HOW TO PREPARE FOR LAW EXAMINATION?

If you are willing to pursue a lawyer as your career choice, here are a few tips that can help you in cracking the exams.

In India, if you want to study law after completing your 10+2, you have to clear a competitive examination, after which you can pursue LLB, which is an undergraduate law degree. The course is for three years, and after that, students get a professional law degree. There are various exams conducted for this, like CLAT, LSAT, SET, IPU-CET. These exams are set to check a person's eligibility to pursue the course, and it is mandatory to clear them for enrolling in any institute.

The first thing you need to know is the structure of the question paper and hence plan accordingly. The articles primarily focus on the legal aptitude and the command of the English language of the aspirant. The exam is conducted in offline mode and the English language only. The question paper consists of 150 questions, and the maximum time allotted to attempt these is 2 hours. Anyone can attempt the exam after completion of class 12th. Each correct answer earns you +1 marks, whereas, for each wrong answer, 0.25 marks are deducted.

There are five divisions in the question paper: English, logical reasoning, quantitative techniques, general awareness, and legal aptitude. The number of questions in each section is as follows.

● English: 28-32 questions 

● Logical reasoning: 13-17 questions 

● Quantitative techniques: 35-39 questions 

● General awareness: 35-39 questions 

● Legal aptitude: 28-32 questions

Each question carries one mark.

While preparing for the exam, it is extremely important to focus on general knowledge, especially those related to any amendments or judgments passed by the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Make reading newspapers and editorials daily a priority. This will keep you up to date. Focus extra on the events that have taken place in the past six months. Learn about the parliamentary subjects and give the legislative and landmark judgments of High Courts and Supreme court utmost importance. Read and articulate information on topics such as trade,

finances, and international economics. Also, focus on the logical reasoning part and practice questions of reasoning, syllogism, logical sequences, analogies, etc. 

For English, make sure you are proficient in it. Write in English, read articles, and also try speaking in English. This will build up your confidence in the subject and help you in improving your grammar and vocabulary. Also, try to increase your reading speed to avoid wastage of time during the examination. Focus on mathematics from classes 8th-12th also. Practice questions every day to improve. 

Plan for your preparation and execute it efficiently. Understanding your syllabus and how it has been broken down into sections. Focus more on sections that carry more marks. Recognize your weaknesses and work on them. According to ib schools in Dehradun spend your time working on subjects that you do not have a good command of, but at the same time, try not to ignore other subjects completely. Devote enough time for your studies and take extra time to keep up with the news and reading the articles and newspapers. Practice as many questions as possible from various preparatory books or those available online. 

Make sure you recheck the facts you come across on the internet, as the source might not be credible. Revise as much as you can. Also, before checking the judgments by the court, try to prepare your verdicts. 

At last, practice from the previous year's question papers. Once you are confident enough, solve questions from previous year's papers and time yourself. This will increase your speed and help you understand the type of questions asked in the exam.