How I Memorised Everything in Law School

Having endured the process of learning heaps of cases leading up to exams as a law student, I am painfully aware of how much of a drag it can be commit case facts to memory. Not only are the case names and judgements unnecessarily complicated, but law professors never actually tell you a stress-free process of remembering them. So in this video I break down the techniques I used when revising for my exams, which ultimately helped me to secure a first class degree :)

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01:54 - Spaced Repetition & The Forgetting Curve
04:57 - Memorising Legal Cases
07:20 - My 2 Systems of Reviewing Cases

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Hey, I'm Gareth. I'm a lawyer and lecturer from Oxford in the UK! I make videos to help law students with studying, exams, and unpacking all your questions about becoming a lawyer :)

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[DanielUmstead]

Spaced repetition is a game changer!! Thank you for doing this video🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾First week in at law school and I'm like how am I going to get through all these this video!!!💪🏾💪🏾

[melw]

Thank you so much! I just finished Torts I was so struggling to memorise all the cases (but the snail in the ginger beer bottle was too impressive to forget :D). Wish I could see your video earlier :)

[mehakverma]

A cricket ball bolted out of the cricket grounds and hit a woman on the head as hard as a stone. It was held that there was no breach of duty because the probability of that happening was so low. And that's the story of bolton v stone <3

[xSimSugar]

You are fantastic, I am a mature student currently studying law and your videos have been so helpful.

[ClaraCarmona]

I love the editingggg 😍😍😍😍 WELL DONE G J EVANS!!! ❤️❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[thivashini]

I'm happy I found u sir. My ambition is to become a lawyer but the motivation is lacking and people are giving alot of negative points upon law degree more than tell how to ace them.🥺

[rutevs]

Your videos are incredible. The tips you share are so imoortant. Thank you so much for sharing so much knowledge. ❤

[tamgaming]

I watched your video again, and I think I found out my problem I have - it's at 8:00 JUST 3 BULLET POINTS - when I see my cards... hell ... so overloaded. Can you maybe show us one card you made with Anki? Or show us how you control your self that your answer was right? I study economic and I have to write so many details on my cards ... It's so hard to control them when there are 12 facts I have to write down for one important thing.

[TurboGet-Rumble]

Thank you. Excellent application of the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve.

[tamgaming]

Very nice video. Also a very nice designed homepage you have!

[euphoria]

Can you specifically make a video on how to effectively use Anki for law school? I downloaded it but idk how to make the best out of it. Thanks Gareth!

[abdulh]

god send... very well elucidated. Many thanks; I will now be watching all your videos!

[Jornanfuentes]

You looks more enthusiasthic and more expressive than before, and with that It's more Interesting listen what are You saying. ❤️

3:00
The edition It's so dope xD

[qinheshiyeqin]

I have a bit over three months to study for immigration law exam, and wish myself good luck!

[studywithonty]

hey, sorry.. i wanna ask u something. i just come to the university and i choose law too. i wanna ask you, are you reading the whole cases before made the space repetition? thanks in advance.

[jibs]

Hi! My problem with using anki for law school is the huge amount of time needed to build the flashcards for required 50 readings a night. Do you have suggestions for this? Thank you! I hope you respond.

[cmbcmb]

Are you selling your notes and/or other flash cards on another site ? I’ve come across former law students who have done so. If you’re selling them, please send me info on how to procure. Thanks

[SwanBk]

Is this method, once you finish the last iteration, it remains forever, or is it only between remembering for a specific period between iterations?

[shuggy]

Thanks for all the useful advice. but (as a first year), it seems (at least to me) difficult to incorporate the techniques in your videos (although they are great) if you have only a day or 2 to learn and memorize 3-5 cases (prof.'s chosen parts) for the next class. is there a recommended way to manage the load of legal and lecture material?

[sarcocytsi]

Just subscribed💛 Do you have any tips to memorize articles word by word? Thanks!