CURRENT EXAM STATUS: Completed!!!

• 1st Posted on 10th July 2008
• 1st Edit: 14th July 2008 - comment to paper added next to paper name
• 2nd Edit: 16th July 2008 - as above
• 3rd Edit: 18th July 2008 - as above
  
• 4th Edit: 21st July 2008 - as above
  
• 5th Edit: 23rd July 2008 - as above
  

Current Mood: Relieved...

Exam's Magical Mantra: ぜったいに大丈夫「ぜったいにだいじょうぶ/zettai ni daijyoubu」= Everything will be all right; and also, 頑張って「がんばって/Ganbatte」

Reading Progress: [Complete: 100%]
(Please note that the Reading progress doesn't indicate how prepared I am. It only indicates that I've finished reading the notes for the particular subjects... Whether I've managed to memorise that ton of crap, and am prepared for the test, is another issue all together!!)

22nd July 2008: Currently doing Evidence October 2007 Past Year Paper.. I feel so screwed..
The Aim? try to do past year papers for July and October 2007, if possible, try to do the mock paper as well... and memorise the answers.... Hope it works... Did I mention that I feel so screwed?

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Note: This Post was prepared before the date of posting....
I foresaw that I won't have the leisure on the actual 10th of July 2008 to write about this * Actually written on 27th June 2008
The dreaded Exams are here breathing down my neck.. Ooh, the shivers it sends down my spine... Wish me luck! I'll be needing loads of it!!

Here's the timetable:

All exams are held in the University Malaya's Examination Centre and are between 9am-12.15pm

I will have to be at the hall before 830am for [the so called] important notices and instructions though...

Monday 14.07.08 Civil Procedure [Civil Procedure Code] * I don't know.. Hopefully I can pass this paper...I think, I'll pass..... Hopefully.....*

Wednesday 16.07.08 General Paper [Tort & Contract] *I think I'll be able to pass this one, keep your fingers crossed...*

Friday 18.07.08 Criminal Procedure [Criminal Procedure Code] *I think I'll be able to pass..... maybe... and woah, got cut by the notes, at the part where the pen rests on.. @_@ ouch... when writing during the exams...*

Monday 21.07.08 Professional Practise [2 parts: Part A: Ethics & Advocacy; Part B: Land, Bankruptcy & Probate] *Ermm, I think I can pass this one? spent the whole of the 20th of July panicking.... and, well.. I did my best.. it is 5 subjects in one....*

Wednesday 23.07.08 Evidence [Law on Evidence] *I think I'll pass this one :p Thanks to Xian Ai if I do :) I really spent the whole of the 22nd of July panicking, and with her help, I managed to make a really good set of notes to study for the exams, and the 3 questions that we did together the night before? They all came out for the exams :)*

That's the whole list. The whole [] thing is what subject it encompasses. All together it's 10 subjects compressed into 5 papers. [Misery....]

I have to answer 4 questions in 3 hours..
Yipee!! not to mention, for professional paper, it's 2 questions for Part A, 3 for Part B, and for Part B; YOU MUST DO a land question.. [5 questions in 3 hours!! Stupidly insane...] Talk about democracy.... sigh....

Note that examinees may only bring in the [Statutes]:

1. Evidence Act For Evidence Paper,
   
2. National, Land Code For Professional Practise Paper,
   
3. Criminal Procedure Code For Criminal Procedure Paper,
   
4. Rules of the High Court For Civil Procedure Paper,
   
5. Subordinate Court Rules For Civil Procedure Paper.

Statutes that you actually need? Well the 5 mentioned above, and also, the

1. Limitation Act,
   
2. The Probate and Administration Act,
   
3. The Court of Judicature Act,
   
4. The Distribution Act,
   
5. The Dangerous Drugs Act,
   
6. The Legal Profession Act,
7. Bankruptcy Act,
   
8. The Civil Law Act 1956,
   
9. Wills Act,
   
10. Public Authorities Protection Act
11. Contracts Act 1950 etc

Trust me, there are plenty more of statutes that you need.. Although for some of them, you might need to memorise only a statute or two, like s10 Arbitration Act..
That's only one... used where there is an arbitration clause in a contract, and as long as one person wants to seek arbitration, the courts have the power to stay action...

But for others like the Limitation Act, There's a lot to memorise..

• s6(1)- Limitation period of 6 years for contract and tort;
  
• s6(3)- 12 years to enforce a Judgement, if it's a judgement debt, interest can only be enforced within the 6 years of judgement
  
• s24- Limitation at disability, the 6 years only start to run, when the plaintiff ceases disablity ie when the child reaches age of majority ie age 18 or dies, whichever first, & for insane people, when mental disability ceases or if a special community is set up for him, whichever first...; ... etc.

So not only must you memorise case names, you have to spend your brain cells on statutes; it's sections and interpretation, as well, when in fact in practise you are going to refer to them anyway... [after using it for a few of your cases, then you would definitely memorise it.. therefore I personally think, that CLP should have actually have some practical courses to it, and not 100% exam based lectures]

Doesn't help that for e.g. section 7 Civil Law Act 1976 for bereavement claims, there are a whole lot of sub sections, and sub, sub sections, and sub, sub, sub sections to memorise... And that's only one, we still have section 8 and section 28A... etc. There's a ton to memorise for Contract too...

That's worse than degree level.. at LLB you answer 3 questions in 3 hours; Plus you can bring in whatever statute you need [no need to waste brain cells on anything but cases and principles..]; Plus although memory work is important, they emphasise on understanding, and application. So if you hate memorizing; or if your memory is a piece of crap... and I mean, really sucky... CLP is going to be a real tough one on you... [Like it is on me now.. and even then, apparently my selective memory is good...=.=' I'm getting a migraine from all this....]

With that said.. I think, I definitely prefer the LLB...

-Oracl3-