How to study productively for legal?

[miss shep]

hey guys, just wondering how to study smart/ effectively  to tackle 3/4 without always having to cram information before SACS and exams.
Also any good websites for legal?? any Mr Wood equivalents  for legal studies??


 

Also anyone who got a 40 or above can you please tell me the ways you went about studying?? thanks 

[eeps]

For a subject like Legal Studies where there is a lot of information to remember, try different methods of revising. Be inventive. For example, try writing out flash cards - i.e. write the word "Senate" on one side with the definition/its' function on the other side. Get your parents/siblings to test you. Other tips for revising are to gather a group of friends together and form a "study group". Meet up weekly or monthly and go over the key concepts in that area of study prior to a SAC and even the exam. Test each other. This will benefit all involved.

When it came to SACs, I revised systematically. Generally, I would start off by doing all the relevant questions in the chapter(s) being tested on the SAC. There are exam-style questions at the end of the chapter in most textbooks - I would also advise doing those. Then, I did questions from "Cambridge Checkpoints Legal Studies Units 3 & 4". In terms of preparation, I would start preparing a week out from a SAC to get practice exam questions done - because most of my questions in SACs were past exam questions.

Also any good websites for legal??

The VCAA website is always very good. I’m not really sure you need anything besides that for Legal Studies. You could try the VCAT and VLRC websites, when you come to studying them though.

any Mr Wood equivalents  for legal studies??

I haven't seen any equivalent ones for SACs, but for practice exam papers - Melbourne High School had a tricky practice exam for Legal Studies.

The best piece of advice I can give is to work hard and put in a consistent effort all year round, as goes with any subject. If you are willing to make the time and effort to do the work, then you’ll go along in succeeding in Legal Studies. The subject itself isn’t too difficult once you understand the content and do practice questions.

Hope I helped and yeh, I got above 40 for this subject.

[miss shep]

thank you so much!!!!!

[Liuy]

To add to what EPL said, use a wide range of resources, for example all three textbooks, A+ Legal Notes (awesome) and of course, your teacher, who should become your best friend. You must get your teacher to mark your questions, answer queries, help you revise etc. In order to familiarize yourself with their demands in your responses and in turn, score highly in SACS and maintain a high ranking.

[TheMirrorMan]

What is the third textbook for Legal? I've heard about the Oxford one and the Jacaranda one but I don't know of the third one.

[eeps]

What is the third textbook for Legal? I've heard about the Oxford one and the Jacaranda one but I don't know of the third one.

As far as I know, there is: 'Justice and Outcomes', 'Making & Breaking the Law' and 'Key Concepts'.

[Wazzup]

Use A+ Legal Notes - its amazing! Use your teacher and test yourself weekly, whatever works for you. All the best:)

[Rhettski999]

Just to add to the comments above, legal studies comes down to collaborating a years worth of information into strong comprehension of task words. The two go hand in hand. Once you learn the information for an area of study you should immediately start practising for the possible task words VCAA could throw at you in the exam. For example a critical evaluation of Parliament (8 or 10 marks), so, you should be able to write 5 strengths and 5 corresponding weaknesses for each area of study or piece of material. I cannot emphasise how important task words are on the road to success in Legal, the hardest, in my opinion being comparative question, albeit, requiring an evaluative element.

Good luck