Bar Prepper
Five reasons why BARBRI MBE Immersion really matters
By Mike Sims, BARBRI President The BARBRI MBE Immersion workshop is one of the first activities you’ll encounter before you start your substantive bar review lectures (with the exception of our friends studying for Louisiana). While we understand that you may not feel as excited as we do about studying for the bar exam, here […]
Read MoreBy Marta Young, BARBRI Institutional Programs Course Instructor If just the thought of the Multistate Performance Test (lovingly called the MPT) is raising your blood pressure, trust me, you are not alone. Each bar review session, I hear from students with high levels of anxiety over this test. If you fall into this category, keep […]
Read MoreWhat’s the best approach to MBE questions?
By Roger Meslar, BARBRI Sr. Director of MBE Testing and Assessments During the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), you’ll answer 200 multiple-choice questions over a total 6-hour timeframe – 100 questions in the 3-hour morning session and 100 in the 3-hour afternoon session. This means that you’ll have an average of 1.8 minutes to answer each […]
Read MoreThe BARBRI Simulated MBE (and follow-up webinar) is crucial
By Sara Valentine, Capital University Law School Okay, let me just be the first to thank BARBRI for the Simulated MBE. I know, that seems like an odd thing to say, but nothing could have better prepared me for the bar exam than to sit down for six hours and do 200 multiple-choice MBE questions. […]
Read MoreBy Everett Chambers, BARBRI Vice President of Institutional Programs Explanatory answers can be one of your best teachers of the law In the realm of bar review, explanatory answers exist for an important reason: to simply break down the rules and how they work, driving to a deeper understanding of the law. As I wrote […]
Read MoreBar exam study tips: Grapple with the MBE materials
By Stephanie Goetz, BARBRI Director of Publishing and Online Course Creation More doesn’t automatically mean better In preparing for the Multistate portion of the bar exam, many students think the best strategy is to tackle the largest quantity of multiple-choice practice questions as if it’s a race to reach some magic number. The truth is, […]
Read MoreHow many graded essays are included in BARBRI Bar Review?
By Steve Levin, BARBRI Sr. Director of Essay Testing When shopping and comparing bar prep courses, many students ask us “how many graded essays are included with BARBRI?” The short, sweet answer is that most BARBRI bar prep options include an unlimited number of graded essays. Now for the more complicated answer. I know that having […]
Read MoreBefore you can practice law in any U.S jurisdiction, you must go through that state’s admissions process, including the Character and Fitness process. Some states require that you submit this application before you can take the bar exam and other states allow you to submit it after. Be sure to check what the exact policy […]
Read MoreBy Sara Valentine, Esq., Graduate of Capital University Law School Let’s talk about the BARBRI Mini Review. First, you may not know much about the BARBRI Mini Review, but I promise that it’s worth learning about. It has increased my confidence and my understanding of the topics that I need to have a firm grasp […]
Read MoreHow to make the bar prep experience fit you perfectly
By Makenzie Way, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School How is it possible that we’re already this far into bar prep?! Someone needs to tell the world to slow down because I feel like I’m just now getting the hang of this whole ‘studying for the bar’ thing. Everyone told me bar prep was a […]
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