In order to achieve high GPA

and have excellent grades in

law school, a good method of
legal study is the best way to
apply for each and every law
student in their daily lives.
Based
on my research and reference
on the website titled Classroom,
legal study defined as learning
about the law, learning on how
to apply those laws correctly
and learn. A good method of
legal study will maximize the
effectiveness of the knowledge
acquisition and in the learning
process. Law is a professional
course for students to continue
their higher education and
without a good methods of legal
study, law students will suffer
in this journey because there
is just not enough time to study
in a day especially a day before
an examination and not
enough time to learn and do it
all especially if doing it last
minute. There are many
methods
of legal study. For instance, by
textbook, by using caselaw or
casebook and lectures
In order to achieve high GPA
and have excellent grades in
law school, a good method of
legal study is the best way to
apply for each and every law
student in their daily lives.
Based
on my research and reference
on the website titled Classroom,
legal study defined as learning
about the law, learning on how
to apply those laws correctly
and learn. A good method of
legal study will maximize the
effectiveness of the knowledge
acquisition and in the learning
process. Law is a professional
course for students to continue
their higher education and
without a good methods of legal
study, law students will suffer
in this journey because there
is just not enough time to study
in a day especially a day before
an examination and not
enough time to learn and do it
all especially if doing it last
minute. There are many
methods
of legal study. For instance, by
textbook, by using caselaw or
casebook and lectures
Law students and lawyes are in a unique position to help people, groups, organizations, and
companies with their legal issues as well as find solutions to many complex problems.
Upholding the rule of law is a privilege, and as a lawyer you will be a champion for this vital
public good. Legal Method commonly refers to a set of techniques used to analyse and
apply the law, and to determine the appropriate weight that should be accorded to
different sources of law.

Legal research is “the process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to

support legal decision-making.

 Uniformity and Certainty: Law provides Uniformity and certainty to the

administration of justice. …
 Protection against arbitrary, biased and dishonest decisions: …
 Freedom from errors of individual judgement: …
 Reliability :
 The law is important because it acts as a guideline as to what is accepted in
society. Without it there would be conflicts between social groups and communities.
It is pivotal that we follow them. The law allows for easy adoption to changes that
occur in the society.
How do you study legal methods?

4 Steps to Learn How to Study Law Effectively

1. Use Key Words. Underlining key words by using different colours can
significantly reduce the material you need to study while stimulating your
brain to remember information. …
2. Use Online Flashcards to Study &amp, Memorize Key Notes. …
3. Complement Your Study Notes with Mind Maps.
Is law necessary legal methods?

Law is a rule of law, the method is often in the form of well-written detections. Law are a
very important for running the society in a proper manners. Laws are general rules of human
conduct which are accepted and enforced by the state government, which are non-
mandatory. The judiciary is punishes for non- compliance.

They also analyze socio-legal and other repercussions of those acts or regulations. Legal
research is an essential and necessary tool for individual lawyers (advocates) and law firms
disregarding their practice areas. In the matter of question or doubt related to any case, it
helps in the essential search of the case.

Assist in the investigation and evaluation of legal issues/cases related SRI

Projects, Track and organize files containing important case documents, Perform
other related functions related to the implementation of the projects

Law student should practice good legal study method in

ordered to scored high cgpa in their exam. This are very
important because law is a professional subject. It is not
easy to study, sometime even we put a lot of effort we
cant scored it also.we will feel curious right study method
will be applied
Textbook
ou will notice there are 2 main, general Legal information categories. First, there’s the
primary law which is focused on caselaw, regulations and statuses. Then you have the
secondary sources, which are not legally binding like the primary law. This information is
mostly focused on explaining legal theory and the primary law. The second part focuses
more on things like journals, treaties, digests and many others.

The entire US legal system is based on precedent, which means that you do need to use
Legal Research in order to see how the court reacted previously to such a case. Of
course, you need to see if there were any similar patterns and which is the right
approach towards this type of topic. Once you do that, it will be easier than ever to
obtain the desired results.

There’s no specific methodology regarding the way you conduct Legal Research. That’s
why you can easily create your own method and approach the case at your own pace.
It’s possible to use the old school method, reading through and checking legal journals
and documents, or you can use legal software for lawyers that’s just as efficient, not to
mention a whole lot faster.

Why is Legal Research important?

There are lots of reasons why Legal Research is important, as you will notice below. First,
Legal Research helps you focus on the facts of the case, not to mention you can identify
the point of law in the disputed issue. Research will also help prepare arguments that
you can use in court and you will also need to lay down the evidence in that case, which
is also backed up by research.

