Vision & Revision

Today I'm stuck in London without my trusty laptop. So it took me ages to get a some piece of tech that would enable me to write this post. But I did it! I know that the last post is supposed to have a video on it; but for some reason it wouldn't upload properly so you were not able to view it. I'll meet with somebody from the marketing team of the University of Bedfordshire tomorrow to see if anything can be done about this. (I tried to upload multiple times to no avail). The people from the University did mention some equipment I could use to help me with the vlogging so I'll investigate that some more.

Anyway; the deadlines for the dissertation and my other coursework is coming up so I should probably get going with those. The exams are also en route so I will start to prepare for those too. Time for a whole lot of speaking to myself. (It's how I revise).

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A Moot Point

I dont know whether it's worked or not until I post it; but this segment of my blog should come with a video about the Moot Court in the University of Bedfordshire. It was supposed to be uploaded yesterday (friday) but I got delayed.

Anyway; back to the Moot Court. As I said in the video; it's going to be changed soon to look alot more like a moot court. The tables for the councils should be facing the right way in the upcoming refurbishment. As a 3rd year Law student, it wont be for me to enjoy :( but the changes should be up for the lower years and new students :D There will also apparently be a jury section. It's going to look super realistic as it is apparently being outfitted by people who fit actual court rooms. It doesnt get any better than that!

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Commercial Awareness in London

This week, I attended a workshop in London about Commercial Awareness. The speakers were people from respected London Law firms. 2 solicitors and 1 trainee. This gave us an insight on the what its like on the first steps and on the end goal. Opportunities like these open up when one joins the University's Law society.

It was a fun day out. We got to learn about what Law firms look for in applicants as well as how to apply in a way that THEY like. It's not about coming to them as the finished product; its about showing potential and presenting traits that would be beneficial to the firm. Attitude as well as knowledge and skill.

Although the workshop was great; the best part of the day was the journey. The coach ride to Victoria Station was easy enough. But after that; the group kind of got separated. I was left to figure out which bus to take to get to Waterloo for everyone who was in my group. I'm not very good at traversing London so all this was very frantic. I had to call my girlfriend to tell me where to go (I assumed since she lives in London; she must know where to go). Overall we got there in the end so it all worked out.

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PS: due to new in formation recently brought to my notice; I will now attempt to do a video blog once a month. So look forward to that

Notes and Stuff

No more coursework! So now all the Uni work left to do for me is to make my notes neat and tidy. So far; I’ve managed to condense 1/3 of the whole company Law module into 2 pages. But apparently; he is gonna give us a comprehensive “revision list” that “will not waste our time”. I took this to mean that he is going to give us hints as to what will come up in the exam. So i’ll probably wait for that before doing the rest of the company notes.

As for news for the other modules; apparently the Equity lecturer is leaving :( This means that he probably wont be marking our exams. I personally don't know whether thats a good thing or not. Aside from that; I found out another interesting fact this week. Apparently, at the end of the year, the lecturers all get together to look at all of the 3rd years’ work. ALL OF IT. This is to give us “exit velocity” apparently. In these meetings; the lecturers find any excuse they can to bump your grade up (especially if you are borderline). So perhaps it pays to be nice to your lecturers eh?

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Company Halt!

Right, our Company coursework is due tomorrow so I suppose it’s relevant for me to talk about it. The target this time is John and he wants information to be presented to him in a certain way too. Firstly (since that’s how he wants it done), I started by talking about the legal issues straight up.  It’s even acceptable if you just say 

“these are the legal issues that arise: issue 1, issue 2, issue 3”

And for your conclusion, don’t forget to actually advise Jane. She is the client. Though I’m a bit skeptical as to whether or not she’s the good guy. For all I know, she could be a terrible business woman and that’s why Tom and Ben want her out. For all I know, buying the soft toys company could be the greatest move in business ever and Jane is a fool for disagreeing with it. 

Anyway, back to the issues. Due to the nature of the question, I made sure to write about things like unfair prejudice, pre emption and pro rata. Alot of what students normally talk about in coursework like these is how to minimize the client’s loss. In addition to this, I thought it was worthwhile trying to consider what Jane can do in retaliation. From things like disqualifying Tom and Ben or winding-up the company are notable options to explore. 

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Dont Play the Odds; Play the Man

To make up for my fairly lack-luster post last week; tonight we will be analysing the Evidence coursework. its almost due so we best get this done. Oh the title?... yeah its not very relevant. I just really wanted to say that. Anyway moving on. This question is set out pretty nicely. It's in bullet points in pretty much the structure you want it to be; so lets leave that till last shall we. For now; lets focus on the examiner

The target audience is Tariq. And if you've been paying attention; he wants information laid out in front of him in a specific way. Yes, the coursework concerns the Law of Evidence; but its also a criminal trial. This means that on your opening paragraph, you should dedicate a sentence or two to discuss what the charges are. A non-fatal offence (at least assault but it could be more) and an inchoate offence of kidnapping. Now we all did criminal Law so you should be aware of the main cases for these crimes.... so throw them in there! Also mention what court this would likely be held in and maybe even the possible sentences for such crimes.

Now we move on to the meat of the coursework. I started with who normally has the legal burden of proof then move on to the witnesses. The fact that the first 3 witnesses are  for the prosecution is very important. With regards to competence and compelability; the rules vary on which side you're on. Lastly, keep an eye on the witnesses special characteristics which should be referred to due to it's significance. Pat (Spouse of accused), Bart (Under-aged), Scott (Not in the scene of the crime: Hearsay) and Denise (Spouse of the accused, for the defence, reluctant, not in the scene of the crime: Character)

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Putting the Pro In Procrastination

It seems I'm getting a little bit too cocky. Due to the fact that I breezed through my first coursework this year; I cant seem to bring myself to do my other coursework early. Even right now as I'm writing this blog; I have a video about JazzPunk on the window next to this one. Disclaimer: I am NOT endorsing procrastination in any way; I'm just writing about how my week went.

This week; I aimed to complete my evidence coursework. I spend 3 days so far for this task. But thanks to hours upon hours of procrastination; I was only able to do just over 1000 words. That's less than half! Ive been watching videos, watching TV, playing Skyrim.......Skyrim..... umm... be right back...

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So yeah; as I was saying, I havent been very productive this week. I urge you to avoid doing what I'm doing. As some of you may be able to tell; even this blog isnt very...meaty..... yeah; meaty is the right word. The important thing when you are procrastinating is to be fully aware that you are and then proceed to getting out of the loop. And if that fails; you should at least make sure that you are doing productive stuff whilst procrastinating. So clean your room! lol

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