Episode 43

[Lawyer Exam Channel]

[A space to share stories about the lawyer exam and law school life.]

The 'Lawyer Exam Channel' was a small bulletin board attached to an internet community that was famous for covering all sorts of topics.

You might think that real law school students wouldn't use a bulletin board that anyone could access, but surprisingly, quite a lot of them were using it.

'There's no other place to talk about law school or share information.'

Of course, each university had its own community, and within that, there was a bulletin board where you could talk about law school.

However, in reality, where many students went to law schools that were different from their undergraduate programs, not everyone could use their undergraduate community.

In the end, the place where law school students from all over the country gathered was this Lawyer Exam Channel.

[Looking for recommendations for a Civil Law memorization textbook for 3rd year students.]

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[Has the results for the Taejong internship come out?]

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They would share or look for information like this.

[Can you guys please take out the smell of cigarettes when you enter the reading room?]

(Recommendations: 12, Replies: 23)

They would also express the difficulties that they experienced in law school life.

But the true value of this bulletin board was somewhere else.

[Title: Guys, why is the answer 4 for this multiple-choice question from the 2016 Civil Law exam?]

[Content: The fourth option is, ‘Even if the debtor and the third debtor have mutually rescinded the contract after the notification of the exercise of the creditor's right of subrogation, the effect of that rescission cannot be asserted against the creditor’, right?

But there's a precedent that says that since having the contract rescinded is not a disposition, the disposition prohibition effect doesn't apply, right?]

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A fresh question that had just been posted.

The essence of a law school student was that of a test-taker.

Naturally, the Lawyer Exam Channel also had a strong nature as a community for test-takers.

As if they were trying to live up to their name, various questions related to the lawyer exam were posted on the Lawyer Exam Channel.

Then, mysterious experts would pop out from somewhere and write replies.

[ㅇㅇ(27.615): Are you stupid? That's only the case when there's a default on an obligation.]

[Author(38.64): What does that mean?]

[ㅇㅇ(27.615): Seeing that you don't understand even when I tell you, it seems like you're going to fail the lawyer exam lol, bye]

[Author(38.64): No, wait;]

However, since most of the users were active anonymously, there were many cases where the way they spoke wasn't very polite, and because of that, fights would often break out.

'But, there's no need to be active anonymously.'

There were many people who didn't want to draw attention or be identified, so it was mostly anonymous, but it wasn't forbidden to create an account and be active with a unique nickname.

And for my purpose, I had to draw attention and be identified. As much as possible.

To do that, a name that stood out, even if it was a bit childish, might be better. After thinking for a bit, I started to tap on the keyboard.

[InvincibleSupremeLawGod: In cases where the debtor defaults on an obligation to a third debtor, and the third debtor rescinds the contract, the default itself is a factual act that does not bring about a change in rights. The one who exercised the right to rescind the contract is the third debtor. Therefore, the disposition prohibition effect of the creditor's right of subrogation, which applies to the ‘debtor,’ does not apply.]

[InvincibleSupremeLawGod: On the other hand, in the case of a mutual rescission, since the debtor is disposing of the subrogated claim with their own will, it cannot be asserted against the creditor.]

Since it was a comment that a law school student, not a layman, would be reading, I didn't explain it in simple terms, but instead, I wrote about the legal principles that were at the root of the precedent.

As expected, the author wasn't completely useless, as they quickly wrote a reply.

[Author(38.64): Oh, I understand now! The issue was whether the debtor themselves had disposed of it, thank you thank you]

That resolved the author's concern.

But that wasn't the end of it.

That was because anyone could see and react to questions and answers on a public bulletin board.

[ㅇㅇ(117.111): The explanation is clean, though?]

[ㅇㅇ(118.235): The explanation was the most expert-like that I've seen recently. I admit it.]

[ㅇㅇ(27.615): But who does he think he is, with the nickname 'God of Law'? So funny.]

[ㅇㅇ(27.615): Did he pass the judicial exam or something? Does he go to Korea University Law School?]

As expected, there were replies that praised the answers, but there were also reactions that were picking a fight over the nickname.

