Legal Studies Lectures - Are they worth it?

[vor0005]

Did you attend any Legal Studies lectures last year (for either Unit 3 & 4) and if so, which one's did you attend?
Most importantly, did you find that their notes really helped you during the year - or, would you have coped similarly without them.

Trying to make a decision on lectures for Legal so any help from previous students would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

[M_BONG]

Did you attend any Legal Studies lectures last year (for either Unit 3 & 4) and if so, which one's did you attend?
Most importantly, did you find that their notes really helped you during the year - or, would you have coped similarly without them.

Trying to make a decision on lectures for Legal so any help from previous students would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

Yes - went to a CPAP and Engage education one.

Any extra resources you can have in your Year 12 studies will be worth it (unless you're paying for hundreds of dollars for something easily substitutable); lectures are good because you are hearing things from a different person, in a different style. This is especially useful when you think your teacher may be remotely biased towards his own views/contents, neglected an AOS etc and the lecturers tend to stay back and answer questions. Also, they give out notes as well so if you didn't make them (don't bother, tbh) you can get some off them for free!

Most lecturers are highly experienced so they are good to clarify/troubleshoot some problems you may have!

[vor0005]

Yes - went to a CPAP and Engage education one.

Any extra resources you can have in your Year 12 studies will be worth it (unless you're paying for hundreds of dollars for something easily substitutable); lectures are good because you are hearing things from a different person, in a different style. This is especially useful when you think your teacher may be remotely biased towards his own views/contents, neglected an AOS etc and the lecturers tend to stay back and answer questions. Also, they give out notes as well so if you didn't make them (don't bother, tbh) you can get some off them for free!

Most lecturers are highly experienced so they are good to clarify/troubleshoot some problems you may have!

Thanks for the quick response! I'll definitely take a look into Engage lectures. I already have the notes from CPAP (ordered) so would there still be a reason to go to the lectures - or would it just be a waste of time/money?. Have you heard anything about TSFX Legal lectures? Only reason I'm asking is because they were really good for me with Bio - I'm just not too sure if this is consistent across all of their subjects. Thanks again for your help! Greatly appreciated

[lolalol]

Can't speak as a Legal student but my friend who scored a 46 in Legal went to the tsfx lectures and said they helped out immensely. During study periods I often saw her referring back to the booklets they provided. Hope this helped somewhat!

[Jawnle]

I recommend buying 'A+ notes'! It's around $20-25. Very well structured and detailed to allow an easy understanding of the content. Also provides chapter review questions but they're quite easy.

[meganrobyn]

Thanks for the quick response! I'll definitely take a look into Engage lectures. I already have the notes from CPAP (ordered) so would there still be a reason to go to the lectures - or would it just be a waste of time/money?. Have you heard anything about TSFX Legal lectures? Only reason I'm asking is because they were really good for me with Bio - I'm just not too sure if this is consistent across all of their subjects. Thanks again for your help! Greatly appreciated

Hello! Do you mean the CPAP Study Guide?? I'm just in the process of updating the 2015 version The Study Guide is focused mainly on content, but laid out in an exam- and notes-friendly style.

I also give the CPAP Legal lectures, btw.

Okay, so I give four different CPAP lectures, and in each one I try to do a slightly different thing. Some people come to all (and get a little overlap but also some different stuff each time), whereas others choose based on what they feel they need the most.

The mid-year lecture recaps Unit 3 and gives a suggested layout for your Unit 3 exam notes; I then pre-teach Unit 4 quickly, focusing on explaining the stuff I feel is MOST OFTEN misunderstood on the exam!! (and that consequently annoys me ) Then in the Term 3 holidays I give an end-of year content lecture that revises the content for the whole year and points out the content notes that could be on the exam but that aren't explicitly mentioned on the Study Design, and that people therefore often miss. Finally, before the exam there is a full-day workshop, which is where I assume people know their content and we spend time planning and structuring questions, marking sample answers, writing timed answers and cross-marking those answers. Right before the exam there is the classic 'exam prep' lecture, which has a bit of content, a bit of common errors, a bit of structuring answers, a bit of exam tips, etc.

Hope that helps!