I Became a Law School Genius – 125



I Became a Genius Law School Student Episode 125

‘Even if the double track recovery is fast it’s too fast.’

I snorted when Hanseol gave me a meaningful look.

Even test takers don’t read legal newspapers very often. I was wondering how much of a repercussion there would be.

That’s why I couldn’t believe my eyes when the invitation email came.

[hello? [This is Channel K Entertainment Director Oh Hye-in.]

At first I thought it was spam or a misdirected email.

What reason would the entertainment director of a general programming channel have to contact me?

However no matter how many times I read it the content was the same and when I contacted the listed contact information again my identity was properly confirmed through the broadcasting station.

– We planned an entertainment program. Would you like to appear?

And to sum up their business that was it.

I didn’t come to a conclusion right away and answer. This is because I knew that Chae Song-ha would appear in ‘High Flyer’.

I was planning to listen to her thoughts and then decide whether or not to participate.

‘There is an advantage.’

First of all we can support Chae Song-ha quite directly.

Besides it’s not a program where you go out and have fun. The way High Flyer works is that you end up becoming an intern and carrying out assignments at a law firm.

It was a helpful experience in studying not a hindrance.

‘It is especially helpful in learning litigation law.’

I recall part of a conversation I heard yesterday.

– How can it be easy to study the rulebook of a game you’ve never played?

It was an expression that very accurately explained why studying litigation law is difficult.

Litigation law is a kind of rulebook that compiles the rules of the game called trial.

I have never been through a trial before so there is no way I can intuitively understand the rules.

We often feel like we are in the dark when faced with terms such as argument preparation date and merger.

An internship at a law firm provides an opportunity to experience a variety of documents used in practice including lawsuits.

Living experiences.

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Rather than just memorizing the sentences written in the exam book you will be able to intuitively understand and get a feel for them.

Chae Song-ha also announced his intention to participate. In the end I also decided to appear.

“This is my first time coming to Korea University.”

How long did we have to wait in front of the law school the meeting place? Chae Song-ha wearing a baseball cap approached at a slow pace.

I lead Chae Song-ha whose eyes shine with curiosity and move to the study room.

“Okay then. “It’s about what we will do from now on.”

I pulled up the whiteboard and started explaining.

“Mr. Chae Song-ha.”

“Oh yes.”

“To be honest… I cannot improve Chae Song-ha’s ‘law skills’ per se.”

Chae Song-ha’s face darkened slightly. Explanation has been added to prevent misunderstanding.

“There’s no need to do that in the first place.”

“…yes?”

“In fact most of the legal skills at the student level are there.”

The grading system is cruel. All students are lined up in a row from first to last and evaluated.

However just because the rankings differ by several tens it is difficult to conclude that there is necessarily a large gap in skills.

“Everyone works hard. In the end rankings are all divided by one point.”

Did you capture one more issue or not? Did you write down at least one more keyword in the grading rubric? Dozens of things go back and forth for one or two such trivial elements.

Of course just because there is a small difference does not mean that it is easy to reverse. This means that even though everyone is already doing their best such differences are occurring.

However if we put aside the perspective of relative evaluation for a moment and measure the absolute value of skill it is true that they are generally similar.

What this guy knows that guy knows and what that guy doesn’t know this guy doesn’t know.

“In short… from a law firm’s perspective the difference is not that meaningful.”

In fact the trend of valuing academic background and other qualifications rather than test scores when recruiting talent stems from this.

The trend is to select applicants with elements that will appeal to clients as pure legal skills are all too good.

“Is that the case with Park Yoo-seung?”

“Of course I am an exception. There’s no way I’m one of the majority.

“….”

‘what. why.’

You can’t see me as the same as most students. If you add up the years you studied in your previous life your starting point will be different.

Still if you are similar to others you should be ashamed of yourself.

“anyhow.”

I clapped my hands to get their attention.

“So what I am saying is that it is not the legal skills themselves that determine the performance when doing law firm assignments.”

“Then?”

“There are two main things that make a difference.”

Fold your fingers one by one.

“Research. And ideation.”

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The assignments given by law firms are not limited to what is kindly written in textbooks.

Wasn’t the report submitted when selecting Jin & Ahn interns related to a special law called the Serious Accident Punishment Act?

There are cases where you have to go completely outside the scope of the bar exam and there are also times when you have to look for lower court precedents that are not covered in the exam.

