The key message is that everyone learns in their own way, and over time you will learn how to craft a plan that works for you and allows for your strengths and weaknesses. But for those of you struggling to find your perfect plan we hope this provides a bit of inspiration to set you on your way.  Whether you’re a first or a final year student, the most important piece of advice is start early. Don’t put of ‘til tomorrow what you could start today!

A positive mental attitude is also important. Once you have compiled your revision notes for each subject, cross this off your list. The sense of achievement derived from completing a task can often act as the impetus to move onto the next task. Visually seeing your progress is a very useful tool for motivation. You will have your own way of planning, but here are some examples of how your tutors planned for their exams.  Pick the bits you like best to build your own plan or develop your own from scratch.

Sample Plan A

• Divide each of your subject papers into topics.
• Draw up a document with all of the days you have available until your exams. 
• Divide the day into three (morning, afternoon, evening) assigning two topics to two parts of the day. 
• These should be the parts of the day that you work most effectively.  If you are a morning person, make use of this time to revise a difficult topic; the same goes for the evening session for those of you who are night owls. 
• Your plan should aim to cover all of your topics, at least twice. 
• The aim of drawing up a plan is to keep momentum in your revision, forcing you to work through new areas each day.  Tick off everything you complete.
• If you get stuck with a topic, do not stay on it for days. 
• Revisit your tutorial notes, lectures, and texts, and if you are still not sure, get in touch with your tutor via the Q and A forum on Blackboard. 

Sample Plan B

• Sit down and remind yourself of the issues that were emphasised in lectures and tutorials.
• Write them down in separate sheets of paper.
• Think about ways in which you could be asked those issues.
• Write them down. Then prepare skeleton answers for each of those questions and think about what you need to know to fill in those skeletons.
• Study the relevant materials, making sure you understand the key concepts and authorities.
• Make notes that help you remember tricky details.
• Go back to the skeletons every now and then and cross off the things you already know enough about.
• Revise your notes regularly to fix concepts and authorities in your mind.
• Save the last day before an exam for overall revision.
• Most importantly, stop revising in the early afternoon prior to the exam - and do some sports or go to the movies the evening after the exam.

Sample plan C

• Think about the content in your lecture notes.
• Combine with content from tutorial notes, cases, books and articles.
• Look at what is missing in your notes and does not make sense.
• Plug the gaps, including using Mediasite.
• Look at recent cases and new legislation.
• Make sure you know the historical sequence of events; which case was decided first?  Was the piece of legislation adopted before or after a particular judgment was delivered?
• Write out notes with a structure that allows you to locate cases easily.
• Attend revision lectures armed with questions to help answer any queries raised in this process.
• Test yourself by applying what you know to past problems or essay questions.

Good luck