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<blockquote data-quote="KGNines" data-source="post: 43338" data-attributes="member: 8433"><p>100% agree with what Ruby said, when you can implement IRAC effectively it helps improve the structure of your answers a lot. Sign post your answers i.e make each point really obvious, keep the language as simple and clear as you can and when analysing a case bring it back to the question or argument you set out in your intro.</p><p></p><p>A lecturer at my university used to recommend Legal Skills (7th Edition) by Emily Finch, which you can find on Oxford LawTrove - Chapter 15 in particular is meant to be quite informative. </p><p></p><p>In addition to this, it helps to deepen your understanding of legal concepts by reading the opinions of judges in full and doing any further reading you're set. I know this is time consuming but it does definitely pay its dues in terms of improving your legal comprehension and giving your answer more substance - the critical comment basically ends up writing itself afterwards. Furthermore, if you can get your hands on any example exam answers from previous years this will help with your structure, I know this did for me, particularly when I done EU in second year.</p><p></p><p>I struggled with structure and ended up getting a 2:2 in second year but then went on and averaged a high 2:1 in third year, after dedicating more hours to doing this sort of stuff. If I can do it anyone can, it just takes time, especially if you're from an engineering background, it won't come straight away but it will come good eventually! You've got to remember that the core modules are the core for a reason, they're going to be difficult so don't be too hard on yourself, just keep plugging away and it will be worth it in the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KGNines, post: 43338, member: 8433"] 100% agree with what Ruby said, when you can implement IRAC effectively it helps improve the structure of your answers a lot. Sign post your answers i.e make each point really obvious, keep the language as simple and clear as you can and when analysing a case bring it back to the question or argument you set out in your intro. A lecturer at my university used to recommend Legal Skills (7th Edition) by Emily Finch, which you can find on Oxford LawTrove - Chapter 15 in particular is meant to be quite informative. In addition to this, it helps to deepen your understanding of legal concepts by reading the opinions of judges in full and doing any further reading you're set. I know this is time consuming but it does definitely pay its dues in terms of improving your legal comprehension and giving your answer more substance - the critical comment basically ends up writing itself afterwards. Furthermore, if you can get your hands on any example exam answers from previous years this will help with your structure, I know this did for me, particularly when I done EU in second year. I struggled with structure and ended up getting a 2:2 in second year but then went on and averaged a high 2:1 in third year, after dedicating more hours to doing this sort of stuff. If I can do it anyone can, it just takes time, especially if you're from an engineering background, it won't come straight away but it will come good eventually! You've got to remember that the core modules are the core for a reason, they're going to be difficult so don't be too hard on yourself, just keep plugging away and it will be worth it in the end. [/QUOTE]
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