Bar Exam Advice-Any Lawyers out there?

[Phenom]

OK, Ok I know that I should be studying rather then capping for awhile. Anyway, that aside... Anyone that has taken the Bar Exam, do you have any advice as far as studying tips for the MBE. Maybe some acronyms you were using to remember certain elements of a crime, tort, etc..
Or the difference between two? I feel like I have a very good handle on most of the subjects, save for UCC and property...

Thanks for any input, now very close to 20 days away... :scared

 

[oldschoolcapper]

do as many practice problems as possible. if you took pmbr, or have access to pmbr materials, they are more in line with the mbe than the bar-bri questions.

good luck.


osc

 

[taoist]

...agreed. oldschool has it right...get my e-mail from Jack and I'll give you the cheat codes...at least dr. freeze will claim that I did.... :shocked:


...seriously, drop me a line.

 

[DR STRANGELOVE]

good luck on it!
I'll be in your shoes in 2.5 years

 

[pug]

I scored in the top 6% using Barbri's course and studying 8 hours a day for 30 days. Practice, practice, practice . . . Do sample questions over and over. Whenever you get a sample question wrong, figure out why so that you get it right the next time. After a lot of practice you will begin to understand the methods they use to trick you. Once you understand how they test it will help you greatly. There isn't any magic bullet other than a lot of studying. I was absolutely miserable the month I studied for the bar. Suck it up and put in the time so you don't have to retake it. Good luck.

 

[bjfinste]

Generally speaking, how long do you have to be a member of one state's bar association before you can practice in another state without taking that state's bar exam? I've heard 5-7 years, but was just curious if anyone knew on here.

Wisconsin has an interesting setup in that you get "diploma privilege" which admits you to the state bar if you graduate from one of the state's two law schools (Madison and Marquette). Without knowing too much about the whole process, this seems like a massive incentive.

 

[amich1]

I'm in your shoes too. except i took louisiana bar in july (& passed) but b/c of the hurricane am now taking Georgia bar in 20 days....
Serious studying for a solid month is what it takes (give or take).
I'm doing bar-bri w/ pmbr questions to supplement for the mpre. There are some real good tips on taking the mbe in west's bar review in a nutshell (as far as how to attack mc) and how to study from your wrong choices using the model answer). It is worth the 5 bucks it costs & the 5 minutes to read. Other than that, study your ass off. Especially the last two weeks. Quit capping and don't think a/b anything else. Re-write stuff you aren't grasping in short outlines and memorize it in your own words.The superbowl is a perfect cutoff for that b/c it gives you 15 days of total focus. Large pot of coffee or some aderral or ridalin doesn't hurt! Good luck

 

[amich1]

also, if there is section you can't stand (that is not on the mbe), for me its biz org or negotiable instruments, don't waste alot of time learning something new. Understand the major rules so you could bs through one essay question if necessary. But you don't have to know everything to pass the bar. you can still rack up points by issue spotting even if you aren't positive on all the rules in one area. Better to be rock solid on the mbe subjects anyway (if time is becoming an issue...) good luck.

 

[taoist]

I scored in the top 6% using Barbri's course and studying 8 hours a day for 30 days. Practice, practice, practice . . . Do sample questions over and over. Whenever you get a sample question wrong, figure out why so that you get it right the next time. After a lot of practice you will begin to understand the methods they use to trick you. Once you understand how they test it will help you greatly. There isn't any magic bullet other than a lot of studying. I was absolutely miserable the month I studied for the bar. Suck it up and put in the time so you don't have to retake it. Good luck.

...best advice you can get. That entire month or so was absolutely miserable for me also, but fortunately, I passed and didn't have to repeat that process 6 months later. :mj05:

Generally speaking, how long do you have to be a member of one state's bar association before you can practice in another state without taking that state's bar exam? I've heard 5-7 years, but was just curious if anyone knew on here.

I think it differs from state to state.... It's my understanding that some states will not do this at all and make passing their Bar exam an absolute requirement before practicing law in their state...unless you're practicing Pro Hoc Vice....

 

[taoist]

Other than that, study your ass off. Especially the last two weeks. Quit capping and don't think a/b anything else. Re-write stuff you aren't grasping in short outlines and memorize it in your own words. Good luck

...more excellent advice.

 

[Sun Tzu]

You guys have got to be kidding. It has been 15 years, but it just isnt that hard. I went to bar-bri, usually, and studied the week before and passed easily. You dont get extra credit for doing any better than passing. In fact, our group had a bet that whoever had the highest score had to buy a night out.

I have probably never been less stressed for an exam. I went in knowing that 93% of Texas grads passed - it didnt take long to look around and realize that if I was in the bottom 7% I would probably just fling myself off the tallest building I could find anyway.

 

[Phenom]

Thanks guys. I have the PMBR and Barbri books, I will check out that nutshell book you are talking about amich...
The superbowl is my cutoff point, funny that you mentioned that. I am going to the library from 8am-CL starting Monday and going to hole up in a hotel in Columbia a week before the bar...

 

[kosar]

When I saw Sun Tzu as the 'last posted', somehow I just knew it wasn't going to be a 'great advice guys' sort of post.

 

[Sun Tzu]

Killing yourself by overstudying isnt good advice.

Would you rather I lie?

But thanks yet again for the personal attack.

 

[kosar]

Killing yourself by overstudying isnt good advice.

Would you rather I lie?

But thanks yet again for the personal attack.

'Killing themselves by studying' apparently worked for the others in this thread. Maybe your intelligence is at such a high level compared to those dummies that you didn't need to study.

It wasn't a personal attack anyways, it's the truth. It really did go through my mind.

Would you rather I lie?

 

[Hokie Fan]

Its all a matter of you..
Had a buddy from Pepperdine study on a greyhound from LA to CT
Thats it and aced it..
Had guys I knew study for months and still f it up..
Lousiania is bad because it has all that french crap law..

 

[GoTerps]

I found that after doing a sh!tton of problems you could kinda see a pattern of how the examiners would try to trick you. On thing I did was forget contracts because I sucked at it and didnt want to waste time on them. I would highly highly recommend taking 2 or 3 timed exams under test conditions.

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Geez, when I took the bar exam they hadn't invented the rule against perpetuities yet. My recommendation is to drink heavily, before and after.

Eddie

 

[Phenom]

Geez, when I took the bar exam they hadn't invented the rule against perpetuities yet. My recommendation is to drink heavily, before and after.

Eddie

:shocked: Lived up around your area Eddie for 3 years, graduated from Chase... Hope the nasty Natti is treating you well...

 

[Eddie Haskell]

my alma mater. I knew Salmon personally when he was impeached.

Seriously, Carly Yzenbard-property, Elder-torts, Scheider-wills. I hear these guys and gals are still there. best of luck on the bar

Eddie