Provides templates and detailed instructions for writing the formats on the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) part of the bar exam. Contains twelve (12) actual MPT tasks, as released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and used here with permission, in a variety of formats and a range of difficulty. Full sample answers for the MPT tasks and notes on analyzing all 12 tasks. Systems and checklists for managing time. Special tips for California bar candidates and for foreign-trained lawyers.
The Second Edition of California Performance Test Workbook contains everything needed to pass the performance test portion of the California Bar Exam, which is essential since the performance test score counts double. The book provides an innovative step-by-step strategic general approach for organizing and writing passing performance test answers within 90 minute timed conditions. The authors also provide specific page-by-page deconstructions with guidance and commentary on real released California Performance Test practice questions, along with corresponding answer grids, annotated sample passing answers, and released passing answers. New to the Second Edition: Updated 90-minute style performance exams New innovative performance test approaches with step-by-step instructions All performance test examples with page by page annotations An extra practice appendix provides additional practice for the more challenging components of the performance test Professors and students will benefit from: Options for how to organize a performance test based on different learning styles A step by step approach with target time goals for each component of the test Sample performance tests with step-by-step deconstructions, answer grids, annotated sample passing answers and released passing answers Examples of a variety of different task memos and sample libraries so students get extra practice on essential skills including sample task memos with corresponding organizational analysis, and sample libraries with corresponding book briefs and rule deconstructions
The Second Edition of Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam contains everything needed to pass the essay portion of the California bar exam. The book combines a comprehensive, yet efficiently concise review of volumes of substantive law with the authors’ proven-effective strategic plan for writing passing bar essays. Rule outlines are supplemented with issues checklists to aid issue spotting and memorization attack sheets, to make memorization manageable, while practice questions productively cover favorite testing areas so bar study is targeted and effective. New to the Second Edition Update: Recent and updated rule developments in all subjects Expanded coverage of topics emphasized on recent bar exams Updated issues tested matrices, rule memorization attack sheets, and topic specific approaches to reflect current testing trends Updated practice essay questions and answer grids in all subjects including crossover questions Professors and students will benefit from: Concise easy to memorize rule statements Fact triggers and exam tips that aid the transition to bar exam writing style Easy to follow essay approaches for key topics Practice essay questions with corresponding answer grids identifying issues and analysis required for a passing score Realistic sample answers that could be written under timed conditions Coverage of all heavily tested topics in each subject and crossover questions Issues tested matrices identifying the subtopics tested in every essay given in 30+ years
If you: - Feel overwhelmed by the breadth of law tested on the bar exam...- Think there isn't enough time to get it all done...- Are unsure whether you should hire a tutor, use a commercial prep company, or self-study...- Don't know what you should be doing...- Worry you're not doing enough...- Want to find the easiest way to pass the bar...- Have decision fatigue about choosing between all the bar prep companies, workshops, tools, books, cheat sheets, outlines, etc. to choose from...- Hemorrhage money to buy all things bar prep...- Never see your family or friends...- Feel alone in your struggle...- Think you'll never learn it all...- Feel like there's never a moment where the weight of the bar exam isn't bearing down on you...- Have constant anxiety about what hangs in the balance of you passing the bar exam...- Struggle to juggle bar prep and everything else in life...- Worry about failing...- Worry about failing, AGAIN...This is the book I wish someone had written when I was where you are right now. In short, this book is for you
Essay-writing can account for 50 percent or more of the bar exam score, yet bar review courses often don't teach how to write lawyer-like essays. Gallagher provides step-by-step instructions on essay-writing systems and confidence-building practices. A review of the best and worst ways to respond to essay questions is included. (Study Guide)
A comprehensive resource created in the successful style of Strategies & Tactics for the MBE, Strategies & Tactics for the MBE 2, Third Edition provides over 375 additional questions to help you prepare for the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). Success on the MBE can often influence whether you pass or fail the Bar Exam. Understanding the issues of law tested on the exam and learning how the exam questions are written to test your understanding of the law are essential skills for success. With Steve Emanuel’s comprehensive explanations of why one answer choice is the best answer and why the other choices are not, Strategies & Tactics for the MBE 2 helps you gain the ability to select the best answer with certainty. New to the Third Edition: A new section on Civil Procedure with questions and detailed answers written by Steve Emanuel Many new questions in Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts; all are actual past MBE questions, with detailed answers written by Steve Emanuel Key features include: Over 375 additional questions and answers not found in Strategies & Tactics for the MBE, Seventh Edition Detailed, step-by-step explanations for each of the four answer choices in each question written by Steve Emanuel, Editor-in- Chief of the Emanuel Law Outlines—the outlines that got you through law school Questions organized by subject matter subtopics, so you can easily locate questions on the topics on which you need to focus Actual Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts questions asked on past Multistate Bar Exams; plus Civil Procedure questions in MBE-format, written by Steve Emanuel
If I Don t Pass the Bar I ll Die By Rosemary La Puma, Esq. Taking the Bar Exam? · Have you ever finished reading a test question only to find that you have no idea what you just read? · Have you ever been so worried about finishing a test in time that you wrote gibberish? · Have you ever put off studying for exams until the last minute? · Have you ever been unable to answer a question and had it dog you for the rest of the test, interfering with your concentration? · Have you ever marked an unintended multiple-choice response or written an exam answer in the wrong booklet? If you answered YES to some or all of these questions, then stress and worry have affected your academic performance in the past and will likely affect your performance on the bar exam. This book can prevent that from happening. It includes 73 ways to keep stress and worry from affecting your performance on the Bar Exam. About the Author Rosemary La Puma is the founder and owner of Rosemary's Review A Comprehensive Bar Tutorial. She has been leading bar tutorials and helping students pass the California bar exam for 14 years. Professor La Puma has taught hundreds of students her simple but effective techniques. Professor La Puma's interest in the effects of stress and worry on academic performance started with her own California bar experience. This book is a compilation of the techniques she has used to help her and her students master their stress and worry. An adjunct professor at Golden Gate University Law School, Professor La Puma teaches legal writing courses. In addition, she served as the Assistant Director of Academic Support at the University of Southern California School of Law during the 2007-2008 school year.
A MUST READ for anyone taking the bar exam.The bar exam is a difficult test that can provoke stress, anxiety and even fear in those preparing for it. Bar Exam Mind gives you proven strategies to help alleviate these problems and focus on what matters now: Learning the law and passing the bar exam. Bar Exam Mind shows you how to get your mindset right for the bar exam and get the mental edge you need to remain calm and focused while you study for and take the exam. Among other things, you will learn: visualization techniques to remove bar exam fears the best way to practice for the bar exam strategies to improve test-taking performance how to use bar exam affirmations to increase self-confidence what to eat to keep your mind and brain healthy and in peak condition for the bar exam and much more! Use Bar Exam Mind as a supplement to all substantive bar preparation courses. You can either follow the 21-day learning program included with the book or choose to implement only the techniques you believe will be most beneficial to you. After reading this book, you will be well on your way to a successful and stress-free bar exam. ************ Get more bar exam advice at BarExamMind.com.
