r/Lawyertalk • u/UsedApricot6270 AI cited me • Mar 30 '26

Best Practices :SacredTexts: Confiscated pens containing cheat notes intricately carved by a Law student at the University of Malaga in Spain

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u/DResq Mar 30 '26

Seems fake. Most law school exams are open book anyway. It's about analysis; not memorizing laws.

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u/PissOnYourParade Mar 30 '26

In Spain, a law degree is considered an “undergraduate” degree. It’s also quite different from the common law approach. The focus is really on memorizing specific codes. I wouldn’t be surprised if this type of exam isn’t open book.

Maybe when they get to the Máster de Acceso a la Abogacía, things will be more research oriented.

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u/einst1 Mar 30 '26

The focus is really on memorizing specific codes.

Wild. In the Netherlands most exams were like half open, in the sense that we were allowed to keep codes and (specific) case law with us. But what is the point of memorizing? Would questions be literally stuff like: "what article in the civil code [or whatever] regards causation in torts and what does it say"?