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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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June 21, 2022

Nobody Said It Would Be Easy . . . But It Will be Worth It!
The Bar Exam The Bar Exam stands between you and your dream of practicing law. You have worked your whole life to get to this point. You worked hard in law school, and you just want to start your life as...
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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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April 29, 2022

California Bar Exam Prep - Sample Questions With Answers
Every law student and bar candidate needs strong bar exam sample questions to use for regular exam practice - because scoring well on law exams is dependent on your ability to apply the law to all the hypothetical facts presented in your law exams.
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April 15, 2022

A Good Preparation Strategy is Your Key to Passing the Bar Exam
With determination, self-discipline, and a tremendous amount of hard work in law school and during bar review, you will be prepared to achieve your dream of passing the bar exam on your first attempt.
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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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February 25, 2022

Effective Test-Taking Skills
Being an effective and skillful test-taker is the bedrock to success in law school and on the bar exam.
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December 21, 2021

Professional Responsibility Is More Than Just A Passing Grade On The California Bar Exam
Professional Responsibility is tested on every California Bar Exam. It is always tested as an essay. It is also frequently the subject matter of the Performance Exam. Thus, you are guaranteed to see Professional Responsibility as part of every Bar...
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November 8, 2021

Whodunit? Solving the Mystery of Writing a First-Rate Criminal Law Essay Exam
I was leaving the post office one day and I saw a license plate that was an acronym for Nancy Drew. I stopped to admire the plate because it immediately took me back to when I was young and would...
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October 31, 2021

Bar Examiners Give a Fleming's Law Student a Perfect Score on His Essay Exam Answer
Have you ever seen an essay exam answer written during an actual state-administered exam that the CA Bar Examiners scored a perfect 100? We never have either, which is why we’re bringing it to your attention. The answer was written...
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August 9, 2021

A Bar Examiner Clears Up Performance Exam Myths
Myths abound about what is required to pass the Performance Exam, including: The importance of the Call of the Question to the final answer How much material from the Performance exam packet to use Whether to outline before writing the...
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July 1, 2021

Bar Exam Prep - The Pros and Cons of Self-Study as Compared to a Formal Bar Review
Although most bar candidates take a formal bar exam course when initiating bar exam prep, self-study is a viable option for those considering their preparation options. Since the bar exam is the last hurdle to becoming a licensed attorney, there...
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