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MoonlightSonata

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I usually go over the facts twice, or in detail. From there understanding the judge(s) is fairly straightforward.
 

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don't worry dude, most people get the shits with the readings in foundations

they drop you in the deep end
 
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MoonlightSonata said:
Try reading some Jane Austen to get your language up to speed
Hah. Probably the lamest (and most true) thing I've heard all week.

Being good at English, I only find reading law very hard. I know people like you who sit there for hours reading a couple of pages.

Yes it's a bummer, but that's the way the write, it's also a bummer that a lot of people don't find reading hard.

I think a lot of it is just persistence: I can honestly see myself getting better at it, looking at past cases I read early on, I can read them much quicker now...

I agree with Moonlight: Reading the facts of the case carefully is very important, otherwise you end up halfway through the sentencing, and you don't know what the judges are referring to.

Stick at it:)
 
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that's how i was doing it now it takes me 10 mins to read two pages :) skimming is the key
you're lucky, I can't skim on law cases, I always miss something important.
 

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MoonlightSonata said:
Try reading some Jane Austen to get your language up to speed
I prefer the Bronte sisters and Dickens. Regency era fiction is overshadowed by the gothic and realist movement (although austen's period straddles the latter) :eek::eek:

Otherwise, POTY. Undeniably, the epitome of an arts / law graduate.
 

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