However, I didn't react to any of them, and continued to answer various questions with the same nickname.

[InvincibleSupremeLawGod: Even if a lienholder occupies and uses an apartment, that corresponds to an act of preservation...]

[InvincibleSupremeLawGod: In the liability for defective structures, the owner, as an indirect possessor...]

In a bulletin board where the vast majority were anonymous, using a fixed nickname, especially such an outrageously brazen nickname, was bound to draw attention.

Before long, I had become a hot topic on the bulletin board.

[Title: What is this guy, InvincibleSupremeLawGod?]

[Content: Is he an attention seeker? It's the first time I've seen someone with a nickname acting up on the Lawyer Exam Channel.]

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[Author(27.615): Yeah lol, it's so annoying]

[ㅇㅇ(118.235): Author, it says that you're the author when you reply to your own post]

[ㅇㅇ(117.111): That's pathetic. The quality of that person's answers is high and good, what are you jealous of? That kind of person is someone who is really helpful for the channel]

Opinions were divided, but everyone seemed to admit that the 'God of Law' who had appeared like a comet was giving decent answers to any question that was asked.

My recognition also increased quite a bit.

It seemed like it was time, so I uploaded a post.

[Title: Receiving Questions on Civil Law and Criminal Law.]

[Content: Any question is fine. Questions from other exams are good, internal questions from each school are also possible, and even original questions from commercially published textbooks are fine. You can also ask for explanations of precedents or legal principles that you don't understand. I plan to organize the collected questions and upload the answers once a week, so please give me a lot of attention.]

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Since it was a time when I was receiving a lot of attention, the reaction was, as expected, heated.

'Alright.'

There was one flaw in my method of studying.

Single-volume consolidation, where I would choose only one book for each subject, cut out everything that wasn't needed, and repeatedly review only the important content to establish a system.

This method had the advantage of being able to efficiently prepare for the full-range exam, but on the other hand, it also had the disadvantage that I wouldn't know any problems that weren't included in the reduced content.

'Of course, it's much better than looking at this book and that book and trying to gather all sorts of materials, and then not having enough reviews to improve my skills in writing answers...'

Besides the 'Knots of Civil Law' and 'Criminal Law Summary' that I had chosen, there were a lot of good books that were useful for studying Civil and Criminal Law on the market.

Naturally, there would also be descriptions that were worth looking at but weren't in my books, and there would be a lot of examples that would be helpful to solve.

But to study a new book from beginning to end just to obtain those parts was absurd.

Since most of the content would overlap with my books, the waste of time would be too great.

I naturally had the desire to pick out only the best parts that I didn't have, without spending time, without putting in any effort! But the problem was that I didn't have a way to put that into practice until now.

"But I found a way."

The Lawyer Exam Channel was a bulletin board that was used by law school students from all over the country.

Naturally, the questions that they brought would be focused on complex legal principles that were difficult to solve even if they had studied to a certain extent, precedents that were difficult to find, and internal questions created by the professors of each law school to secure differentiation.

I would pretend to answer the questions and obtain that valuable data without putting in any effort.

There was no honey pot better than this.

[ㅇㅇ(223.232): I have an internal question, could you explain it? It's an issue related to the second mortgage holder of a material guarantor in subrogation of a person who has made a payment. The top students couldn't agree on an answer, but the professor didn't give feedback...]

[ㅇㅇ(175.223): It's a question from a lecturer, but I don't understand it even when I look at the explanation ㅠㅠ Help me, God of Law!]

"Hmm. Yummy."

I would just sit there with my mouth open, and the law school students from all over the country would bring me high-difficulty problems that they had agonized over, and feed them to me by hand.

It didn't cost time or money.

And it wasn't like I was the only one who was benefiting.

The people who asked questions could also resolve the difficult problems that they had struggled to understand alone.

Win-win. Killing two birds with one stone.

Isn't that what synergy and a good influence are all about?

I transferred the questions that were pouring in to a file, saved them, and started to examine each one in detail. Maybe because I had literally done nothing and rested yesterday, the movements of my hands as I wrote the answers were light and cheerful.

