crazylaw

For those who have passed.. Did you practice your essay review as full blown essay
answers or were the majority outlined? I dread the idea of doing a million of these, but I am willing to do whatever it takes!
Category: CA - California Bar Exam

cabartutor

I outlined probably 80% and fully wrote out the other 20%. Some people need more, some people need less. I think i probably in total (outline and full) did about 75 essays or so.

The key is not just re-doing the same mistakes over and over again. People fail because they think the essays are about getting the "right" answer-- they're not. The essays are there for you to show your thought process (i.e. "analysis") to the graders. So if you are going to do practice essays make sure you have a good handle on what you should be writing and how you should be writing.

Bar Breakers is good if you don't have that grasp.

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~recent grad ('06), admittee MA/CA, and Tutor in the Los Angeles area.