what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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01-29-2008
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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 Last edited by studyfor; 01-31-2008 at 10:39 PM. |
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01-31-2008
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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 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 Break Break Break Break .5 MBE Preview – Contract Essay Review – Evidence (read a model answer) MBE Practice – 50 Torts questions MBE Practice – 50 Torts questions MBE Preview – Property 1 MBE Preview – Constitutional Law MBE Preview – Property continue above act. continue above act. 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 1.5 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 Break Break Break Break Break Break .5 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 1 continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. 1 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 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 break Essay Review – Civil Procedure (read a model answer) Break Break Break Break .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 continue the above act. MBE Preview – Property continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. 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 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 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 break Essay Review – Civil Procedure (read a model answer) Break Break Break Break .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 continue the above act. MBE Preview – Property continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. continue above act. 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 Last edited by studyfor; 01-31-2008 at 08:02 PM. |
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02-12-2008
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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.
__________________ CABarTutor ~recent grad ('06), admittee MA/CA, and Tutor in the Los Angeles area. |
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09-08-2008
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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. |
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07-08-2009
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
Thank you. This is wonderful advice.
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07-10-2009
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| California Bar Exam Tutor Join Date: Mar 2008
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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.
__________________ CA Bar Exam Tutor: BarExamCoach@gmail.com Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley UCLA Law Grad., 2008 Former Teaching Assistant & Academic Counselor |
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07-13-2009
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| New Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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.
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07-14-2009
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| New Join Date: Feb 2009
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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.
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07-15-2009
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| California Bar Exam Tutor Join Date: Mar 2008
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
I don't have any NY-specific advice, sorry. Currently, I tutor for the CA bar exam only.
__________________ CA Bar Exam Tutor: BarExamCoach@gmail.com Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley UCLA Law Grad., 2008 Former Teaching Assistant & Academic Counselor |
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05-02-2010
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| Re: what should I do 2 weeks before the bar exam?
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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