Podcast: Lawyers offer advice to bar exam test takers

July 18, 2022

LEGAL TALK NETWORK — If you are studying for the July bar exam, you’re not going to memorize every flashcard for the Multistate Bar Examination, and that’s OK. You can still pass.

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Opinion: Law students should learn concepts over taking practice tests when preparing for the bar exam

July 18, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — One of the biggest mistakes you can make while preparing for the bar exam is wasting valuable time doing thousands of multiple-choice questions to improve your accuracy rate. Many bar exam takers waste time and energy on this, only to find out later they failed the bar exam because they didn’t

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The Ohio Bar Association considers removing question about mental disorders from character and fitness application

July 18, 2022

EXPERT LAW REVIEW — It is really common in the present world to find the open experience about physical disorders in the first place. But every person is not in the position to speak about mental disorders because speaking about mental disorder systems is unacceptable in the community and is judged to a great extent.

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Advice for law students remaining calm during the bar exam

June 30, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — On the day of the bar exam, there’s a good chance you may feel some jitters. That’s totally normal! You’ve worked really hard to get to this point and are likely feeling pressure to succeed. However, the last thing you want to do is let your nerves affect your performance. With

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Podcast: How evidence differs from other topics on the Bar Exam

June 21, 2022

BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Today, we’re focusing on an important topic in Evidence – the Best Evidence Rule, which requires a witness to produce the document whose contents he or she is testifying about.

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ABA data: Two-year bar exam pass rates increase for 2019 law graduates

June 2, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — The ultimate bar passage rate for the nation’s law schools—a measurement of a graduating class’s bar exam success over a two-year period—is trending in the right direction. But arguably a snail could lap it.

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How law students prepare for bar exams

June 2, 2022

NATIONAL JURIST — If you’re about to begin bar prep, it is natural to want to know exactly how much you’ll need to study in order to get a passing score. It’s human nature to want a definite, clear answer, and we wish we could give you one. However, the true, real answer is that

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California State Bar considers proposal to extend program allowing graduates to practice under supervision without taking Bar Exam

June 2, 2022

REUTERS — The State Bar of California wants to give hundreds of law graduates in the state more time to complete a pandemic-era program that has enabled them to practice under the supervision of an attorney without having passed the bar exam.

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DC boosts capacity for July bar exam following outcry

June 2, 2022

REUTERS — Bar exam officials in Washington, D.C., have secured a second site for the upcoming attorney licensing test in July, enabling them to accommodate 450 additional examinees.

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California Bar exam pass rates fall for February 2022 exam

May 19, 2022

THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA — Today the State Bar announced that 1,056 people (33.9 percent of applicants) passed the February 2022 California General Bar Exam—the first in-person exam since February 2020.

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