Drove in for bar exam. Grinded prep materials and PLO for 6 weeks straight at the coffee shop daily. Passed easily. Lol'd at head cases who got hotel rooms and were the same people comparing answers during lunch breaks.

Thanks everyone, appreciate the advice. I believe, maybe wrongly, I have a leg up since I put the time and effort in 1L year to learn BLL for the substantive courses. I know a decent chunk of classmates who are essentially learning some very basic concepts for the first time since they somewhat skated by in the middle or below first year.


While I had some doubts about going to a t2 for almost all 3 years here, after the debt presentation our CSO put on, I realized I made the right call going debt-free instead of sticker price at an upper T1. I guess it doesn't truly hit you until you start making those first payments.

If you're the type that needs to make a post about this, then you should definitely get a hotel bc you will spend too much mental energy worrying about something that will happen .01% of the time.

These OCD control freak tendencies will prob. serve you very well as an attorney.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As far as bar prep, I didn't do anything until about 2 weeks before the test and then had the most miserable 2 weeks of my life and passed by the skin on my teeth. Just did mock exams for 12-16 hrs a day for 2 weeks and figured it out. I'm guessing this strategy won't appeal to you.

I paid for BarBri and regretted it. Themis is the way to go if you want to DIY.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

lol, I'm pretty clearly not freaking out about it, was just asking if anyone else thought it was an okay course of action. I'm pretty much the opposite of OCD, seeing as I pretty much skimped out on my entire 3L classes lol.



I got Themis for free and I've watched a few intro vids, it seems good imo. Definitely don't plan on the 2 week mega-grind, but the 80 hr/week grind seems like super overkill. Still, don't want to **** it up after 3 years and one final test left.

Ymmv but 80 hours a week is not necessary. Treat it like a job. 40 - 50 hours a week. As the test approaches, maybe a bit more if you're feeling anxious or not scoring well on practice tests. I did barbri, went to class, did lots of practice questions, and passed with flying colors.

I forgot how brutal finals were. Have 4 four-credit finals over 13 days. Two of which are closed book (Property + Torts). Whole new ball game with those.

i have the emmanuel's outline for property which helped me a lot since my professor was a bit of a space cadet. shoot me a pm if you want me to send it to you

Closed book >>>> open book

In my opinion, i wouldnt drastically change your study habits for the bar exam. you obviously want to cover the material you arent familiar with, and spend time on reviewing the things you've learned, but drastically changing the pattern or how you study would be detrimental.

To me its all about staying comfortable and making this like a large important test, but not the end of the world so that you arent stressing out/losing sleep/making incorrect choices due to anxiety.

That being said, i'm not sure what my advice is worth as i'm not a study person, and completed around 7% of the BarBri stuff. My state also isn't known for being difficult with around a 69 to 72% pass rate

Thanks Slighted. My state is also not known as being too hard either. I'm thinking just work through the commercial course and take days off as needed. Maybe 2 weeks before the test date, push a little harder and then take 2-3 days off before the actual test so I'm refreshed and ready.

Maybe I should be more worried/stressed, but I'm really feeling pretty good so far. Kind of looking forward to getting into the groove of study 8 hours, workout, listen to baseball and fall asleep, rinse/repeat. Maybe I'm some kind of sicko for pain though.

I slacked big time in my bar preparation and barely passed. I'm usually an advocate for slacking but retaking sounds brutal, just bust your ass for a month or two and get it done with.

I'd really just practice multiple choice. If ur in Cali or ny u will crush essays by there's so many foreigners who barely speak English and bring the curve down or whatever. Also if ny I would ignore the state specific stuff completely since it's worth so little.

Basically just learn the multiple choice inside and out.

I'll be taking in PA actually. Yeah, re-taking sounds ****ing awful. Thinking 40 hrs/week for 2 months and I'll be all set. Appreciate the advice everyone, nice to get some level-headed responses compared to the garbage in-person/TLS.

i
just
can't
care

Graduated yesterday, finally done! The prize at the end of the 3 year road is starting bar prep next monday


But seriously, feels good mayneeee

Congrats! Remember that you don't have to learn everything at once. The nice thing about PA is that there is lots of overlap between the essays and the multistate, and at least when I took it, on the more other subjects they didn't test the obscure stuff - it really was a test of basic competency.

If you are in a state that is 50% MBE, heavily focus your study efforts on that.

My state is 55% essay, 45% MBE. I'll be sitting in PA.


Bar prep doesn't seem too bad so far, given I'm only 3 days in. I've put about 8-10 hours per day and already worked through my weeks material. Starting with contracts and since I took remedies 3L, it's been a breeze thus far. However, I struggled with real property, specifically mortgages, so I'm dreading that subject.

Like many things in law school, this appears to be overblown by the classmates who complain about everything. Again, I know I'm only 3 days in, but this doesn't seem that bad.

Interesting guys I never watch countless replies in one thread, After watching this I can say these words every one have shared something informative for all. I can't read all but would love to read whenever I will free.

Not sure if anyone remembers my weird spot, but I reapplied as a 1L despite having a semester under my belt at FSU after getting divorced.

Applied in January, got waitlisted across the board from every school that let me apply (from Harvard down to USC), except WUSTL which gave me a full ride and stipend, I decided not to go and am moving back to L.A. instead. Might reapply to SoCal schools next year.

I have a misdemeanor competency jury trial that was set today for tuesday, since my state still grants those. Defense atty (public defender) filed competency papers on his client, ruled incompetent, client is disagreeing and is now contesting. So I, the state, have to argue that he is incompetent. Pretty much win/win, i either win the jury trial and he is declared incompetent and goes mental health or i get to prosecute him for the crime that i've been waiting to prosecute him for anyway.

Seems like a silly process.

Competency is a jury question in your state? Where is this?

Strong move and probably the best. What if Harvard or USC or something similar let's you in? At full fees? At half ?

I've literally never heard of law students getting a stipend, wow.

Oklahoma, where everything is red and backwards..

and its not a real jury question even. we are going to force courthouse personnel and random hallway people into sitting in the jury.. Whole thing seems sketch.

WUSTL is going crazy, they offered tons of people stipends, they are really trying to improve their standing. They are in love with high LSATs, it's probably one of the best schools to apply to for a reverse splitter.

I took myself off of all waiting lists except Harvard, not sure I would go if they accepted me but it's surely moot as their waitlist is huge and they are accepting very few this year and have already interviewed people from the waitlist but not me. USC waitlisted me, I can't imagine getting money from them at this point. I'm not sure I want to go to law school, I have decent but insecure job opportunities in L.A. right now. If I apply again, I'll probably apply next year to UCLA, USC, and Irvine and try to work and go to law school at the same time. I feel like that would be condemned by most, but it's doable I think.

My mom lives in St. Louis and, to be truthful, this tipped the scales in what was a very close decision.