Bar Exams

Three Ways to Raise the Bar Exam Pass Rate

Posted on March 27, 2011
Elizabeth Wurtzel is a novelist, a recent graduate of Yale Law School, and a self-declared creative person. She says we should eliminate the bar examination because creative people, people like her, that is, always fail. My view is different. I...

Easy Solution for Test Anxiety Should Help Law Students and Bar Candidates

Posted on March 02, 2011
According to an Associated Press report called "Researcher Finds Easy Solution for Test Anxiety," new research indicates that writing about test anxiety for ten minutes before a test can substantially relieve test anxiety and even help students raise their grades.

How Was the New York Bar Exam?

Posted on March 02, 2011
The New York Day of the February 2011 New York bar exam got a good grade from the students from our BarWrite® 10-Day Coaching Group. Do the BarWrite® World Cup Rules help bar candidates raise their scores on the New...

Easy Solution for Test Anxiety Should Help Law Students and Bar Candidates

Posted on February 26, 2011
According to an Associated Press report called "Researcher Finds Easy Solution for Test Anxiety," new research indicates that writing about test anxiety for ten minutes before a test can substantially relieve test anxiety and even help students raise their grades.

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Three Ways to Cut the Failure Rate on the Bar Exam

Posted on February 08, 2011
Elizabeth Wurtzel is a novelist, a recent graduate of Yale Law School, and a self-declared creative person. She says we should eliminate the bar examination because creative people always fail. My view is different. I say we should keep the...

BarWrite® Blog: Is Contract Work Freelance Freedom or Terrible Stigma?

Posted on November 26, 2010
What is a new lawyer to do, when the legal job market is so tough? Is contract lawyering the answer? Turns out there are two very strong opinions.

BarWrite® Blog: Guest Columnist Kristina A. Kiik says "As Lawyers, We May Help Some Unknown Person in His Darkest Hour"

Posted on November 23, 2010
Recent law grad Kristina A. Kiik published this op-ed in the Dallas Morning News on Thursday, July 8, 2010: Since I graduated from law school in mid-May, each day has been the same. Eat. Attend bar review class. Eat. Study....

BarWrite® Blog: Young Solo Practitioner to Argue Before U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on October 29, 2010
Read an exciting story here about a 33-year-old solo practitioner who is going to get to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. I thought you'd like to see it. Feeling discouraged? It will cheer you up. Do look...

Are You More Like a Chess Grand Master or an MBE Victim?

Posted on October 22, 2010
"People always say that time changes things, but actually, you have to change them yourself." --Andy Warhol The bar exam season is arriving soon, and so students are asking me, "How many practice MBE questions should I do every day?"...

FIVE TIPS FOR SUCCESS ON THE NEW YORK BAR EXAM FOR FOREIGN-TRAINED ATTORNEYS

Posted on October 22, 2010
For foreign-trained attorneys, the key to success on the New York bar exam is setting aside enough time to prepare for the exam, understanding the limited objectives of the exam, and studying strategically.

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Posted on October 02, 2010
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Ed Poll to Share Tips on Client Service as Keynote Speaker at Practice Management Annual Client Conference in Las Vegas September 15-16

Posted on September 11, 2010
And now, a post that has little or nothing to do with the bar exam! I am delighted that Ed Poll will be the keynote speaker for the 2010 Practice Management Annual Client Conference in Las Vegas, September 15 ?...

Taking the Bar Exam is Good for Us

Posted on August 23, 2010
The bar exam, which used to be a pedestrian formality, has now become a hot topic. Elizabeth Wurtzel, after controversial careers as a journalist and a student at Yale Law School, now says creative people always fail the bar exam,...

New York Board of Law Examiners Will No Longer Accept Transfer MBE Scores, Raises Fee for Foreign-Trained Lawyers

Posted on August 05, 2010
Notice to February 2011 Bar Candidates. As of August 1, 2010, The New York Board of Law Examiners will no longer accept transfer of MBE scores from other jurisdictions. In addition, the BOLE has raised the fee for foreign-trained lawyers...

How to Review Your Bar Exam Materials in the Last Days Before Game Day

Posted on July 24, 2010
BarWrite® says the bar exam is a race for turtles, not a race for rabbits. Slow and steady wins this race. Make a schedule for each remaining day, and stick to it.

Free Teleseminar Reminder AND Boot Camp Tuition Reminders

Posted on June 08, 2010
Learn how to format and produce law office work products inside the 90 minutes the MPT allows. Learn all of the most important law for the 45-minute New York bar exan essays and practice, practice, practice!

