No, I do not want to pay for Barbri's Essay Advantage, and yes, I did study all subjects and practiced over 100 MBE questions. I would like to know what you guys use to refresh your memory/reinforce your knowledge etc. two weeks before the bar exam.
Thanks
Category: Bar Exam - General
What state bar exam are you taking?
This is what I am using, but since I haven't passed it yet either, can't really tell you how useful it is. So far it feels right ... good luck
California Bar Exam Study Plan
Hours
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.5
Outline Reading – Civil Procedure
Outline Reading – Evidence
Outline Reading – Torts
Outline Reading – Torts
Outline Reading – Torts
PT – Full Performance test and review
Big Review Day – review whatever you did this week.
.5
Outline Study –
Civil Procedure
Outline Study - Evidence
Outline Study - Torts
Outline Study - Torts
Outline Study - Torts
Understand what you didn’t so that you can understand
Practice Essay – Civil Procedure (1 or 2 questions, depends on how fast you are)1.5
Practice Essay – Evidence (1 or 2 questions, depends on how fast you are)
MBE Practice – 30 Torts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Torts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Torts questions
1.5
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Civil Procedure
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Evidence
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Torts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Torts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Torts
PT – Full Performance test practice
.5
MBE Preview – Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure
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MBE Preview – Contract
Essay Review – Evidence (read a model answer)
MBE Practice – 50 Torts questions
MBE Practice – 50 Torts questions
MBE Preview – Property
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MBE Preview – Constitutional Law
MBE Preview – Property
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MBE Preview – Contract
1
Essay Preview – Evidence
MBE Preview – Torts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Torts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Torts
MBE Preview – Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure
California Bar Exam Study Plan Week 2
Hours
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.5
Outline Reading – Contracts
Outline Reading – Contracts
Outline Reading – Contracts
PT – Full Performance test and review
Outline Reading – Con Law
Outline Reading – Con Law
Outline Reading – Con Law
.5
Outline Study –
Contracts
Outline Study - Contracts
Outline Study - Contracts
Outline Study –
Con Law
Outline Study – Con Law
Outline Study – Con Law
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions1.5
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
1.5
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Contracts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Contracts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Contracts
PT – Full Performance test practice
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Con Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Con Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Con Law
.5
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MBE Practice – 50 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 50 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 50 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 50 Con Law questions
MBE Practice – 50 Con Law questions
MBE Practice – 50 Con Law questions
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MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Contracts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Contracts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Contracts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Con Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Con Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Con Law
Hours
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.5
Outline Reading – Civil Procedure
Outline Reading – Evidence
Outline Reading – Crim Law
Outline Reading – Crim Law
Outline Reading – Crim Pro
Outline Reading – Crim Pro
Big Review Day – review whatever you did this week.
.5
Outline Study –
Civil Procedure
Outline Study - Evidence
Outline Study –
Crim Law
Outline Study – Crim Law
Outline Study – Crim Pro
Outline Study – Crim Pro
Understand what you didn’t so that you can understand
Practice Essay – Civil Procedure (1 or 2 questions, depends on how fast you are)1.5
Practice Essay – Evidence (1 or 2 questions, depends on how fast you are)
MBE Practice – 30 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 30 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Crim Pro questions
1.5
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Civil Procedure
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Evidence
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
.5
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Essay Review – Civil Procedure (read a model answer)
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Practice Essay – Civil Procedure
Essay Review – Evidence (read a model answer)
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Pro questions
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Pro questions
1
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MBE Preview – Property
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Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Civil Procedure
MBE Preview – Torts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
Hours
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.5
Outline Reading – Civil Procedure
Outline Reading – Evidence
Outline Reading – Crim Law
Outline Reading – Crim Law
Outline Reading – Crim Pro
Outline Reading – Crim Pro
Big Review Day – review whatever you did this week.
.5
Outline Study –
Civil Procedure
Outline Study - Evidence
Outline Study –
Crim Law
Outline Study – Crim Law
Outline Study – Crim Pro
Outline Study – Crim Pro
Understand what you didn’t so that you can understand
Practice Essay – Civil Procedure (1 or 2 questions, depends on how fast you are)1.5
Practice Essay – Evidence (1 or 2 questions, depends on how fast you are)
MBE Practice – 30 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 30 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 30 Contracts questions
MBE Practice – 30 Crim Pro questions
1.5
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Civil Procedure
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Evidence
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
.5
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Essay Review – Civil Procedure (read a model answer)
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.5
Practice Essay – Civil Procedure
Essay Review – Evidence (read a model answer)
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Law questions
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Pro questions
MBE Practice – 50 Crim Pro questions
1
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MBE Preview – Property
continue above act.
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1
Practicie Essay (Check answers for mistakes) – Civil Procedure
MBE Preview – Torts
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Law
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
MBE Practice (Check answers for mistakes) – Crim Pro
over 100 MBEs is really low. You should be banging out ALOT more of those over the next 2 weeks, and as the poster lawm lays out, you should be doing many practice essays and PTs. Luckily you still have time to do many more MBEs and essays and several PTS. So get started asap. That is the key to keeping your mind in "black letter mode" and being prepared to pull the knowledge out when you need it on the essays.
Most students fail because they spend too much time reading outlines or re-writing outlines, etc. and not doing MBEs and practice essays and PTs. Take this message as a warning, and an opportunity since you still have 2 weeks or so.
Spend 60% of your study time each day doing practice essays and multiple choice questions. Spend the other 40% making sure you understand the law based on your notes and based on the practice essays and multiple choice questions. Most importantly, stay calm. Performance on the bar has so much to do with psychology. You want to stay calm so that your brain will function optimally and will have full ability to recall fact patters you examined weeks ago.
Two days before the bar exam, spend 80% doing practice exams and 20% reviewing your notes.
The day before the bar exam, spend 90% reviewing your notes. Quickly outline answers to a couple of essays and do about 15 multiple choice questions just to stay in shape.
Some people prefer to not study the day before the bar exam. My thinking is that it's an extra day to study to pull the information together. For example, atheletes practice the day before a race to make sure that their bodies stay in performance mode. Same thing with the brain I guess.
Oh yeah, try going to bed early because you may be too nervous to fall asleep the minute your head hits the pillow.
Thank you. This is wonderful advice.
You should outline 6 essays per day, memorize the law, continue 50 MBE's a day, and review old MBE's (law that you wrote on a flashcard or in a notebook from MBE's that you got wrong), but DO NOT do a bunch of PT's. It is a waste of time. Hopefully by now, you've written out a couple and have outline a few. You can go ahead and outline a few PT's, but don't waste time writing out a bunch of PT's at this point in the game. Just focus on getting down your PT outlining strategy, because the outline determines whether you will pass. Writing the PT is the easy part.
Thank you BarExamCoach. Do you have any tips for the NY Multiple Choice or MPT? I think I can do okay with the MBE and Essays.
If you are going to be taking the NY Bar Exam, I would suggest contacting Professor Leonard Lakin. He's very good. http://www.lakinbarexam.com.
I don't have any NY-specific advice, sorry. Currently, I tutor for the CA bar exam only.
You need to do atleast 1-2 pts before the big day (i'd recommend them on the same time as the real thing).
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