I Became a Law School Genius – 135



I Became a Genius Law School Student Episode 135

The first day of semester went by in a hectic manner.

“I’m sorry to say this to you all but….”

In the first civil law class Professor Park Soo-geun opened the textbook with a wry smile.

“I think we will have to be busy starting from the first class on the first day of school.”

Sighs echoed here and there but it was something that could not be helped.

‘The amount of learning I had to do in the second semester was crazy.’

We studied quite a lot in the first semester.

I took out all the general provisions of the Civil Law studied all parts of the Real Property Act except for collateral real rights and even looked at the general parts of the Bond Act to some extent.

So what we need to do in the second semester is the remaining areas of bond law and collateral rights.

When written this way it may seem like it’s not a big deal but in reality it wasn’t like that at all.

‘Bond law… is the flower of civil law.’

It is the most voluminous most complex and therefore the most difficult to study.

Depending on the textbook there were even cases where more space was devoted to explaining the ‘creditor cancellation’ or ‘creditor subrogation’ parts of the Claims Act rather than the entire scope of the General Provisions of Civil Law.

In order to complete that huge amount of material in one semester I had no choice but to progress diligently.

“instead!”

Professor Park Soo-geun made a pledge.

“I will give the quiz a little earlier than usual about 30 minutes earlier. If someone guesses correctly today’s lecture ends there. If you want to take a quick break you should listen carefully to the lecture right?”

At those words the students seemed to regain hope for a moment but as the lecture continued they soon became flabby like seaweed spread out on a drying rack.

“So in the case of a creditor relationship with a simultaneous performance defense one party must provide performance in order to put the other party in a delay in performance but it does not necessarily have to be an actual provision….”

“hey. “What on earth does that mean?”

“I definitely did a good deed during my vacation but why does it feel like this is the first time I’m hearing this?”

“So from what I understand the difference between providing reality and providing fulfillment is… Ah. “I thought I knew it just now but I’m starting to get confused again.”

Everyone was in agony holding on to their heads that wouldn’t turn at all.

A law school student’s vacation is not a vacation. However that did not mean that it was not as easy as I thought to study while strictly scolding myself during the semester or during the exam period.

There are many students who return to their hometowns and many like me take advantage of vacation time to participate in external activities such as internships or competitions. This meant that there was a high possibility that regular study habits would be shaken.

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Anyway I had been studying with a bit more leisure than usual so it was not a pleasant experience to wrestle with the difficult legal principles of bond law in the morning for the first time in a long time.

“Now let’s go to the quiz.”

[Question 1. In this case if A requested a return of 4500000 won from B what is the basis for this? Also what ruling should the court make on this claim?]

In the end when the promised quiz was presented no one was prepared enough to solve it.

Except for just one person.

“Oh Park Yu-seung!”

Of course it was me.

“The basis for the claim is the exercise of the right to cancel the contract due to Party B’s delay in performance and the resulting right to claim restoration.”

Professor Park Soo-geun’s mouth drew a line in satisfaction at my answer.

“Since A and B’s contractual obligations are in a relationship of simultaneous performance in order to determine whether B is in delay in performance it is necessary to examine whether A’s actions can be evaluated as provision of performance.”

I briefly summarized the issues.

“The precedent states that even if the provision of performance at this time does not reach the level of realistically providing the documents necessary for registration it is sufficient to prepare the documents at the promised performance location and request receipt.”

What remains is after pointing out related precedents.

“In the case Party A left the documents at the office of the attorney in charge of notarizing the contract and notified Party B to pick them up so it can be seen that there was a maximum of receipt.”

It ends with incorporating the facts into the case.

“Therefore delay in performance is established the right to cancel the contract can be exercised and as a result a right to claim restoration of original condition is created Party A’s claim is accepted.”

Then to the conclusion.

Everyone’s expectant gaze went back and forth between me and Professor Park Soo-geun.

“Great!”

Soon Professor Park Soo-geun expressed his admiration and sighs of relief flowed from all over the classroom.

“You didn’t neglect your studies even during vacation Park Yu-seung. I’m really looking forward to this semester too. ha ha ha.”

It meant that the answer was correct.

“Then… as promised I’ll end today’s lecture here. “Everyone is welcome to leave the room.”

“Oooh!”

“Park Yu-seung! Park Yoo-seung!”

“You are the hero of our class!”

They were chanting my name excited at the thought of being liberated as soon as possible since they had always treated me like an invincible scoundrel.

It was kind of boring but it wasn’t particularly unpleasant.

Since I finished early I decided to have lunch with my study members. Well I’m not going anywhere special just the student cafeteria as always. As always the menu is fixed on gratin.

“You really like that.”

“This is about 50% of the reason I come to school.”

“What about the remaining 50%?”

“Of course it’s studying. “What else could there be?”

“…It’s nice that it’s so consistent huh.”

Hanseol glanced at me with a tired expression. Of course I did not give in and steadfastly shoveled the gratin into my mouth and swiped the smartphone screen under the table. It was a PDF file of a civil law multiple-choice workbook.

