Mondays were always daunting, but during bar study, they bring a lot of stress and anxiety to students. It's the beginning of a new week, where you will get new material to learn and bombarded with more assignments. However, this is the first day of your week, and you should always start strong. So, this …
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The trick of the MPT is to complete it in time constraint - 90 minutes. It's a race between you and the clock. How can you best use your time? This post discusses how you should approach the MPT in order to save you the most time in the little time you have to complete …
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A lot of students put off what they are afraid of. Well, not just students, but people in general do this. Struggle with multiple choice questions? "I'll do some later." Struggle with the performance test? "I don't have 90 minutes to do that right now, I'll do it later." Hate seeing your weird uncle at …
There's no doubt that being negative causes additional stress. The mind does not think clearly when it is under stress (it's science). When you're studying for the bar exam, it's easy to be negative. However, when you're negative, there's a significant drop in your attention focus and concentration. Why? Because it causes additional stress. What …
Let's talk about essay writing. You're in week two of bar prep, and the essay practice has not been intense at all yet - but it will be soon. So, this blog workshop is focused on issue spotting in essay writing. HANDLING MAJOR ISSUES On bar exam essays, there's a difference between a major and …
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First, congratulations are in order. After coming down from the highs of graduation, realizing you've completed law school, and celebrations with friends and family, you got into study mode and completed week one of bar prep. This is not an easy or small thing. Week one is overwhelming. So, what are the top three things …
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Have you ever discovered what your learning style was? If not, you may want to consider it and tailor your study to how you best learn. In order to maximize your study, as I always say, you want to do what's best for you. What's best for you includes learning in the way that you …
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When you're studying for the bar exam, you always have one thought that comes in waves: how am I supposed to remember all of this stuff? This post offers students advice on how to remember and memorize a large amount of information in a short period of time that they need for the bar exam. …
Many first time bar takers work with MBE questions incorrectly, resulting in ineffective study and stagnant MBE scores. There's one big mistake you SHOULD NOT make: practice MBE questions and then passively read the answers. This post describes how you should be practicing and studying with MBE questions in a way that is effective! First …
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A lot of students ask whether they should make their own outlines when studying for the bar exam, or whether they should just use the outlines that are already created for them with their commercial bar preparation course. This post discusses both the benefits and drawbacks of making your own outlines, and also discusses the …
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