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Hi! Is anyone here with law optional?

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@fortarach63 @Joeyisthebest @12akshita96 @PP1204 @Agog 

First of all I wud say this was not my first mains with law. Hence the challenge was to compile the study notes/materials and to focus on answer writing. So I kept my materials short and had done revision at least 3 times for most of the topics in law. The materials I relied upon during this attempt are as follows:

1. Constitution & Ad law: upsclawoptional.in notes + my previous study notes (supplementary)

2. IL: upsclawoptional.in notes + google - for topics like UN and Intl organisations

3. IPC: upsclawoptional.in notes

4. Torts: Bangia and my previous notes

5. Contract: my previous notes for contract act and upsclawoptional.in notes for the mercantile law portion i.e. contact of indemnity till arbitration.

6. CLD: upsclawoptional.in notes + google. (for each topic upsclawoptional.in notes was the basic material supplemented by 2-4 articles from google)


Answer Writing: 21 tests of upsclawoptional.in and 4 from lawxperts. On the basis of feedbacks I reviewed my answer writing very carefully and focused on presentation as my content was more or less ok.

Current affairs relating to Law: upsclawoptional.in + google and livelaw whenever I was relatively free...just scrolled through their pages.

In my last mains I scored 246 and cud nt make it through to the PT only because of below average score in optional. Lack of revision and less focus on writing was the reason. Hope this year my score turns out to be much better. 

Once again plz appreciate that I have only cleared Mains and nothing has been achieved as yet. Since Many of you requested in my inbox I shared my sources/strategy. Everyone must analyse their strengths and weaknesses in their own way. All the best to everyone !! Stay safe.    

 
 

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Has anyone joined lawexpert test series.

i am planning to join.


how are the solutions to the tests?

plz tell if it is worth.


Thanks

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@Aks1992 all the best for Interview 


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@Aks1992 Hey Bro, how was your final result ? 
Anyone else who made it with Law Optional this time around ?
There seems to be an uneasy silence regarding Law Optional selections this time around. 


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@Aks1992 Hey Bro, how was your final result ? 
Anyone else who made it with Law Optional this time around ?
There seems to be an uneasy silence regarding Law Optional selections this time around. 


I saw a handful of names on legallyindia. No idea what the full picture is like.

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@Aks1992 Hey Bro, how was your final result ? 
Anyone else who made it with Law Optional this time around ?
There seems to be an uneasy silence regarding Law Optional selections this time around. 


I saw a handful of names on legallyindia. No idea what the full picture is like.

There has been at least 10-12 selections this year from law optional. Around 3-4 in the top 100. Highest is rank 38, I believe. 

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Is anyone looking for a study partner for 2023 attempt?
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Bhai 2022 law optional wale log, where are you guys?
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PKMKBsaid

Bhai 2022 law optional wale log, where are you guys?


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Present! Suggestions for good test series? Or better yet, can we have a peer system to check each other's answers considering a lot of PYQs are repeated? We can practise them comprehensively. 
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Hello Fellow Aspirants. I hope this finds you well and safe. Most of you are now in mission mode preparation, burning midnight oil to finish optional and mains subject by December. As most of you are aware that Law optional syllabus is huge though mostly static. It’s very hard to score 300+ ( a must if you want to get service of your choice ). The huge syllabus also proves headache to revise during limited time period between prelims and mains. One thing i learnt after talking to few toppers and analysing myself is that due to static nature of syllabus most questions are repetitive. I found that in 2021 almost 75% of questions have been asked earlier in papers between 1999-2020. Wording of question were different but basic premise was same. The problem with preparing model answers for PYQs is that in last 20 years the number of questions is pretty high, and it is impossible to prepare mode answers for all unique questions without devoting significant time which will effect mains subject and optional preparation as you cannot solely rely on PYQs. But having Mode Answers for PYQs will be of immense help during the time period between prelims and mains as it will be great source of revision. So i am starting a crowdsource initiative where we all will solve 3-4 PYQs per week and share answers with each other, thus using power of compounding we will able to get done with all unique PYQs in short span of time. All those interested and want to joint please DM or reply to this message. If any other such initiative alreadyexist then do let me know 
Addypolly,
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@jackperolta hey I'm interested count me in


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