Studying for the Bar Exam

[Monkeyslacks]

CA Bar here. Taking Bar Bri classes at GW in DC.

Who else is taking the bar in July? Anyone with any advice who has done it before?

Also, studying sucks...

[FMThe2nd]

I'm taking the bar exam in Washington state. It's all essay. I'm counting on the 80% pass rate for first-time takers to pull me through.

[Monkeyslacks]

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I'm taking the bar exam in Washington state. It's all essay. I'm counting on the 80% pass rate for first-time takers to pull me through.

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CA had a 50% passage rate for first timers in 2003. Expensive, smog, traffic, crime... why did I pick CA again? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Number4]

Studying in Richmond - taking it in VA.

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what's worse - reading or actually going to class.

Edit - the state practical and all of the unaccredited law schools make the passage rate in CA artificially low, or so one of my friends in CA says.

[pokerstudAA]

I took the Texas bar last summer and passed. My wife is taking the bar this summer. I feel your pain.

[Monkeyslacks]

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Edit - the state practical and all of the unaccredited law schools make the passage rate in CA artificially low, or so one of my friends in CA says.

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This is correct. However, the figure I quoted(50%) was for ABA takers only. Look at the difference when you add in the others:

......................................Winter '03...Summer '03
All Takers.............................37%..........49 %
First Timers(ABA Schools).....50%..........63%

It's definitely not easy.

[Monkeyslacks]

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I took the Texas bar last summer and passed. My wife is taking the bar this summer. I feel your pain.

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I would think it would be advantageous to go through school as a couple. Good luck to her.

[somethingstupid]

Do lots of sample tests.

[Monkeyslacks]

anyone else?

[HDPM]

Do exactly what the bar review course says. Study what they tell you and do the practice tests. Study hard but don't panic.