Pass the Bar! provides a comprehensive overview of the pre-bar review, bar review, and bar exam process. The authors demystify the bar exam process and take readers through the steps they need to follow to succeed. Readers are given specific information about what to do during the year before their bar exams; checklists, exercises, and reflection questions; tips for studying and completing practice questions; and sample exam questions and answers to maximize their likelihood of bar exam success. The book has been designed with several uses in mind: As the text for a for-credit law school bar preparation course; As a supplemental text for an upper-level doctrinal course, allowing professors to build students' bar study skills in the context of learning a bar-tested subject; As a text for non-credit bar preparation workshops; or For students' independent study. The authors' recommendations are grounded in educational and psychological research as well as their personal experiences in designing programs and preparing thousands of students to pass their bar exams. Readers will find the text user-friendly and its recommendations straightforward and practical. "Once in awhile the perfect book comes along at the perfect time. Pass the Bar! is just such a book, arriving at the ideal time to help law students clear the last hurdle of the race they began when they started law school. The authors' approach is both logical and powerful, and would immediately enhance any bar taker's likelihood of success. I will happily recommend the book to generations of students as they prepare to cross the finish line of their challenging bar exam race." -- Professor Ruth Ann McKinney, Director of the Writing and Learning Resources Center, The University of North Carolina School of Law

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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

This edition walks you through the entire bar preparation process from getting a head start during your last year of law school to taking the exam. It provides guidelines for selecting a bar review course, bar planner checklists, advice on how to manage the material you cover in bar review courses, and advice on how to learn the law so you can remember it and use it to answer exam questions. It identifies the basic skills the exam tests and the precise manner in which these skills are tested, showing you how to target your study efforts to maximize results.

The Zen of Passing the Bar Exam offers a comprehensive approach to studying for (and passing) the bar exam. Couched in neuroscience and Zen principles of focus, discipline, awareness, balance, and simplicity, the book provides guidance for the best daily practices for uplifting your mind, body, and spirit during the rigors of studying. A central theme is harnessing a Zen mindset to stay motivated and mentally sharp. In addition to lifestyle and mindset, the book also offers specific, practical advice for maximizing scores on the essay, MBE, and MPT portions of the bar exam. The book outlines specific organizational/formatting tips for how to write effective (and efficient) essays under bar exam time constraints. The book is ideal for adoption for any law school bar preparation course (or Academic Support Program), providing many exercises, examples, and model answers applicable to any state's bar exam.

"The Complete Bar Writer teaches readers how to prepare for the Multistate Performance Test and the Multistate Essay Exam (and similar bar performance tests and essay exams). Readers learn how to transfer the legal writing knowledge that they learned in law school to the bar exam, and how to build upon that foundation with skills specific to bar exam success. The book also fills gaps in readers' knowledge by teaching legal writing, analysis, and reading-and how to do all of those things under pressure. These skills are useful lawyering skills that readers can use after test day. As readers prepare for the bar exam, they will learn how to approach any MPT problem, no matter what kind of document they're assigned to write; how to evaluate their own practice exams and carry that knowledge forward to do better on their next ones; how to prepare for test day; and how to prepare for things that might go wrong. The Complete Bar Writer meets readers where they are with their legal writing knowledge and ensures they have the skills they need on bar exam day"--

"A God Send" "This is a must-read for any bar candidate." "After reading this book, my whole attitude about the test changed." "I would STRONGLY recommend this book to anyone who wants to pass the bar" "The only thing I regret is not getting my hands on this book sooner!" "every word Kris wrote rang true for me" "A must read for anyone who feels the panic setting in!" "I can't recommend this book enough." "Definitely worth a read." "Kris has written an outstanding treatise that will help alleviate fear and instill confidence" "I wish I would have read this in November!" "Everyone who's considering taking the bar exam has GOT to get this book!" Bar review courses are a waste of time. Save dozens of hours of studying. Save $3,000 in bar exam prep. Read The Bar Exam is Easy and find out how to pass the bar exam the first time. This practical bar exam guide includes:- The Killer Secret You Don't Know About MBE Questions- Where to Spend the Most Time Studying- Why You Should Ignore the MPT- What Your MBE Practice Scores Should Look Like- When You Should Start StudyingThe Bar Exam Is Easy also covers:- How Bar Review Courses Waste Your Time- How to 90% Guarantee You Will Pass The Bar Exam- Why You Have Nothing to Be Afraid Of or Nervous About- What Bar Study Materials You Need (that are cheap and can be bought used)Every law school graduate wants to know how to pass the bar exam. Bar prep courses will gladly show you how to pass in some of the most inefficient ways possible while charging $3,000+ per course. Can bar exam prep courses help you pass the bar exam? Of course. But you can study more efficiently (save time, money, and effort) and effectively (higher bar pass rates) without a bar review class. I should know. I failed the Texas bar exam twice before passing on my third attempt. The first two times I took a bar review course. The third time I studied alone in my apartment kitchen. My first two scores were 637 and 654. My third score was 706. A passing score is 675.In The Bar Exam Is Easy, I share the simple techniques, tricks, tips, and secrets on how to pass the bar exam that I learned studying by myself. I also discuss the mental challenges bar takers encounter and why there is no need to be worried.The Bar Exam Is Easy was written based on my experience studying for and taking the Texas Bar Exam. However, this book is written for bar takers in all states. The formats for different state bar exams vary but the only major substantive difference is on the essays.Some states' essays are specific to that state while others employ the Multistate Essay Exam. My advice on how to study for the essay portion of the bar exam is not tailored to any one state. Rather, I give a blueprint on how to rack up points on essays, no matter what state you're taking the bar exam in.Whether you want to pass the bar exam the first time or you're trying to pass the bar exam on the second time, third time, fourth time, or even fifth time, The Bar Exam is Easy will help you prepare and pass.The Bar Exam Is Easy does not cover any material law but does tell you the must have bar exam supplements and study materials.The Bar Exam Is Easy Answers:- How to Study for MBE questions- How to Study for Bar Exam Essays- How to Study for the MPT- How Much Time To Study Everyday- How Many Days a Week to Study- Whether You Will Have Any Free Time- How to Increase Your Chances of Passing Save Thousands of Dollars and Hours of Time No Kindle Necessary 1. Download the free Kindle app here http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=10004937712. Open Amazon account --> Digital OrdersP.S. This is a risk-free purchase. If you aren't satisfied, you have 7 days to get a 100% refund

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.

"A second edition book to help law students prepare for a bar exam with a MPT"--

A concise, highly accessible guide to exam success. Provides an insider s view of what professors look for in exam answers, and how exam-taking connects to good lawyering. Accompanied by a Web site with content that is both free (e.g., sample outlines, class notes, case briefs) and for-sale (e.g., sample exams and memos written by professors giving feedback on the answers). Features: High-profile, experienced authors from elite schools with hands-on experience teaching the majority of the courses in the traditional 1L curriculum Distinctive central pedagogy: the pinball method of exam-taking Accompanied by Web site with content that is both free (e.g., sample outlines, class notes, case briefs) and for-sale (e.g., sample exams and memos written by professors giving feedback on the answers). Explains to students not just the how but the why of law school exams what makes law school exams different from exams students have encountered in other settings Detailed examples provide concrete demonstrations of exam-taking techniques Highly readable: prose is straightforward and humorous; key points accented with memorably amusing illustrations Not just an exam prep book; students are offered guidance on getting the most out of classes, and law school more generally