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Bar Exam

February Bar Exam Starts

by John on February 23, 2010

in Bar Exam

Good luck to everyone taking the bar exam over the next few days. Hopefully it will be a happy conclusion to a lot of hard work over the last 3+ years.

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Too Much (Of Your) Information?

by John on September 3, 2009

in Bar Exam

The great danger with social networking is the risk of having something that in the past would be considered good clean fun among friends gets plastered up all over the web and come back to bite you. The response has been for social networks to develop security features ranging from the granular control you have [...]

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What To Do When the Bar is Over

by John on July 29, 2009

in Bar Exam

Unless you’re in Louisiana, your bar exam is over or will be over by tomorrow evening. Three years of law school, two months of frantic studying, and two or three days of intense effort have paid off.1 You might be taking a vacation, starting work, or getting ready to look for a job. But you [...]

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Inspiration

by John on July 28, 2009

in Bar Exam

The theory of the bar exam states that just because it’s big and bad doesn’t mean you can’t kick its ass. You’ve made it through law school and six final exam periods. The bar exam isn’t the finish line, but you can see it from here. Good luck.

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The Secret Weapon on the Bar Exam

by John on July 23, 2009

in Bar Exam

You’ve studied hard. You’ve learned techniques for the MBE, for the essays, and for the performance tests. You have outlines, flash cards, mnemonics, and checklists. You’re prepped, you’re ready. It’s go time. But there’s a secret weapon you can hold in reserve. You can’t memorize everything. You can’t guarantee that you won’t get thrown for [...]

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Origami at the Bar

by John on July 10, 2009

in Bar Exam

I doubt anyone who reads this blog has made any origami creation as elaborate as this little cat. I also doubt that anyone who has made something like that did it while multi-tasking. But I really doubt that anyone devoted Barbri lecture time to such a task.

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P90X and the Bar Exam

by John on June 4, 2009

in Bar Exam,Legal Industry

One of the biggest fitness revolutions in recent memory has been P90X. P90X is a series of exercises sold on DVD. It has its detractors but many people swear by it. The positive reviews almost universally call it the most intense and effective exercise program they’ve ever used. And I know of two or three [...]

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Don’t Reinvent the Flash Card

by John on May 28, 2009

in Bar Exam

Short post today because my wrists hurt. I might have to invest in some speech recognition software. Useless Dicta has some great bar exam studying advice she received from friends who had passed the bar. All of it is great stuff, but let’s pick one in particular: (4) Just because all of your friends, study [...]

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