On top of that, Legal Research supplements the area of practice, since it backs up
everything with credible sources, evidence and even historical data. You get to have
complete knowledge about the issue, and all of that information can be harnessed in a
professional manner. Regardless of the complexity of the case, Legal Research will help
you give complete answers, examine any statutes and even ensure that all legal matters
are handled accordingly.

Conclusion

It’s very important to focus on Legal Research if you want to solve any type of legal
problem. While the process can be long and tedious at times, the truth is that proper
research can help turn the odds in your favor in many cases. All you have to do is to
work with a team of legal experts which rely on delivering the best research and ensure
that everything is handled at the highest level.

According to Simon lee and Larry Fox, the course or study of legal
method can be used as the basis of a first year course or an intensive
introductory course in the first year to develop skills throughout a five
year course. Legal methods is an introduction to both the nature of the
English legal system and its sources and the techniques which lawyers
use when handling these sources. Studying legal method should be
exciting, challenging and rigorous. To fresh students however, it has the
reputation of being boring and mechanical.
Legal methods is offered by first year students of law in the hope that it
will introduce them to the idea of law which may appear strange to them.
Legal method is not a course that can be easily crammed or memorized
and it should not be crammed i.e. memorized but to be understood. If
not, it will weaken the foundation of the student’s legal education.
          The study of law may be related to the study of a foreign language
because it proceeds in an orderly fashion. Students are not just
introduced to the study of law straight away. They, who are just coming
in to the university to study law are not just introduced to specific laws
like law of torts, company law, law of evidence etc. but are to take the
course of legal methods which revolves around the study of basic
principles, nature, sources, role of law and the methods of law can be
effectively applied for better understanding of the subject matter and this
can be compared to the study of foreign language in the sense that for
one to learn and understand, one has to start from the scratch of the
rudiments. for instance, in the case of English language, one starts
learning from the alphabets and then proceeds to learning of two to three
letter words and to vocabularies and then master the language to the
extent of expressing oneself in that language and such is the same with
the study of law by learning in an orderly fashion from the study of legal
vocabularies, concepts, definitions, principles, cases, statutes and from
secondary materials to primary materials. The study of legal method
provides the basis for the study of law and this marks its comparison
with the study of a foreign language.

