Work glorious work!

Currently I have a surplus of it. I started consolidation this week and that was actually quite helpful, particularly for property which I was slightly despairing with originally but now am pretty confident it will be fine...

I've just completed a 'to-do'-list for the five remaining weeks of term and it is looking pretty full. To be honest, I prefer it that way as it will motivate to work hard.

Mock exams take place te last week of term - one in property, one in BLP (Business Law and Practice) and one in Civil Litigation. I mused briefly with the idea of just turning up and doing my best without any revision but that thought didn't last long - instead I've decided to attempt a reasonable amount of revision for two reasons:

1) I want to get an idea of what the exams will be like in a more realistic way - my downfall on the conversion was not knowing what to expect in exams!
2) There will be less work to do for the actual exams as I will have already gone through the topics in the mocks and can simply alter or supplement my revision notes.

Organising what work to do is such fun. Doing it is sometimes a rather different matter... wish me luck!

My Sunday Gripe

Small children running amok in supermarkets.

Should not be allowed.

But it is a lovely sunny day so I will let it go for now.

LPC - preparing you for practice?

In case anybody hadn't realised, the LPC is essentially pretty artificial. Makes sense really - I mean, you can't really simulate real law firm conditions all the time and by default some of it has to be adapted.

Let's take a Legal Research assessment. You get given a question, you go off an research it. In practice, this is something a trainee solicitor is very likely to do, so it makes perfect sense it is assessed on the LPC.

However, there is something inherently artificial about this situation. In practice, if you have any questions about what is required, you will trot off to your supervisor and ask them kindly to ring up the client for clarification. This is not an option in Law School.

So you could theoretically fail this skill that is required from a lawyer, not because you cannot do the research, but because you don't have a supervisor or client to tell you what it is they really want you to answer.

Way to teach real lawyering skills.

Roll Call

Dear readers

You will be very pleased to hear this week I have been working very hard and am feeling much better about the lack of reading that took place during Reading Week.

Yesterday I spent five hours with Business Accounts and didn't even realise, because I was enjoying it so much! It is a special moment when your Assets minus Liabilities equals your Capital on a balance sheet.

Anyway, during a period of study I was contemplating my blawg. And I was wondering how many people actually read it.

So, here is your challenge dear reader. If you read this on a regular basis (yes, mum, that includes you!) please post a comment and say hi. As you know you can be anonymous. But I would like to know if I actually have any regular readers, or whether I'm just sitting here writing for the benefit of myself and various computer-generated adverts.

Oh and PS. there is a new blogger on my blogroll - the aptly named Law School Blogger.

Now it might just be me, but I think he looks oretty hot! Provided those are actual photos of him and not his better looking older brother.