‘Question 13. Choose the correct answer from the passage regarding the transfer of bonds… It is number 5.’

Again the amount we have to learn in the second semester is enormous.

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Even if it’s lunch time you can’t just sit still and let go.

These small habits come together to create big changes.

“Ah Yoo Seung. “Did you hear that?”

Yu Ye-seul spoke as if something had suddenly occurred to her.

“What do you mean?”

“There is talk that a new professor will be appointed to the Department of Criminal Procedure soon.”

‘Oh that.’

I know.

Not because I heard it but because it appears in the original work.

Criminal Procedure Law is a subject that students begin learning in the first semester of their second year.

Therefore although he was not immediately directly related to us he was a character who brought a very important inflection point to the story.

‘Let’s be careful.’

“There’s a new professor coming.”

Seungpil Kim was pleased.

“That’s a good thing. There is a vacant position for the Law Review advisor right now so perhaps asking him would be a good idea.”

“Review with…?”

Law Review originally originated in the American law school system and referred to a legal publication or editorial department representing each law school.

It mainly contains essays and reviews dealing with legal issues and the entire process from contribution to editing and publication is run autonomously by students at the relevant law school.

‘It feels similar to something like an academic journal.’

However while an academic journal is a publication representing a specific academic society or academic organization Law Review is published under the name of a law school so it can be seen as carrying a slightly heavier weight.

Korea University Law School also had a law review called ‘Law Review.’

Typically students who wanted to remain in academia after graduation or advance into fields not taught in law schools would contribute to prove their areas of interest and achievements.

‘okay. ‘I know that.’

“Seungpil Kim did you join the review editorial department?”

“It’s not like I went in.”

Seungpil Kim waved his hand.

“I came here working as a reporter. The editorial department knew about my experience and asked for help. “I think we’re short on manpower.”

As a result Seungpil Kim explained that he was assisting the work of the Raw Review editorial department in the form of a kind of external advisor or mercenary.

‘It’s fascinating. I’m not the type of person to do something like that.’

In the original work there was no description of him participating in this kind of work. There was no way to figure out what the change in mind was about.

“It’s surprisingly fun. Would you like to contribute a paper? “If you have the level of insight that Mr. Park Yoo-seung has you will certainly welcome him with open arms.”

“I decline.”

No matter how much I think about it I am not the scholar type. Being someone who walks the court and runs around the field is much more suited to my constitution.

It is right to give up opportunities to contribute to positions of public trust such as Law Review to students who have intentions of going into academia.

“This isn’t working.”

Seungpil Kim licked his lips with regret but my answer was still firm.

“Oh and you might want to think again about that.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m asking the new professor to be my editor-in-chief.”

‘That person… is a bit dangerous.’

* * *

After finishing all afternoon classes it was 4:30 PM. Finally I was standing in front of Professor Yong-Hwan Jang’s lab door.

‘It’s quiet.’

The professors’ labs were separate from the floor used by students.

A place where people rarely come and go except for the occasional student who comes for personal business.

So if you think about it this silence was natural.

However the fact that the entire space feels suffocating as if it is being oppressed by authority… is probably because of this nameplate.

[Jang Yong-hwan]

[Full-time criminal law professor]

A very heavy name.

When I knocked on the door a deep voice came back from inside.

“Come in.”

The inside of the lab was clean. File folders containing thick law books and research materials were everywhere but they were all arranged at sharp angles like high-rise buildings in a planned city.

“It looks like you had a pretty fulfilling vacation.”

Professor Yong-Hwan Jang hinted.

“I would have been extremely busy with just one intern and a legal argument competition. “You even filmed a broadcast.”

“Did you know?”

“How can you not know?”

Professor Yong-Hwan Jang turned the laptop on his desk.

On the screen facing me the pre-released trailer for ‘High Flyer’ was being displayed.

‘ah.’

– That’s why I applied to check it out for myself. Is Chansol really worth it?

A cocky intern was talking like that with a worldly look on his face.

“…there was a story.”

“Of course it was. This isn’t a story I brought up specifically to criticize. only.”

Professor Yonghwan Jang grinned.

“I’m just reminding you that you have a lot of free time to do something like this.”

Well why wouldn’t that be the case? Jang Yong-hwan shook his head as he added that.

“Be honest. If you take the bar exam right now you will pass. “As long as you don’t fail the selection method.”

“No not to that extent….”

“That’s about it. Normally no matter how good a student I am I don’t often bring up stories like this. Because you may be overconfident your skills may get rusty. “But you’ve already gone beyond the point of worrying about that.”

Professor Yong-Hwan Jang asked me.

“Did you hear about the selection method in the first semester?”

“I heard about international trade law.”

“Professor Baek Joo-eun teaches?”

“yes.”

“The grades are.”

“It’s first place.”

“Then that’s it. “If you get first place in that professor’s lecture you won’t fail.”

Then suddenly he said something like this.

“Would you like to take on a case of yours?”