How to Study Smart for the Essay Portion of the Michigan Bar Exam
How to Study Smart for the Essay Portion of the Michigan Bar Exam
NOTE: Michigan is switching to the Uniform Bar Exam starting with the February 2023 administration! Find more information here.
In this blog post we’ll focus on how to study smart for the Michigan bar exam and focus on the essay portion. In order to study smart for the essay portion of the Michigan bar exam, the first thing you have to do is review the substantive law of each subject before attempting to answer essay questions on that subject. It is crucial that you are familiar with the relevant area of law before you attempt to answer a question on it. If you do not feel very comfortable with the substantive law, you will answer questions incorrectly, get frustrated, and feel stressed out! Conversely, if you review the substantive law before attempting to answer questions, you will fee more confident.