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How to Make a Study Schedule the Last Two Weeks of Bar Exam Prep

In this post, we discuss how to make a study schedule for the last two weeks of bar exam preparation. Many students are afraid to stray from their Barbri or Kaplan schedules. But we recommend that you do not blindly follow a pre-made study schedule. Instead, tailor your study schedule to what you need. If you struggle with Real Property and Contracts, for example, spend more time on those subjects! If you struggle with certain essay topics or if you are in a state that administers an MPT (and you haven’t even started MPTs) then make this a priority as well. Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #9 – Torts

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series: Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! In this post, we will cover a Torts question.

You will see 25 scored Torts MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam.

We will be posting a Multistate Bar Exam question once every couple days along with an answer. We start a new round of MBE questions each administration (and you can sign up to get them emailed to you at the end of this post). Note that these are MBE questions that students commonly get wrong. If you can master these 14 questions, it could increase your MBE score by that many points if you see any of these issues tested again (which, by the way, you will!). These posts of MBE tips and tricks will not only cover substantive law but also strategy. So each post will cover one highly-tested area of substantive law as well as an important MBE strategy. Read more

Feeling Lonely, Suicidal, or Depressed during Bar Prep?

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Feeling Lonely, Suicidal, or Depressed during Bar Prep? Yesterday, I was on the phone for over an hour with a student who was feeling completely burdened by anxiety, depression, and loneliness during bar exam preparation. She felt lonely because she was a repeat taker. She did not tell any of her friends that she failed. She was also self-studying using an online commercial course, so did not interact with other bar takers. She felt anxious since she had taken the Michigan bar exam twice before and did not pass. She felt depressed, wondering what she would do if she didn’t pass this time, what she would do if she did pass, and if the fact that she took it more than once would be a permanent blemish on her record. Read more

Are Barbri MBE Questions like the Real Bar Exam Questions?

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Are Barbri MBE Questions like the Real Bar Exam Questions?

We get this question a lot from our bar exam takers students! The answer is, as you may have guessed, quite subjective. Many people think that the Barbri MBE questions are longer and harder than the real MBE questions. And still others say that the Barbri MBE questions are easier than the real MBE questions. What does this mean for you? Well, a few things. Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #8—Evidence

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series

Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! In this post, we cover an Evidence MBE question together. Evidence is a tricky subject for a lot of students so it is important to master Evidence MBE questions — especially on those that cover hearsay.

You will see 25 Evidence MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. 6-7 of those questions will cover hearsay. (The question we review in this post has a hearsay issue in it too!) Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #7 – Constitutional Law

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series: Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! Today, we will be covering a Constitutional Law MBE question. Even though most students do not hate Constitutional Law questions (generally, Real Property and Contracts are hated more!) Constitutional Law has been among the subjects that students score the lowest on the real bar exam. Thus, it is important to have a good strategy to tackle Constitutional Law MBE questions.

Multistate Performance Test (MPT) Frequency Chart

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Looking for a Multistate Performance Test (MPT) frequency chart?

In this post, we show you the most highly tested and least-tested issues on the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) in a convenient MPT frequency chart.

See below for the most updated chart!

Note that this is useful for students in Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) states. This chart is also useful for students who are given a MPT invented by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). (This is not a frequency chart for California Bar Exam takers—a California Bar Exam MPT frequency chart is here!) Read more

What to Do When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed by Barbri

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Feeling Overwhelmed by Barbri? Students sometimes call us, crying, because they are 17 days behind on their personal study plan. They can’t get everything done. Or they become obsessed with “checking boxes” or crossing things to do off their list that they often feel they spend more time just doing tasks in order to be done with them, rather than learning. They feel overwhelmed by Barbri (or Kaplan, or Themis) or life!

If you feel behind, or if you feel like you are only going through the motions rather than retaining any information, you are not alone. How do you break out of this? Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #6 – Civil Procedure

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series: Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! In this post, we will cover a Civil Procedure MBE question. Many students find that Civil Procedure MBE questions are among the hardest–in part because they are the least familiar to students and because as of this writing, and in part because there are very few released Civil Procedure MBE questions so it can be tricky to find good questions.

MBE Strategies Tip #5 – Real Property

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series

Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! In this post, we cover a Real Property MBE question. Many students find that Real Property MBE questions are among the hardest. You will see 25 scored Real Property MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. Read more

Five Tips to Improve Your Persuasive Brief on the MPT

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Five Tips to Improve Your Persuasive Brief on the MPT

The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) is a lawyerly exercise that requires examinees to complete a task that is outlined in the memo. In order to complete the task, students must critically evaluate and analyze information provided in the file and the library. The MPT is worth a significant percentage of an examinee’s overall score on many bar exams. For example, if you are in a Uniform Bar Exam state, the MPT is worth 20% of the total score. Do not be surprised if the bar examiners ask you to write a persuasive brief as one of the MPT exercises. Students were given 90 minutes to write a persuasive brief 27 times in last 16 sixteen years. Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #4 – Contracts and Sales

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series: Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! This post covers a Contracts/Sales MBE question. Many students get tricked by MBE questions on Contracts and Sales since they are so detail-oriented. You will see 25 questions on Contracts and Sales on the Multistate Bar Exam. Read more

JD Advising Celebrates a 100% passage rate for Students Enrolled in Bar Exam Course

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JD Advising celebrates a 100% passage rate for its Michigan Bar Exam Course

Ten students signed up for our exclusive 10-person “full service” Michigan bar exam course. The course covered all MBE topics and Michigan topics in depth. It also covered strategies for approaching each portion of the bar exam. The course met for approximately 22 sessions on Monday and Wednesday evenings. It was taught by Ashley Heidemann.

The majority of the students who attended the course repeat takers—some on their second, third, or fourth time taking the bar exam. Many of the students worked full time while studying for the bar exam, but all ten diligently attended our JD Advising classes during the months of December, January, and February. Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #3 – Evidence

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MBE Strategies Blog Post Series: Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! This is Day Three and we will be covering Evidence– and specifically, a hearsay question. Out of the 25 scored questions on Evidence on the Multistate Bar Exam, 6-7 of them will be on hearsay. So it is well worth it to know hearsay very well! Read more

MBE Strategies Tip #2 – Criminal Law

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Welcome to our MBE tips and tricks blog post series! Today, we will be covering Criminal Law — and specifically, a homicide question. Out of the 25 scored questions on Criminal Law on the MBE, 3-4 of them will be on homicide. So it is well worth it to know homicide very well! Read more