your answer is perfect. We have two examiners at my school and they say they will dock marks if you use it so WATCH OUT!.

[hard]

I'm feeling pretty good about Legal. Done about 4 practise exams and have got between 52-57/60. Havn't done a thing in the past two days because of English but i'm going to start to do a prac exam a day (at the time of the exam. Good tip!) and revising my notes.

Theirs only going to be 11 questions this year compared to 13? last year so their will be more 6-10 mark questions which is where your chances at 45+ lie. Will end up just fine tunning now, nothing else can be really done. Learning more cases to use as examples is a must which will seperate you from the thousands of others doing it.

You've GOT TO STOP using absolute language (if you are use it) as this can single handingly loose you marks, even if the rest of your answer is perfect. We have two examiners at my school and they say they will dock marks if you use it so WATCH OUT!.

what??? 11 questions? who told you this??

if that's the case then they may put alot of 1.a)b)c)d)e) shit or 6-10 markers as you said.

oh ya and good tip with the absolute language. That's true. Never be certain about something. So let's say reforms to jury; rather than saying reducing the size of a jury panel will increase efficiency and effectiveness, say it may so there is room to explore and plethora of ideas (on the spot word). It's a bit like physics, there is room for error in all practice exams which is why our physics teacher tells us to put plusminus 0.5 for example.

(shit e.g. i know >.>)

[costargh]

Hard, do you know what you have to do for a critically evaluate question?

[hard]

Hard, do you know what you have to do for a critically evaluate question?

yes i do.

if it says critically examine well then this case it places an emphasize on the critique which ultimately is making a judgement about quality, addressing the faults (including severity of faults)

critically analyze means that you have to identidfy the essential elements or features and principles. here you also make a judgement as a critique about quality and addressing the faults.

critically evaluate requires you considering both strengths and weaknesses while also making judgements of quality as a critique  and addressing the faults while considering the balance against merits.

[costargh]

...ultimately coming to the conclusion of whether the strengths outweigh weaknesses or vice-versa yes?

[hard]

i guess.

[xox.happy1.xox]

I reckon Legal is my best subject by far! Hoping for 35 in it, although I have been averaging anywhere from 40-59/60 for my practice exams. Legal is so unpredictable in terms of scores for me.

[misskaraleah]

im lost- what is absolute language?

[hard]

im lost- what is absolute language?

it's language that certifies a final answer without giving any area for discussion or debate. Usually absolute language will make you loose marks.

For example, rather than saying "allowing the judge to be more actively involved in the actual disputation of a case MAY help the truth be more easily determined" absolute language will limit the ability of the writer and the reader to think broadly by stating "allowing judge.........actual disputation of a case WILL help the truth be more easily determined." Can you see the difference? The second one is stating that beyond a shadow of a doubt, if this change occurred then the truth WILL be more easily determined. It's a lot more conclusive so try avoid these.

[misskaraleah]

Ok thanks for that. I normally dont do that anyway, but thanks for the tip

[dusty_girl1144]

ok gettin absolute language straight in my head. it allows for debate

words like "may" " paotentially" "could"

not "will" ....

right? LOL sorryyyyyyyyyyyy


and 45+....

I LAUGH AT MYSELF! ^^


30 - 35...

even tho i love law... my marks wernt so great. i really dont like the 10 mark questions. i like sections

[hard]

ok gettin absolute language straight in my head. it allows for debate

words like "may" " paotentially" "could"

not "will" ....

right? LOL sorryyyyyyyyyyyy


and 45+....

I LAUGH AT MYSELF! ^^


30 - 35...

even tho i love law... my marks wernt so great. i really dont like the 10 mark questions. i like sections

yerp exactly it. By being conclusive, you confine yourself to a small area and its very hard to have a rebuttal to such language like will, must, undoubtedly and all that.

Oh yes and i do belive you will get 40+. watch...

[dusty_girl1144]

ok gettin absolute language straight in my head. it allows for debate

words like "may" " paotentially" "could"

not "will" ....

right? LOL sorryyyyyyyyyyyy


and 45+....

I LAUGH AT MYSELF! ^^


30 - 35...

even tho i love law... my marks wernt so great. i really dont like the 10 mark questions. i like sections

yerp exactly it. By being conclusive, you confine yourself to a small area and its very hard to have a rebuttal to such language like will, must, undoubtedly and all that.

Oh yes and i do belive you will get 40+. watch...

=O

how do you know!

naww thanks for the vote of confidence.

i kinda have a small hope i get 40+

but i think theres little chance atm.
what do ur grades have to be to get like 40?

[vce08]

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