Free Teleseminar "How to Memorize for Higher Bar Exam Scores"

Posted on May 29, 2010
BarWrite, the innovative bar-preparation company, invites bar candidates to the fifth in its current series of FREE teleseminars, "How to Memorize for Higher Bar Exam Scores." This powerful series on how to prepare for the July bar exam gives bar...

One-Day MPT Boot Camp Teaches Bar Candidates to Organize and Draft Law Office Tasks in Just 90 Minutes

Posted on May 25, 2010
Using Structured Timed Exercises for the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), part of the NY Bar Exam and Other Exams, BarWrite® Boot Camp Makes Better Bar Candidates and Lawyers NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--BarWrite®, the innovative New York-based bar-preparation company, announces...

How to Beef Up Your Own Qualifications for a Better Law Job

Posted on May 20, 2010
Lawyers have a great deal of control over how attractive their own qualifications look to employers. On Monday evening, May 24, 2010, 6:45 - 8:45pm, BarWrite President Mary Campbell Gallagher will offer a two-hour NYU course that shows law students and lawyers unconventional ways to become more attractive legal job candidates in today's tough job market.

Free Bar Exam Teleseminar, "How to Master the Law for the MBE and the Essays"

Posted on May 14, 2010
Tuesday May 18 is the Free teleseminar on "How to Master the Law for the MBE and the Essays," with Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher.

"How to Design Your Daily Bar Exam Study Schedule" Free BarWrite® Teleseminar, Tuesday, May 4

Posted on April 28, 2010
BarWrite® invites you to join the FREE Teleseminar at 7pm EST on Tuesday, May 4, "How to Design Your Daily Study Schedule"!

Taking the July bar exam? Free Teleseminar Schedule from BarWrite®

Posted on April 05, 2010
BarWrite® offers a powerful line-up of FREE one-hour teleseminars to help you get ready for the July 2010 bar exam. Register at http://www.BarWrite.com. Here are the dates. Details and materials to follow by email. All teleseminars meet at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time...

On the MPT Part of the Bar Exam the Most Frequent Challenges are Time-Management and Organization

Posted on April 03, 2010
While the essays test on the law, and the MPT does not, and while the MPT may require gathering new facts, but the essays do not, both the essays and the MPT require legal analysis, and both have strict time limits. Bar candidates often face the same challenges on both...

The MPT Part of the Bar Exam Requires the Skills of a First-Year Lawyer But Neither Brilliance nor Quantity

Posted on March 25, 2010
Your task on the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) part of the bar exam is to act like a first-year lawyer. You are an associate in a law firm, or a junior attorney in a government agency, or a clerk to a judge. The senior lawyer who sends you an assignment in a task memo on the MPT expects you to act like a junior lawyer drafting a work product...

BarWrite® Blog: Finish the MPT and Bar Exam Essays on Time

Posted on March 18, 2010
THE ESSAYS AND MPT DIFFER. The bar exam essays are different from the Multistate Performance Test (MPT)--or the California Performance Test--because the essays require knowing a lot of law, which the MPT does not. On the other hand, there are...

BarWrite® Blog: Finish the MPT and Bar Exam Essays on Time

Posted on January 21, 2010
THE ESSAYS AND MPT DIFFER. The bar exam essays are different from the Multistate Performance Test (MPT)--or the California Performance Test--because the essays require knowing a lot of law, which the MPT does not. On the other hand, there are...

BarWrite® Blog: MBE Bar Exam Myths

Posted on January 20, 2010
Studying for the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) by doing 33 or 50 or 100 practice questions a day is what everyone tells you to do, but it is exhausting, it eats up all your time, and it does not necessarily help you pass the bar exam. Actually to raise your score on the MBE requires a narrower focus, learning more law, memorizing rules, and relentlessly practicing legal analysis.

BarWrite® Blog: MBE Bar Exam Myths & Great Holidays

Posted on December 28, 2009
Studying for the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) by doing 33 or 50 or 100 practice questions a day is what everyone tells you to do, but it is exhausting, it eats up all your time, and it does not necessarily help you pass the bar exam. Actually to raise your score on the MBE requires a narrower focus, learning more law, memorizing rules, and relentlessly practicing legal analysis.

BarWrite® Blog: Part II of Memorizing for the Bar Exam

Posted on October 12, 2009
This is Part II of our series on Memorizing for Higher Bar Exam Scores. Read on for information on how to raise your scores and for information about how to get the Free Coaching Early Bird discount offer, which gives...

BarWrite® Blog: Why Memorize for the Bar Exam? Part I

Posted on October 10, 2009
Untitled document Untitled document Untitled document Can memorizing help raise your scores on the bar exam? Yes, and memorizing will also help you practice law. That's how the brain works and grows. Read on for Part I of our series...

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