Firstly, you have to ask yourself what you should revise, including how many topics. This also means determining which topics are pervasive and which are general. Then you have to devise a revision plan and allocate enough time to reading and understanding the topics, studying tutorial notes and practising seminar questions and past exam papers. It is useful to deploy various methods, for instance, using colour coding and drawing mind maps, engaging in active learning, re-reading lecture notes and forming a study group to discuss topics.

Learn how to prioritise by preparing a list where you note down what you have to learn and what is important to fully tackle a question about a particular topic, what you should do subsequently and how you can further improve applying the law and also write down what else would be useful to learn if there is enough time.

Moreover, you want to determine what case names you want to learn and this means firstly identifying important legal principles and secondly backing them up with key authorities. Identify whether you should add any additional cases, which you have not included. When studying cases, know the ratio and obiter - if necessary. Memorise the names of both parties and learn the facts. For memorising cases, it is useful to prepare mind maps and to use post-it notes and index cards and to have your fellow students test you.

It is also important to familiarise yourself with relevant Acts and sections/Articles.

Most fundamentally, students have to practise before sitting a law exam. Answer some past exam papers and time yourself, i.e. write the answer in the same time you will have in the exam.

On the day of the exam, already dress like a lawyer and adopt a positive can-do attitude. Read the questions a few times to ensure that you do not overlook anything. Be precise when you answer the question and write logically. Do not spend more time on a particular question, but dedicate the same amount of time for each question. No credit is given for rewriting the facts, which are already stated in the question or for copying the statute book. Instead paraphrase the relevant statute section. Prepare a plan before you start the question. Use formal expressions. Identify the issues, then refer to the relevant rule and back it up with authority, apply the law marking service.

When you professional law essay writers UK, do not fall into the trap of telling a story. Instead stick to the legal points and arguments and support everything you say with primary or at least secondary sources. After writing out the full case name for the first time, use an abbreviation.

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