The main importance of the course is to provide a ground work on the

fundamental concept of law. The course is aimed both at students with
no previous knowledge of law and those with minimal knowledge of law.
The intention is that at the end of the course, student will have the
necessary conceptual tool to deal with the law modules they will be
exposed to in their future engagement with the study of law.
         The course is also to help students understand the logic
of law which is captured in one of McLeod's introductory lines “legal
methods when properly understood is a creative process which provides
a fascinating study in reasoning and using language in order to achieve
practical results”. And this is the reason why the study of legal method
should continue.
          Legal methods is a course, which among other things exposes
students to the nature, language, technique and dynamics of law in the
early stage of their academic life in order to lay a solid foundation for the
proper understanding and application of the various substantive
principle and rules which they will come across as they advance in the
studies.
          On the study of legal methods Prof Peter Strauss from the
Colombia law school in his book, legal method: understanding cases and
statutes (2nd ed.) opines that legal method education start with the
orientation to the material lawyer use and the institution they deal with.
Prof Strauss said that along the study of legal methods, the skills,
beginning with the use of cases, statutes and secondary material in their
decision are developed. Along the line, students encounter not only the
appellate opinions typical of law school teaching materials but lawyers’
arguments and briefs, considerable stretches of legislative history
materials, a good deal of secondary literature-largely excerpts bearing on
the continuing controversies over statutory interpretation .
          Legal methods provide a lively introduction to both the nature of
the English legal system and its sources and the techniques which
lawyers use when handling those sources. It is in this that has made the
course popular for clear introduction to the subject of law.
          With the study of legal methods, ideas revolving around the
creation of application are espoused. The processes of making court
application for hearing are learned in the study of legal method, although
it may not go deep into it but it gives knowledge of it.
          Legal methods as an introductory course for students who are
starting a law programme will enable students appreciate the origin of
law, the various law theories or schools of thought, the functions of law
within the society and how to reason, write and make decisions in line
with the law.
          The study of legal method lays a foundation upon which other law
subjects are built. With the study of legal method, one is exposed to
other law subject like trust and equity, jurisprudence etc.
          The study of this course enables one to distinguish the method of
social control through the law. It is in the study of legal method that one
knows or become aware that to have a political organized society, there
must be a definitely be some forms of prescribed legal system and social
order.
          The law is diverse but has territorial limitations. Thus the law of
different countries around the world differ from one another and are
limited to the country that operates that that particular law. For
example, the diversity of law can be seen in the case of Nigeria and
America. Nigerian law is against abortion and homosexuality but the
American law recognizes them and accept them as a way of life. Equally,
the northern part of Nigeria operates the Penal Code while the Criminal
Code  applies in the southern part. Without the study of legal method in
the university, the student will not be aware of this as it is in the course
of studying legal method that he gets to be aware of these differences and
diversities.
CONCLUSION
          In conclusion, there have been attempts to produce a universally
acceptable definition of law. Glanville Williams said the meaning of the
word depends on the context in which it is used. He had posited that,
early customary law and municipal law were contexts where the
word law was used with two different and irreconcilable meanings.
We conclude by stating that legal method is the understanding and use
of professional procedure and techniques in interpreting case law,
statutes. It should be known that legal method as a course is adopted by
universities throughout the world and not only in Nigeria. With this in
mind therefore, students should not be discouraged or even attempt to
memorize but to understand this course so as to lay a proper foundation
for their legal career. Legal methods provide a lively introduction to both
the nature of the English legal system and it sources and the techniques
which lawyer use when handling those sources. Thus, legal method must
be a popular course to those who want a clear introduction into the
study of law.
Text book can let students know how to learn the law. Textbooks should be read
with a view to clarify ambiguities and difficulties in lecture notes and for purposes of amplification on
points referred to in lectures. Most of the lecture notes are in Powerpoint form so it it just highlight the
important part of the topics of our study, there will least of further information. Thus, sometimes we
will get confuse to it.By reading textbook, we will gain more details information that maybe can’t cover
by lecturer notes. Besides the lecture notes are used as reference for lecture to teach us so it may be
easier to understanding by lecture but not for us, but at time we refer to textbook, all the point will be
clear. Ambiguities and difficulties will be solve.
Besids,
The more often a book is read, the easier and quicker it is to read (which is obvious). • When a book on
an unfamiliar subject is read for the first time it is rather heavy going, and one seems not to remember
very much of it. • The second reading is both easier and more interesting, and more (but still not much)
is remembered. • Many people take their examination at this point. • If they had the perseverance to
read through the book a third, fourth and fifth time, they would have found that each successive reading
came more easily and that the residue left in the mind each time went up in geometrical progression. •
While on the subject of memory work it is worth pointing out that learning by heart is best performed in
short periods distributed over as long as possible. PIL0012 Introduction to Law Chapter 1&2
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MACD 3/ 6 • For instance, it is better to devote one hour a day to revise than six hours at a stretch once
a week. • By using the method, you can learn the same amount in less learning time by distributing your
learning evenly over term and vacation than by crowding your learning into the term and leaving the
vacations and academic blank. • The greater the gaps you leave between your periods of learning, the
less learning you have to do. • Learning can be increased in strength by sleep or a rest period. It seems
therefore that more learning can be accomplished in, say, three hours by taking a tenminute rest period
in the middle than by working continuously. • Tests have shown that when time is thus distributed
between reading and recall, fifty per cent more is remembered than when the same time is spent
merely in reading the passage over and over.
from the text book named Legal study : texts and materials written by Ms.
Maizatul Azila binti Chee Din ,students can have a full recognition to an easier
method and how can study the law in a very effective and easy
method.This books provide a degree of flexibility , so that the book can be
of interest to different readers through basic concept until the advanced
concepts(i.e.the discussion of the cases).meaning of such subject at basic
level is better understood.When students read this book, they can know
how the learning process of law should be.The book states that learning
law as with any other academic subject, involves a three stage
process.The first one is learning,in order to get the most , out of lessons
students should make notes in class and read them after lessons, eother
in the library, on the way home, on the bus or at home.Besides, students
should do additional reading in their own time .It could be from a
textbook, a casebook, a law report or a website.add any useful
information to your class notes or on a new sheet of paper.Complete all
homework on time. Catch up on any missed work.
The second is revising, sort out and index all your notes .Condense notes
to main points.Use key phrases to summarise large amounts of writing
Draw a spider diagram(mind map)or a flowchat which gives you an
overvies=w od an entire topic. Make revision cards and carry them with
you
Draw up a timetable and do not waste time putting it into action.
Ensure that your prioritise your subject.
Revise in a quiet, comfordable place for about 30 minutes at a time.
There are different ways of memorising information. For example,
writing, reading and listening. For writing …… .
Reading .when reading I would underline and highline key oints.look at
each key word or phrase in our revision notes to test whether we can
remember all the information it represents.Visual learners can read and
picture spider diagram or flowcharts in their minds.Draw out flow chart
links to our own imagination, more easy for memorising.
Listening.records notes onto audio cassettles amd play them back to
themselves. Recording can help us do revision or playback when cannot
catch up the speed of what lecture saying and with the recording the
word that we cant understand can go back search its.
Can find some example of precendant cases as a guiliness to lead us
during we are blur. For example,The Coelho v The public services
commission cases in General Principal subject was act the precedent
case of Invitation to Treat ,this helped us to know more about ITT and
know what kind of cases should be found as a referring.

