I Became a Law School Genius – 32



I Became a Genius Law School Student Episode 32

The Constitutional Court’s laboratory was located on the top floor of the Law School.

When I opened the lab door after passing through a quiet hallway where people rarely came and went I was greeted by a mountain of law books and theses.

“Let’s go in.”

As I entered the Constitutional Court slammed and closed the door behind me.

“Actually” he said.

The Constitutional Court opened its mouth quietly.

“I know.”

It was a rambling first word.

“And not being welcomed in my class. The fact that students are bored with law as a broad and deep discipline… is actually not your fault.”

“….”

“It’s just that this law school system made it that way.”

The Constitutional Court looked out the window in the distance.

“It’s only three years. Law is such a vast and profound discipline but there is no way it can be mastered completely in three years. In the end what matters is how efficiently you study and pass the exam… Students have no choice but to focus on that.”

‘Did you do that knowingly?’

“but. “But.”

He was still standing with his back to me.

“But someone has to protect it.”

“Protect it?”

“Law as a discipline. learning and teaching. Depth and foundation.”

The Constitutional Court continued.

“A lot has changed in the meantime. Nowadays the entire educational institution called law school is focused solely on helping students pass the bar exam and produce output worth showing off. “From what I heard our professors’ lectures are better suited to the exam than those of so-called private academy instructors.”

Isn’t that enough? he added.

“At least one person. “Wouldn’t it be okay for just one person to appeal that the academic jurisprudence is not lost in this country and that I am protecting it?”

“….”

The Constitutional Court looked very tired and lonely as he said that.

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A small fighter who fights alone against the flow of the times.

It was a moment that made me realize the weight of what I was carrying regardless of whether I sympathized with that belief or opposed it.

“You said there was something you wanted to show student Park Yoo-seung.”

Heonjae opened a drawer took out a folder and handed it to me.

“professor. “This is.”

“This is the thesis I finished writing today. “I probably won’t publish it because it was written for personal research purposes.”

The Constitutional Court waved its hand as if to leave.

“Take it. “I hope you read it through and let me know what you think.”

And the Constitutional Court added.

“Let’s just say it’s up to student Park Yoo-seung to decide how to ‘use’ this.”

‘Why an unpublished paper all of a sudden? ‘Oh no way!’

How I use it is up to me. As I was thinking about those words something came to mind and I flipped through the folder.

The title is written in large letters on the first page.

[Scope and limits of autonomy of national universities – Focusing on the scope of application of the principle of legal reservation]

Principle of legal reservation.

That was a keyword included in the scope of this midterm exam that was also included in Lee Ha-ru’s program ‘Nalmeok’.

‘…Did you take the test by any chance? ‘This?’

The problem of evaluating precedents related to the autonomy of national universities based on the principle of legal reservation.

Considering the Constitutional Court’s usual question-making style it seemed like it could be done well.

‘This is a blind spot.’

Earlier I laid out the logic that the questions would be topics that the Constitutional Court considered important when creating the test questions that is topics that were studied relatively recently.

This was actually proven by the existence of a paper that was connected to all previous exam questions.

However if that is true wouldn’t the topic being studied ‘right now’ be what the Constitutional Court is most interested in and considers important?

It never occurred to me that the question could be asked in an unpublished thesis I am still writing.

That was natural.

How could a professor who is already busy with everything from administrative work to lecture preparation to expect that he would also be working on midterm exams and writing a new research paper at the same time?

Most law school professors do not leave behind even one-tenth of the academic writings of the Constitutional Court.

This was possible because he devoted his soul to academic law.

‘The fact that I gave you this on purpose means that I put it on the test.’

The subtle pronunciation stress and accent that we were told to use at our own discretion.

Unless I was paying attention I couldn’t understand it.

In some ways it was a genius opportunity.

The summaries prepared during the study were valuable materials but they were essentially teaching the problems and answers in their entirety.

but.

‘Can I just accept this?’

The story is different from looking at a collection of papers that have already been published.

It’s data that anyone can access and since we don’t know exactly which paper the questions will be asked in we deliberately gathered people together and divided them into sections.

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But this paper is different.

As it is unpublished only I can see it.

Moreover the person who handed it over to me was the professor himself who wrote the exam.

Isn’t this the only way the problem is leaked and is an act of fraud?

“professor.”

“….”

The great jurist looked at me.

No no. Standing there was just a human being.

An ordinary man who is tired of a lonely struggle with no one on his side.

How did he feel when he handed me this paper?

“Professor I am.”

It was unfathomable. Then there was only one thing I could do.

