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  • January 27, 2024

    What's Your Story?

    Fleming's provides live exam writing workshops throughout the year. You can participate in them either in person or online. These workshops are ideal for novice 1L students who want to develop the skills they will use throughout their law school career, as well as for bar exam candidates who want to refine their skills and boost their confidence. You will learn from seasoned instructors who have helped thousands of students succeed in their exams. The workshops will teach you how to analyze, organize, and write effective exam answers that will impress your professors and graders.
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  • January 13, 2023

    Interview with Bar Exam Readers

    If you are preparing for the bar exam, you might be wondering what the examiners are looking for in your essays. How do they grade your answers? What are the common mistakes to avoid? How can you improve your writing skills and impress the readers? To answer these questions, we interviewed some of the bar exam readers who have years of experience in evaluating law students' essays. In this blog post, we share some of the insights and tips they gave us on how to write effective and persuasive essays for the bar exam.
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  • November 9, 2022

    Calling All "Experienced" Bar Takers!!!

    Taking the California bar examination once is hard enough. But, what if you find yourself in the position you hoped not to be in: having to take it again. Well, the good news is you have experience. And, you now...

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  • Professional Responsibility: Broadly Tested on the California Bar Exam
    July 4, 2022

    Professional Responsibility: Broadly Tested on the California Bar Exam

    Professional Responsibility is tested heavily on the California Bar Exam. You might find PR the subject matter of its own essay question. You might find it as a crossover question with another doctrinal subject. You might find it a part of or the whole topic on a performance exam. And, you might find it in multiple places in the same bar exam!

    So, be on the lookout! Just because you passed the MPRE does not mean that you have seen the last of PR issues.
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  • 10 Tips to Level Up Your Bar Exam Training
    May 17, 2022

    10 Tips to Level Up Your Bar Exam Training

    What you do between now and July 26th matters!

    You have just finished three or four years in law school. Now you face that pesky two-day bar exam at the end of July – the thing that stands between you and a career in practicing law.

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  • How The Bar Exam Tests Your Fundamental Lawyering Skills
    March 21, 2022

    How The Bar Exam Tests Your Fundamental Lawyering Skills

    For those who did not pass, it does not appear their results reflect a lack of legal knowledge. The vast majority of bar candidates who sit for the exam have an adequate command of the law. Rather, the test results for those who did not pass reflect a general lack of test-taking skills on the MBE and written portions of the exam.
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