Law School Academic Support, Exam Study, and Bar Prep: Studying for the Bar

You've graduated from law school and you may even have your first job lined up - Congratulations. But, you can't rest on your laurels yet. What very well might be the hardest two months of your life are still ahead of you - studying for and passing the Bar Exam. You need that license to practice your livelihood. No pressure. A former Assistant US Attorney turned professor, Prof. Friedland has spent years tutoring bar takers in the south Florida area. In the process, he devised a method for teaching students to pass the bar that is easy to learn and implement. It is this method he and Mr. Shapiro share with you in this book. You will learn how to: - Dissect any Multistate question, - Study actively rather than passively, - Think, read, and write critically, - Make the most of the weeks before the Bar, - Prepare, attack, and even endure the bar exam on test day, - Cope with pressure, and - Choose study partners that will help, not hinder, your studying. Rely on the experts and learn the essential rules for Bar Exam success so you can pass the first time.

Pass the Bar! provides a comprehensive overview of the pre-bar review, bar review, and bar exam process. The authors demystify the bar exam process and take readers through the steps they need in order to succeed.Readers are given specific checklists, exercises, reflection questions; information about what to do during the year before their bar reviews begin; how to set the stage to succeed with their bar exams; how to study and approach practice questions; sample exam questions, and answers; and what additional study methods can maximize their chances of passing their bar exams.The book has been designed with several uses in mind: As the text for a for-credit law school bar preparation course As a supplemental text for an upper-division doctrinal course, allowing professors to build students? bar study skills in the context of learning a bar-tested subject As a text for non-credit bar preparation workshops For students? independent studyWritten in a straightforward and practical style, the authorS' strategies are communicated in an informal, reader-friendly way. Their recommendations are grounded in educational and psychological research as well as their personal experiences in designing programs and working with students preparing to take bar exams. The Foreword is written by Professor Ruth Ann McKinney, Director of the Writing and Learning Resources Center at the University of North Carolina School of Law. A teacher's manual will accompany the text, and it will include the educational theory underlying the text, sample syllabi, sample lesson plans, teaching recommendations, for-credit course information, and many sample answers.

Essay-writing can account for 50 percent or more of the bar exam score, yet bar review courses often don't teach how to write lawyer-like essays. Gallagher provides step-by-step instructions on essay-writing systems and confidence-building practices. A review of the best and worst ways to respond to essay questions is included. (Study Guide)

This edition walks you through the entire bar preparation process from getting a "head start" during your last year of law school to taking the exam. It provides guidelines for selecting a bar review course, bar planner checklists, advice on how to manage the material you cover in bar review courses, and how to learn the law so you can remember it and use it to answer exam questions. It identifies the basic skills the exam tests and the precise manner in which these skills are tested, showing you how to target your study efforts to maximize results. Each component of the bar exam is examined through examples and detailed analysis of sample answers.

Taking the Bar Exam? Have you ever finished reading a test question only to find that you have no idea what you just read? Have you ever been so worried about finishing a test in time that you wrote gibberish? Have you ever put off studying for exams until the last minute? Have you ever been unable to answer a question and had it dog you For The rest of the test, interfering with your concentration? Have you ever marked an unintended multiple-choice response or written an exam answer in the wrong booklet? If you answered YES to some or all of these questions, then stress and worry have affected your academic performance in the past and will likely affect your performance on the bar exam. This book can prevent that from happening. It includes 73 ways to keep stress and worry from affecting your performance on the Bar Exam. About the Author Rosemary La Puma is the founder and owner of Rosemary's Review — A Comprehensive Bar Tutorial. She has been leading bar tutorials and helping students pass the California bar exam for 14 years. Professor La Puma has taught hundreds of students her simple but effective techniques. Professor La Puma's interest in the effects of stress and worry on academic performance started with her own California bar experience. This book is a compilation of the techniques she has used to help her and her students master their stress and worry. An adjunct professor at Golden Gate University Law School, Professor La Puma teaches legal writing courses. In addition, she served as the Assistant Director of Academic Support at the University of Southern California School of Law during the 2007-2008 school year.

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