01-29-2008
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 37
| to be fair, he is pretty good for many
That's not fair... he is good at something.. like predictions Quote:
I have to respectfully disagree with you about the value of
predictions. For example, BarBri in New York provides a supplemental course
called NY Essay Advantage. A man named Professor Marino teaches it.
Directly off of NYBarBri's website they advertise this course with:
1 Learn Professor Marino's four step essay writing method
*2 Learn how to write an essay on the issues and rules most frequently
tested
3 Learn how to write an essay answer even when you do not recall the
applicable law being tested
*4 Find out which issues Professor Marino believes will appear on the next
New York Bar Exam
Most people I know, including my self, really only take this course for the
predictions.
The year I took the course, 2001, he predicted one essay topic,
domestic relations, right on the nose, and he also predicted several
sub-issues elsewhere. In fairness, he also made a number of false
predictions. My understanding is that he bases his predictions on what are
the hot topics in law during the few months when the bar exam is being
written and a complicated analysis of what was topics have been tested over
the years. The extra time I spent studying his predictions, I think, paid
off. On that one domestic relations essay, I felt like I had already
written it beforehand.
I agree that spending your time studying only things that
"someone" predicts will be on the bar exam is way too dangerous and foolish,
but a well reasoned and thought out prediction can be beneficial. As study
time runs out, if one needs to choose what areas of difficulty to spend the
remaining time on, a prediction can be a useful tool.
Seth G.
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