Text book can be benefited by the readers in their journey to success.

With test book law is not longest difficult to study.
Case
Use refenrence as
Lecturer ; we can know what is the key word through lecture
Arriving lecture with preparation
Gain other information that text book doesn’t
Clear to what we have study- further elaboration, more easy way to
understood when we have question
Have argument
Some provision look similar to the other the literate rule.for
example,when I doing tutoriall question of gpol.there was on provision
make meet confused, the provisio are willingness to do or abstain from
doing anything.whether the itt can be apply on it.Hence when I ask
question in lecturer I am clear on it.In order to build out our
confidence ,we can answer question using notes.could simply write
answer plan .This will help us know is it our notes contains all the
necessary point.Touch the point that I had don’t know before when I
study textbook
Extra information
Tell us go library
Teach us how to find cases
Tell us list down strengthen and weaken give us suggestion according to
our strengthen and weaken.For example, used 5 minuted method
when you are a procastination.Just count 1,2,3,4,5 and start your
work, Just go in your work don’t have so many excuse.I found that
this methos is work for me because I am a procrastinate person ,I
also have the excuse when I want to study I will have to take a cup
of coffee or listen to a favourite songs before I started my revision
but I always have so many conditions before I start hence after a
long while, the time past I still haven’t started yet.the lecturer also
let suggest us to draw up a time table and do not waste time
putting it,estimate time to do ou work and life both will be balance
Teach us how to answer exam question understand structure of exam
question and how to apply it.
Taking notes effectively whilst attending lectures,use key words and keep
it minimal.Alternatively just listen and engage, note down key
words and listen to part of lecture via recording , to redigest if
 needed,will retain far more by listening and ensured 100%focused,
opposed to worrying about getting the notes down before he/ she
finishes the section.
Before attending lectures/classes, read the material and have a basic
knowledge regarding the content,this will ensure that your
engagement is at a maximum.This also work as you will be familiar
with the minimum knowledge and required less notes.Don’t just
plan your day plan your semester.Get a diary and put in dates that
assigment are due, the reading requirements for the following week
as preparation for the following week as preparation,at the end of
the week summarise the topics that were covered and do not
proceed to the following weeks material until you have a complete
understanding of the concepts which you learnt.If you cant explain
it simply, you don’t understand it well enough stated by Albert
Einstein.Studying for long periods of time can be beneficial to some
, most however will benefit far more by taking breaks, this will also
break the urge to give it into temptations of social media. Study
hard for 20 minutes then have 5 minute break, during your break
you are free to do everything.after 3 cycles take a 10 minute break.

Lectures

Definition

What lectures do

How does it effect

Different lecturer have different style of lecturing ,so we are most likely to came across a wide variety of
lecturers.As a student, we need to develop a good technique for dealing with lectures, which we
caadapt to cope with the different lecturing styles you came across.

One objectives of lectures is to convey to students a basic knowledge and understanding of the law
itself.

Secondly, lectures provide important guidance to students so that they may more readily gain, in private
study, a deeper understanding through an informed and selective approach to legal materials.Such
guidance may be explicit, ‘when you read this case, please take notes especially……’.The guidance may
not be obvoious because the don’t want to buoduo chance of student to discovery the information by
his ownself. The things that discover by ourselves will have more impression compared to just getting
the answer by others.But the lecturer still will give us some’tips’ to ensure we are on the right track to
what we find for.Other than that, the guidance of lecturer may merely implicit in the lecturer selection
of cases and judgements in much be found in the text .For example, lecturer will insert the precedent
cases like in Malaysia Legal History subject there are a precedent case,which are Adong Bin Kuwau v
Kerajaan Negeri Johor& Anor about land rights. Hence with his preccedant case ,I will find the similar
case as my reference.whilst many others of lesser important one can be confined to the footnotes.The
lecturer will tell us some extra knowledge that related to the topic will learn but most probly will not
came out in exam, just for extra knowledge.

Many students do not benefit as much as they might from lectures • They are rightly concerned to make
‘a good set of notes’ but their view as to what amounts to such is frequently misconceived. • Many
students adopt a passive role in lectures, by which we mean that they take upon themselves the mantle
of silent unthinking scribes, committed to capturing on paper every word uttered by the lecturer
whether understood or not