Either way you can’t solve it with just what’s in your head.

“Then we have to look for it outside.”

In practice the most important thing is research ability.

When faced with an unfamiliar case how quickly and accurately can you find the necessary information and formulate a plausible opinion?

Of course it cannot help but be considered important when evaluating interns.

“The power of ideation is also in a similar vein.”

If you try to be creative when studying for an exam it will be a disaster.

This is because the test is based on how faithfully you have digested what you have learned. If you get the correct answer that’s enough.

For example let’s say A files a lawsuit demanding something from B.

And there is precedent that the claim is not legal.

If this issue were presented as a case problem it would be very easy to solve.

“Is there anything special? “You can write in the conclusion ‘A’s claim is dismissed.’”

Then just write down the relevant precedent as the basis.

“But in reality it’s a little different.”

This is because becoming a lawyer requires you to go beyond that.

“Let’s say Chae Song-ha is a lawyer at a law firm. A is the client. ‘According to precedent the claim is dismissed.’ Are you going to repeat this like a parrot?”

“…That can’t be possible.”

“We have to squeeze something out somehow. Of course it is okay to say that there is a high possibility that the claim will be dismissed and the grounds are as follows. But the client didn’t come to the law firm just to hear those words.”

It doesn’t matter if it’s a bit far-fetched. Another way is to bring in foreign laws or precedents or try to apply other legal principles by analogy.

You should also consider using scientific research data or the opinions of field experts as evidence.

“Ultimately it means that you have to be able to come up with answers that go beyond what you learned. Research and ideas are the means to make that possible.”

“That means….”

“Yes that’s right.”

I nodded.

“Those are the areas I will train Chae Song-ha.”

Increase your breadth of ideas.

Practice researching the materials needed to solve unfamiliar issues.

“I will teach you how to find information. It won’t take long. “You only need to invest about 2 30 minutes every day.”

The transfer of knowledge ends quickly.

“The rest….”

“What about the rest?”

“You have to try it yourself.”

I said that and opened the bag. He took out a thick bundle of documents from inside and handed them out to Chae Song-ha. She took it blankly.

Beautiful fingers begin to turn over the paper one by one.

‘No it’s not just as pretty.’

If you look closely you can see here and there that the flesh has been crushed or chafed in the shape of a pen being held. Chae Song-ha is also working hard in his own way.

If he wasn’t that kind of person he wouldn’t have cooperated in the first place.

<Case 1>

A is 2012.08.23. A sales contract was signed with B to purchase car A owned by B.

However Party A who was unable to immediately pay the purchase price for the car registered Car A again in Party B’s name and agreed to completely transfer the registered title of Car A once Party A paid the purchase price in full.

…(syncopation)…

<Case 2>

A teamed up with Eul with whom he was a close friend and provided information to Jeong that ‘a redevelopment project will soon be carried out in the area of ​​land X thanks to Eul’s investment.’

Trusting this Jeong purchased all of land X from A at a price 10 times the market price per pyeong.

However even after receiving a portion of the sale price from Person A Person B did not make any investment in the redevelopment project…(omitted)…

“This is…”

“They are fictitious cases of my own making. It consists of a total of 10 cases.”

“You made it yourself? “All of this?”

Chae Song-ha’s pupils dilated in surprise.

‘I did get some help from the machine.’

A prototype of the LegalTech program created in collaboration between Lighting’s developers and Lee Ha-ru. It definitely had a lot of uses.

I designed a brief set of facts and legal principles to include and then used them to create a detailed article of several pages.

“There are cases that need to be resolved through civil law and there are also cases that raise issues under criminal law. Of course there is some need to rely on special laws.”

What Chae Song-ha has to do with this is simple.

“From now on you can find five legal grounds to support the ‘client’s’ claim in each case and submit them to me.”

However just because it was simple did not mean it was an easy task.

This is because as explained in advance it was designed in such a way that it would be impossible to find the basis for five things just by learning.

Flexible ideas. Ability to research data to support this.

It could be said to be a practical test that can improve both competencies in a short period of time.

“great.”

Chae Song-ha nodded biting his lip as if he understood this point.

“For now I’ll do my best. So today we just have to solve case number 1 right?”

“yes? “What does that mean?”

“yes?”

A question mark was floating in Chae Song-ha’s eyes. I showed her all ten fingers of both hands.

“I’m doing all ten. “Within today.”