“I think this paper is too valuable a resource to just read it alone.”

“…!”

“For the ‘learning’ you mentioned would it be okay if I summarized this paper myself and shared it with the students?”

At least not leaving a small stain on his life that he might regret for the rest of his life.

“As this is an unpublished paper we will make sure it does not leak out. Instead we want to provide it as reference material during lectures so that students can deepen their understanding.”

This is enough.

It is a common case for test questions to appear directly from reference materials provided by the professor.

What’s different from when I look at it alone is that everyone can see this data so it can be a fair competition.

Of course I have no intention of kindly spoon-feeding this to my mouth saying it’s for a test.

Isn’t it okay to have that much of an advantage when I’m going through such a hard time?

Still a smart person will read the several-page summary before the exam.

Additional effects can also be expected.

Those who got through even one problem thanks to the summary I provided will thank me after the test.

Remaining a hated person forever will put you at a disadvantage in various activities so it might be a good idea to try to improve your image at this point.

The best part is that I don’t lose anything.

The midterm exam given by the Constitutional Court consists of two questions.

Even if one problem appears in this paper the remaining problem ultimately appears in the 12 summaries prepared in our study.

Grades are ultimately a relative evaluation.

Even if a situation arises where everyone is good at writing one problem thanks to me sharing the paper the rankings for the remaining problem will inevitably be different.

This means that there is no reason to be greedy and commit something close to injustice.

Considering the difficulty of the Constitutional Court exam the high score is ours anyway.

“…You really surprise me so many times.”

At my suggestion the Constitutional Court stood tall as if struck by lightning but then lowered its head with a bitter empty smile.

“Thank you. “I almost became a person who was ashamed of myself.”

The Constitutional Court sighed lightly.

“Do what the student wants. The deadline is… There’s only one class left before the exam. “Can we do it then?”

“yes. “I will prepare by then.”

“great. … Just go. “I’m a little tired.”

That’s how I left the Constitutional Court’s laboratory.

For quite some time I could hear the sound of shoes pacing irregularly as if in agony from beyond the door.

* * *

When I returned to the classroom in time for the next class Iharu and Hanseol approached me with worried expressions.

“Are you okay?”

“uh. “Nothing happened.”

I briefly explained to them what happened in the lab.

“…is it really a big deal?”

“Me again. “Master I thought I would become a graduate student.”

What a terrible thing that sounds like.

“We are already graduate students.”

“omg. That’s right.”

That kind of thing happened often during my undergraduate days.

An ugly ghost story about a classmate who performed a performance that the professor liked but was kidnapped into the lab and taken to graduate school after graduation.

But we were already graduate students. Although it has ‘professional’ in front anyway.

Later after I graduate I might be offered a PhD program or something like that but right now that seems like a long way off.

There was no need for me to devote myself to academics as a slave deprived of my human rights.

“Still I felt relieved.”

Han Seol nodded.

“what?”

“I thought I didn’t look at the wrong person. “If you had just received it and tried to use it on your own or just us I would have been very disappointed.”

‘ah. That’s what I mean.’

That would have clearly been an act that crossed the line by Hanseol’s standards.

There are still a lot of roles expected from Han Seol but he can’t afford to be cut off already.

‘Unfair matches aren’t my thing to begin with.’

What’s the point of getting a good score like that?

As we chatted about various things the clock struck 2 PM sharp. This subject is none other than criminal law.

The door opened with a clatter and Jang Yong-hwan burst into the classroom like a knife.

‘As expected he is a thorough gentleman who only has time.’

He might come a little early but he was never late.

There were few professors who were as strict about starting and ending on time as Jang Yong-hwan.

It made me wonder if this thoroughness was the foundation of his brilliant career.

“Okay then.”

When Jang Yong-hwan opened his mouth the students who were talking to each other all became quiet and corrected their posture.

The quality of the classes was excellent but Jang Yong-Hwan had a kind of charisma that was felt on an instinctive level.

As if a herbivore standing in front of a lion is weighed down by its intimidation it focuses the audience’s attention on itself.

Without realizing it my body starts to gain strength and I start to listen to his every word.

Jang Yong-hwan started singing as if he had had enough.

“I’d like to say… Let’s start today’s class.”

A different greeting than usual.

“Unfortunately I don’t think that will be possible today.”

‘Oh is this really that scene?’

“I have an urgent schedule so I have to go somewhere for a while. Therefore there are no classes today.”

It was a scene that also existed in the original work.

On this day Jang Yong-hwan leaves to meet a witness of a ‘certain incident’ that he has been tracking for a long time since his current position.

