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Bar Points: The Perils and Pitfalls of Being a Bar Prep Box-Checker
Progress bars. Checklists. Empty, un-checked boxes…. With bar preparation season in full swing, those unfinished assignments lay in wait, taunting you as the days slip by and the dreaded exam draws...
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Bar Points: How to Effectively Memorize Bar Exam Material
How am I ever going to remember all of this law? Sound familiar? The primary reason that the bar exam is so challenging is that it requires almost Herculean feats of memorization. Dozens of subjects,...
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One of the most challenging aspects of the first year of law school is learning how to master the 1L essay exam. Students enter law school believing they have great writing skills, only to be...
View ArticleIRAC Your Way to an “A”
For most law school exams, your essay outline will be organized in IRAC fashion: Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion. Determining what the issue is can be difficult, so one way to figure it out is...
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The Bar Exam is Changing in 2015: What You Need to Know
*Source: Current subject breakdown as reported at www.NCBEX.org. 2015 breakdown was obtained from correspondence between the National Conference of Law Examiners (NCBE) and Kaplan professors. Well,...
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Applying For and Taking the Hawai’i Bar Exam
We are doing a series of posts with advice from our former students to let you know some real world advice about applying for and taking the various bar exams. We hope you find this helpful as you...
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It’s Not ALL About the Grades!
Let me preface this by saying…GRADES ARE IMPORTANT. You need to keep your grades up to get on law review, graduate with honors and impress future employers. When you are sitting in OCI and wondering...
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Applying For and Taking the Texas Bar Exam
We are doing a series of posts with advice from our former students to let you know some real world advice about applying for and taking the various bar exams. We hope you find this helpful as you...
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MBE Test Change: What test takers need to know
Last week was a busy week for Bar Exam news. In case you missed it, we have you covered: MBE Changes Announced: February 2017 As you may have seen from our friends at Above The Law, the National...
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5 Things To Increase Your Success on The Bar Exam
I have been educating and advising students on the bar exam for over 20 years. Here is some of my best advise and best practices for success on the bar exam… 1) UNDERSTAND THE BAR EXAM: One of the...
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Applying For and Taking the New Hampshire Bar Exam
We are doing a series of posts with advice from our former students to let you know some real world advice about applying for and taking the various bar exams. We hope you find this helpful as you...
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5 Tips For Better Networking
Creating a solid network is one of the most important things you can do for your career. While hearing the word network itself might seem daunting, in reality networking is simply the process of...
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Applying For and Taking the West Virginia Bar Exam
We are doing a series of posts with advice from our former students to let you know some real world advice about applying for and taking the various bar exams. We hope you find this helpful as you...
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Dress For The Job You Want – Interviews
There is a long standing phrase, “Don’t dress for the job you have, dress for the job you want.” I am the worst about fighting this phrase. When career services told me to wear a skirt suit with a...
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Applying For and Taking the Maryland Bar Exam
We are doing a series of posts with advice from our former students to let you know some real world advice about applying for and taking the various bar exams. We hope you find this helpful as you...
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Bar Passage Rate Surprises, Law Schools Lower Tuition
The bar passage rate drops in Florida, a 75-year-old law school grad seeks a new lease on life, and two law schools are making concessions when it comes to tuition. Let’s take a look at the most...
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What’s happening this week: Free Resources for Law Students
How is FREE for some #Mondaymotivation? Kaplan Bar Review has great free events and resources to get your week started: Free 1L Study Materials You have officially entered your first year of law school...
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Work/Life Balance: Survive and THRIVE in Law School
One of my proudest moments my first year in law school was when a friend back home – who had recently graduated from law school herself – responded to a facebook post by saying I was having “waaay...
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Applying for and taking the New York Bar Exam
We are doing a series of posts with advice from our former students to let you know some real world advice about applying for and taking the various bar exams. We hope you find this helpful as you...
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Job Hunting Outside Your (Geographical) Comfort Zone
When I was applying to law schools, nobody really told me that I should focus my search only on geographical locations where I could see myself ending up. As such, I applied all over the place and...
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