Tips to study law : Study Path for Exam Preparation

Study for exams should involve both revision of legal principles and answers to tutorial problems which emphasis their application.

1. Complete the revision
2. Practice examination techniques by attempting previous years' exams. Answers should be written in roughly the time allocated in an exam. practicing on previous examinations, the student is less likely to be unsettled by the exam.
3. Inevitably, the same issues often re-appear on exams under the guise of different problems. By recognizing these issues in previous exams, they become more apparent and less time needs to be used in identifying the issues.
4. Consequently, more time is available for discussing the issues and applying the legal principles. This will usually result in better exam answers.