Make sure that you follow your work routine
By this time you should have set a realistic work
schedule that allows for lecture time, review time, practice time and
relaxation time.
By this time you should know where your strengths
and weakness are. While there is still
time, try to include more study time for your weaker subjects, but do not
ignore your stronger areas.
Maintain your concentration level by varying your
study activities, i.e. if you are reading an outline and losing focus, start
practicing questions.
Know Your Law
At this stage in your studying, you should be trying
to commit to memory the black letter law.
You need to master the substantive law presented in the bar review
courses but how you go about it is up to you.
Knowing the law means that you internalize the material in such a way
that you truly “own” it and can spit it out on demand. This does not mean that you recognize the
material or it seems familiar to you.
The bar exam requires you to know the rules with precision and
specificity and to have a solid understanding of the rules.
If you use flashcards, make them on the major
elements of each subject, perhaps with exceptions to go with them.
Create your own short outline that you can commit to
memory.
Know the vocabulary in each subject area.
Create a short hypothetical for each rule.
Continue to do practice questions, essays and
performance tests
Know Your State Bar Exam
You should know your bar exam like the back of your
hand. Everyone must prepare for the MBE,
but you should know the ins and outs of your state exam. What are the length of the essays, do you
have a performance exam, what areas are the most tested? You should know all of those questions so you
can tailor your studies to your state exam.
Don’t overlook this very important component of the exam as it may save
you from failing. Too often, students
get so overwhelmed by the MBE that they don’t study hard enough for the state
portion of their exam.
Start Compiling Your Stuff for the Bar Exam Site
Start to slowly compile the items you need for the
bar exam site. Make sure you have all
the practicalities set for the bar exam itself.
Have you made your hotel reservations?
Do you have the confirmation number?
Do you have all the things you need put aside so you don’t lose them,
i.e. your admission ticket and your personal identification? Have you looked up what personal items you
can bring into the exam to give you an added boost – like your favorite pen or
watch?
Clear away a spot on your counter to start compiling
your necessary items. This way you won’t
need to panic at the last minute over those little housekeeping things that you
want to bring with you. Put your
admission ticket, the mapquest of the drive to the site or hotel, your hotel
confirmation number in that spot and start adding the items you want even if
you end up not taking them.
Preparing for those necessary little things will
keep you focused on the job at hand and you won’t be scrambling around at the
last minute.
The importance thing is to keep on your schedule.
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The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
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The MBE Testing Institute will be conducting
seminars throughout January and February.
We will be holding seminars in, Miami, Orlando, New York City and
Albany, New York,
The MBE Testing Institute only accepts a limited
amount of students for each seminar to ensure a maximum learning environment.
Sign up now to express your interest and reserve your seat.
This intensive seminar is for first time bar takers,
repeat bar takers, foreign educated lawyers and any person looking to improve
on the MBE and essay writing skills.
For more information on the specific time and place,
please go to the Contact page and fill it out. In the comment box, state that
you wish to attend the seminar. Early registration is encouraged because spaces
are very limited.
Contact us for discounts and partial scholarships
now.
The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
Solutions for Success!
This is a good time of the year to remind you about
your study plan. A study plan is imperative to pass a bar exam, whether you are
taking it for the first time or you are a repeat bar taker. Make sure you have
that study plan in place until the bar exam, which is less than 7 weeks away.
In order to pass the bar, you need two things: time-management
and discipline. Sticking to a study plan will conquer both requirements.
Thorough preparation is the key to passing the exam and having a plan in place
will allow you to manage your time and using your discipline to stick to the
study schedule.
You should first start with relearning and reviewing
the outlines with some practice questions thrown in and as you pick up the
pace, you’ll reverse it and do more practice questions and essays and only use
your outlines for clarification on questions you get wrong or confused about.
Don’t ignore your weak areas or your strong areas.
You may not need to schedule as much time in your stronger subjects, but review
them as consistently as you do all the other subjects. You may not need to read
or reread the outlines of your strong subjects, but during those time periods,
practice your questions. You may need those extra points on the bar. For your
weaker subjects, do not ignore those subjects. All bar examinees have weak
subjects. Spend time on those subjects as you would other subjects and just
keep practicing.