It was an important issue related to the reason Shin Seo-jun entered law school at Hankuk University and the final boss of the original work.

It seemed like the main scenario was slowly starting to unfold.

You have to stay alert to avoid being swept away.

‘In the Law School’ is a very eventful story.

There were quite a few things I had to do in order to prepare and I had organized them to some extent in my head.

but.

What we needed to worry about right away was a closer issue.

“So is class canceled?”

Someone raised their hand and asked:

“It seems like you’re asking me if I’m free now.”

Hahaha laughter filled the classroom.

“Unfortunately that is not the case. “You are paying millions of won in tuition per semester so why should a professor just skip class for personal reasons?”

Jang Yong-hwan raised one hand.

“Teaching assistants. “Are you ready?”

As if that was a signal teaching assistants from front and back marched into the classroom carrying large paper bags.

“Does this envelope fit Professor?”

“you’re right. Please distribute it.”

Question marks floated on the students’ faces.

But I know. The identity of what’s in that envelope.

“…litmus paper?”

After receiving his share of the envelope and opening it Hanseol muttered.

Several pages of exam questions were neatly laid out in front of her.

At first glance it appeared to be a criminal law multiple-choice question.

Before I knew it the same envelope fell in front of me.

“Those are questions I created for this exam but didn’t end up asking. “In short they are waste.”

but. Jang Yong-hwan added.

“Even though it is waste it is a problem I created. Difficulty and quality can be guaranteed. And from your perspective it is also an opportunity to get a feel for how the exam will be presented.”

“Oh….”

Even students who were quiet at first carefully picked up the test papers as if they were touching precious treasures.

As Jang Yong-hwan said these test questions were the best teaching materials for preparing for the criminal law midterm exam.

This is because both in terms of level and type it is almost similar to the midterm exam questions that Yong-Hwan Jang will pose.

But is Jang Yong-hwan the type of person who would give carrots like this for free?

Everyone knew very well that that could never happen.

“Today’s class will be replaced with solving these problems. Anyone who has solved everything can submit it to the teaching assistants and leave.”

It would be better not to rush and pay to go quickly. Jang Yong-Hwan elaborated like that.

“If you look at the syllabus it says that 10% of the assignment score will be reflected in the grade. “That score will be replaced with the grading results from the test paper submitted today.”

In other words it was not a simple exercise problem.

I had to work hard and solve it as it was reflected in my grades.

At 10% it was a significant proportion that could go back and forth by dozens of seats.

“What should I do?”

“It was ruined. “For multiple choice questions you have to memorize them right before the test to solve them.”

“I only glanced at the first chapter but there are a lot of things that confuse me…”

Only then did they seem to have grasped the situation and shouts of disgust came from all over.

Even if the test covers the same concept and scope the method of preparing for multiple choice and case type is completely different.

In the case test you will be asked to write a long essay yourself.

Therefore you must be familiar with the entire logical structure of each issue and the core keywords of the law so that you can recite them while you are sleeping.

Instead the questions are limited to major issues that can be referenced in the law and that leave room for logical debate and interpretation.

Therefore the amount of information that needs to be memorized is surprisingly small. You just have to cook each one so that they seep into the bones.

On the other hand anything can be asked in multiple choice questions.

A local one-line precedent conclusion can be drawn up or even a single word in a legal provision can be slightly changed and put into the journal.

Therefore there are an overwhelming number of subjects that need to be memorized.

Instead you only need to be able to read the prophetic books with your eyes and discern between truth and falsehood so less depth is required.

It is enough to read it several times and familiarize yourself with it.

This kind of broad and shallow knowledge is very volatile in nature.

Therefore a person who reads an exam twice right before entering the exam room has a much clearer memory and can solve the questions better than someone who reads it ten times well before the exam.

Test takers are creatures who always think of efficiency as their top priority.

In the end it was said that multiple-choice study had no choice but to be postponed until the very end.

‘If you read it first you’ll forget it anyway.’

So taking a multiple-choice test without prior notice was like a thunderbolt in the sky.

This is a structure that no matter how skilled a person is they cannot be properly prepared for it.

There was no need to say anything more if the test taker was Jang Yong-hwan a master at breaking vicious traps.

“Don’t be too scared.”

Jang Yong-hwan comforted the students.

“There is no shame in being unprepared for an unexpected multiple-choice test. Well it’s only natural that I can’t read it well unless I’ve scratched out all of the multiple-choice paper marked it somewhere and read it over and over again every day.”

Jang Yong-hwan said jokingly.

“Is it possible that there is already a crazy person like that among first-year students let alone third-year students about to take the bar exam?”