Indeed, law is so fun!

* * *

"Do you know about the 'InvincibleSupremeLawGod'?"

On Monday morning, as soon as I arrived at the lecture hall, Yoo Tae-woon, who had run up to me, made me stumble as I was about to trip.

"Wh, what's that?"

"They say that a crazy expert appeared on the Lawyer Exam Channel over the weekend. The nickname is a bit cringey, but they solve everything perfectly, no matter what you ask. The kids are all talking about it now."

"I see, uh..."

I focused my attention on my ears, and as expected, I could hear people chanting InvincibleSupremeLawGod here and there.

"I had been agonizing over it for three days, but when I heard the explanation from the God of Law, I understood it at once. The nickname is a bit cringey, though."

"I took a question from the professor and asked about it, and it was the first time I understood what it meant. The nickname is a bit cringey, though."

'Just praise or criticize, do one or the other...'

I hadn't thought about it.

The Lawyer Exam Channel was a site that quite a lot of law school students used, so if it became a hot topic there, it was possible that it would be talked about in real life.

Of course, they didn't know that the God of Law was me.

Even so, hearing it in front of me was quite an embarrassing experience.

"InvincibleSupremeLawGod! InvincibleSupremeLawGod!"

"Who could it be? The depth is not normal, maybe it's an active lawyer who has already graduated?"

"Maybe it's someone who passed the judicial exam. The sense for making a nickname looks like an old man."

"Yeah. There's no way someone our age would use a name like that."

'Ah.'

As those guys had said, an old man who was well over thirty was trapped inside of this body.

But even if that was the truth, it still hurt to hear that my sense was old-fashioned to that extent.

'It's unfair. I made it like that on purpose to draw attention.'

As I was swallowing that protest that I couldn't say to anyone, Han Seol, who was running up to me with an excited look, tapped my back.

Don't tell me it's you too.

I asked with a gloomy voice.

"Is InvincibleSupremeLawGod that cringey...?"

"Huh? What's that?"

Han Seol asked back with a puzzled expression.

"...No, it's nothing."

Come to think of it, Han Seol wasn't very familiar with the internet.

She was someone who lived a very busy life, and her parents had managed her strictly since she was little.

Instead of that, Han Seol started to speak.

"Rather than that, look. It's up."

"Up? What?"

"This."

I took the smartphone that Han Seol had handed me.

[Notice Regarding the Preliminary Rounds of the Jaine Moot Court Competition]

'It's here.'

The Jaine Moot Court Competition.

It was a competition where, on a set agenda, they would be divided into the plaintiff and defendant for civil cases, and the prosecution and defense for criminal cases, and would compete by presenting legal arguments as if they were in a real court.

The winners and losers would be decided by the judges who were sitting in the judge's seat.

Since the method was completely different from a typical exam, participating in the competition wasn't necessarily helpful for studying.

Naturally, the people who got high scores on the exam and the people who showed excellent performances in the competition didn't match.

Even so, the Jaine Moot Court Competition was very popular among many students, regardless of their scores.

There was only one reason.

"Park Yoo-seung, you're going to be a prosecutor, right. You're going to participate, right?"

When selecting people for public office, such as prosecutors or court researchers, those who had won the Jaine Moot Court Competition were exempt from the first round of screening.

Since the first round of screening reflected a variety of documents, such as grades and self-introductions, those who were preparing for public office would try to win the Jaine Moot Court Competition to eliminate the uncertainty.

'If you have low grades, it's practically your only chance.'

Moreover, in my case, I was Jang Yong-hwan's protégé.

As he had declared at the beginning of the semester, he wanted his protégés to experience various activities, and he had even offered a reward of writing a recommendation letter for an internship in the prosecution for those who had excellent participation in activities.

'But the points that are given for the Jaine Moot Court Competition are really high.'

The Legal Clinic activities that you had to do all year were 5 points, but the Jaine Moot Court Competition, which would end in two months even if you went from the preliminary rounds to the finals, was 20 points.

If you didn't participate, your recommendation letter would be as good as gone.

Therefore, the answer was set.

"I am..."