Good luck in your studying.
Contact us for discounts and partial scholarships
now.
The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
Solutions for Success!
The Bar Examiners frequently test the same areas
over and over again. Part of your preparation for the bar exam is knowing the
areas in which the Bar Examiners like to test. Here are some of the more
heavily tested areas on the Multistate.
Torts
Torts on the bar exam emphasizes negligence, just
like in law school. Of course, negligence comes in many shapes and hues,
including negligence per se, res ipsa loquitur and differing standards of care.
Evidence
When you think of evidence the only thing that
should be ringing in your ears is the word hearsay. The vast expense of hearsay
requires knowledge of what out-of-court assertions are not hearsay, as well as
what statements fall within the exceptions. The Best Evidence Rule is on the
exam, but not a highlight for examiners.
Criminal Law and Procedure
It is important to know search and seizure issues
from the Fourth Amendment as well as Miranda issues from the Fifth Amendment
and right to counsel issues from the Sixth Amendment. Also focus on common law
crimes, such as criminal homicide.
The MBE Testing Institute will discuss Federal Civil Procedure
in a separate blog posting.
Contact us for discounts and partial scholarships
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The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
Solutions for Success!
The Bar Examiners frequently test the same areas
over and over again. Part of your preparation for the bar exam is knowing the
areas in which the Bar Examiners like to test. Here are some of the more
heavily tested areas on the Multistate.
Constitutional Law
Individual rights matter a lot. These range from
Equal Protection, to Due Process, to the Privileges and Immunities Clause to,
of course, the First Amendment
Property
Property law covers a wide variety of subjects.
While basic Property concepts, such as easements, covenants, adverse
possession, estates in land and future interests, are covered, the examiners
have taken a liking to mortgages in recent years. For many students, mortgages
were not even included in their basic property class.
Contracts
The most tested area in contracts is basic formation
issues. Conditions, third party beneficiaries and remedies also are tested.
Contact us for discounts and partial scholarships
now.
The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
Solutions for Success!
It is now 7 weeks until the bar exam and it’s time
for you to start studying for the February 2016 Bar Exam now. The bar exam is
early this year, February 23td and 24th.
For repeat takers, if have taken the bar exam
multiple times and are still not getting the results you want, think about getting
an MBE Testing Institute tutor. There is obviously something about the way you
study or how you study that is not producing results for you. An MBE Testing
Institute tutor can set up a study plan
with you, discuss areas of the bar exam materials that you are not getting and
keep you motivated and less isolated.
Contact us for discounts and partial scholarships
now.
The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
Solutions for Success!
It is the first week of January 2016 and it’s time
for you to start studying for the February 2016 Bar Exam now. There are 7 weeks
left to the start of the bar. In 7 weeks you will be sitting for the first day
of the bar exam – and, as you know, the first day is the state portion of the
bar which consists of essays, short answers, multiple choice or performance
tests.
There is no longer any excuse to procrastinate – the
bar exam is right around the corner and, if you have not picked up your books,
grab them now and devote the next 7 weeks to passing the bar exam and becoming
a practicing lawyer.
In order to pass the bar, you need two things:
time-management and discipline. Sticking to a study plan will conquer both
requirements. Thorough preparation is one of the keys to passing the exam and
having a plan in place will allow you to manage your time and using your
discipline to stick to the study schedule.
In the beginning, you are going to struggle with the
voluminous materials, but keep at it and keep pushing the pace. It’s like
training for a race. You first have to struggle through the repetition until it
starts feeling right and you start performing at your optimal level.
If this is your second or multiple time taking the
bar, get a bar tutor now. Don’t fool around hoping you’ll do better the next
time. Hire an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor and pass the bar.
Contact us for discounts and partial scholarships
now.
The MBE Testing Institute
knows that taking the bar exam as a repeat taker can be an isolating
experience. The MBE Testing Institute helps the student keep motivated and
confident through interaction with an MBE Testing Institute’s bar tutor.
If you need help passing
the MBE, contact the MBE Testing Institute at pass@mbetestinginstitute.com for
more information.
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