Tertiary and Continuing The Law Thread

[Subaru Impreza]

Can someone tell me how competitive it is to get into Law at either Monash or U Melb, as a mature age student?

I'd be really interested in applying for this course in future, just dont what kind of cut off scores they are looking at.

 

[Chief]

Good luck with your exams everyone

I think I passed the Contracts A exam - but only because I recognised one of the questions as almost identical to one I'd already practised less than a week beforehand. Just copied out my old answer, changing the details to suit the exam question. Win!

 

[chenyan]

I think I passed the Contracts A exam - but only because I recognised one of the questions as almost identical to one I'd already practised less than a week beforehand. Just copied out my old answer, changing the details to suit the exam question. Win!

Congrats mate. The first law exam, typically contract, is a make or break moment. You'll be stunned when you find out how many people fail.

Also, bringing in previous exams w/ solutions is a must. I should have posted this earlier, but it happens at least once per semester that an exam just steals from a previous year/tutorial question. Do this for all exams where possible

 

[Affidavit]

Just did my contracts exam which I think I did reasonably well on.

Had criminal law on monday which I smashed.

So far so good!

 

[Chief]

Congrats mate. The first law exam, typically contract, is a make or break moment. You'll be stunned when you find out how many people fail.

Don't worry, I was packing it when I read through the questions first. Considered faking some sort of rare disease to get out of it. *cue Spies Like Us-esque fake heart attack*

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Open book, so nobody needed to resort to the eye patch.

The average marks they publish are decidedly average. 11/20 average mark for a multiple choice exam covering only four weeks of work - and they TELL YOU EXACTLY where the questions are sourced from. Pretty shocking. From the list of marks you can see some people would have been better off just guessing every single question.

Also, bringing in previous exams w/ solutions is a must. I should have posted this earlier, but it happens at least once per semester that an exam just steals from a previous year/tutorial question. Do this for all exams where possible

It helps that the guy who writes the contracts exams also wrote the Q&A book which is pushed heavily by our tutors. There are only so many ways you can test for, say, exemption clauses or collateral contracts. They can go a bit more wild with areas like establishing terms, and they did which screwed me up a bit.

Next up is Foundations on Friday. Statutory interpretation, doctrine of precedent and what not.

 

[Impunity!]

I'm so proud of you Chiefy, I remember when you was just a interweb-talking guy.

 

[Affidavit]

How old are you Chief?

 

[Impunity!]

How old are you Chief?

He is 17. He is a child prodigy!

 

[Affidavit]

He is 17. He is a child prodigy!

Haha I hope my kids are like Chiefton.

 

[Impunity!]

Haha I hope my kids are like Chiefton.

Webbed toes?

 

[Affidavit]

Webbed toes?

It is preferable. Am I asking for to much?

 

[Impunity!]

It is preferable. Am I asking for to much?

Not at all, but he does find it a chore to text.

 

[Chief]

How old are you Chief?

In my mid to late early 30's.

 

[Affidavit]

In my mid to late early 30's.

So you're a mature aged student then. What year of your course are you into?

 

[Chief]

1st year.

 

[Impunity!]

1st year.

Are you Fresher Rep? It's easier to get let into pubs without ID if you are.

 

[Chief]

The campus club is not OAP-accessible. Too many stairs.

 

[Chief]

Final exam was a cake-walk.

The questions were almost identical to the 2008 exam... the answer guides for which I had in my folder.

I went into it with 89% from assignment/tutorial participation so as long as I get 82% for the exam a 7 is in the bag.

Some of the brats who have been loud-mouthing about how easy the subjects are have emerged from more than one exam wailing about how they screwed it up. It is unseemly to gloat at another's failure so I restricted myself to mild, friendly taunts about their lack of l@w sk1llz. In their face. Through a bull horn. Followed by a victory lap around the campus club bar and an open-air concert to raise public awareness of the total lack of refined exam preparation technique exhibited by these idiots.

I take my leadership role as a mature aged student very seriously.

 

[Affidavit]

Haha that is great to hear Chief. Put those little kids in their place.

 

[chenyan]

****ing mature agers..

Us undergrad young'ens don't have the time to prepare for class like you guys do. We have families to let look after us, wives to continue to not exist and part-time jobs working upwards of 2 days per week. Sigh..

Congrats though

 

[Impunity!]

Final exam was a cake-walk.

The questions were almost identical to the 2008 exam... the answer guides for which I had in my folder.

I went into it with 89% from assignment/tutorial participation so as long as I get 82% for the exam a 7 is in the bag.

Some of the brats who have been loud-mouthing about how easy the subjects are have emerged from more than one exam wailing about how they screwed it up. It is unseemly to gloat at another's failure so I restricted myself to mild, friendly taunts about their lack of l@w sk1llz. In their face. Through a bull horn. Followed by a victory lap around the campus club bar and an open-air concert to raise public awareness of the total lack of refined exam preparation technique exhibited by these idiots.

I take my leadership role as a mature aged student very seriously.

If you put as much effort into transferring the old TLC threads to the new site as you did your studies, we would be LOLing in the aisles by now.

 

[thegrach]

Good point, well made.

 

[Stone in sock]

Some of the brats who have been loud-mouthing about how easy the subjects are have emerged from more than one exam wailing about how they screwed it up.

they're lying. they'll get the best marks.

 

[Chief]

Probably. And I'll probably find I've made crucial mistakes in the exams and fail miserably, leave the course and buy a newsagent like any decent family man.

 

[chenyan]

Results ? Results have come out for some unis now, how'd we all do?

Only three units this semester - 2 HD's for 2 law units, 1 D for commerce. I completely advise anyone with electives to fill to study Restitution Law, which is ridiculously easy.