Bar Exams

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...

BarWrite® Free and Fee Study Aids for the February Bar Exam

Posted on October 03, 2009
The bar exam is only a few months away, and chances are you are preparing for the bar exam or you know people who are preparing for the bar exam. Here is a list-- please share it with your friends--of...

New York Day of Bar Exam-- Managing Time from BarWrite®

Posted on July 26, 2009
Abraham Lincoln said, "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than anything else." FROM BARWRITE®: HOW TO MANAGE TIME ON THE NEW YORK DAY OF THE NEW YORK BAR EXAMINATION The time structure for...

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BarWrite® Blog: The Bar Exam is Next Week

Posted on July 22, 2009
You are getting ready to dominate the bar exam. BarWrite® says this is a race for turtles, not a race for rabbits. Slow and steady wins this race. Make a schedule for every day, and stick to it. Between now...

BarWrite® Blog: Ten Tips for Staying Calm Before the Bar Exam

Posted on July 08, 2009
TEN TIPS FOR STAYING CALM, AVOIDING STRESS, AND STUDYING MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR THE BAR EXAM Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher's BarWrite® Tips for Avoiding Stress and Panic in the Final Weeks of Study NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The bar exam starts...

BarWrite® Blog: Michigan soldier in Iraq to be sworn as attorney in via live video conference

Posted on June 30, 2009
"The Michigan Supreme Court announced today that a recent Cooley Law School graduate serving in Iraq will be sworn in as a new attorney this week ? with over 6,300 miles between him and Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, who will...

BarWrite® Blog: Persistence for the bar exam

Posted on June 16, 2009
Bar candidates should keep in mind what Calvin Coolidge said about persistence: "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is....

BarWrite® Blog: It Takes a Village to Pass the Bar Exam

Posted on June 10, 2009
BarWrite® has issued the following press release: It Takes a Village to Pass the Bar Exam Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher's Five BarWrite® Tips for Persuading Family and Friends to Help You Focus While You Prepare for the Bar Exam NEW...

BarWrite® Blog: Selected Top Picks for Bar Study

Posted on May 23, 2009
NEW! Owing to popular demand, our FREE BarWrite® teleseminar on "How to Plan Your Bar Exam Study Schedule" will be repeated next week. Tell your friends they can sign up at http://www.BarWrite.com The time is 7pm Eastern Time on Friday,...

BarWrite® Blog: Free and Other Programs for the July 2009 Bar Exam

Posted on May 12, 2009
Here is a list of the FREE and other programs BarWrite® will be offering for the July 2009 bar exam, either for ALL States, or for the New York bar exam. Most Early Enrollment discounts end May 31. The Early...

Bar Exam Pass Rate Drops in New York

Posted on May 09, 2009
The New York Board of Law Examiners released the results for the February 2009 bar exam on Tuesday May 5 for candidates and Wednesday, May 6, for the public. Many BarWrite students reported to me that the February exam was...

BarWrite® Says Begin Studying Early for the Bar Exam!

Posted on April 23, 2009
How can I begin right away to study for the bar exam? A. Here is the answer from BarWrite® founder and president Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher: (I.) THREE HINTS FOR PREPARING FOR THE BAR EXAM *NOW.* (1.) BarWrite® BAR PREPARATION...

BarWrite® Blog is Back!

Posted on April 23, 2009
After a hiatus, the BarWrite® Blog is back. We're ready to roar. We will be offering, as before, study tips for the bar exam as well as news about the bar exam and legal education. The hiatus had a technical...

BarWrite® Announces Ten-Day School for July 2008 New York Bar Exam

Posted on March 13, 2008
BarWrite® President Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D., announces that BarWrite will offer its popular 10-day Group Coaching School, starting Sunday, June 1, 2008. "Students can see whether they are making real progress in their ability to score high on the...

Harvard Law Review Launches Online Version of The Bluebook

Posted on February 19, 2008
Bluebook users rejoice! Harvard Law Review has now launched an online version of The Bluebook! That frustrating, maddening, vital authority on legal citation form had, back in my own time at

To Prepare for the Bar Exam, Get Exercise Every Day

Posted on February 18, 2008
To keep your mental machinery running smoothly for the bar exam, exercise for one hour every day. That's right. One hour. Every day. Strenuous exercise, not just

Celebrate National Grammar Day

Posted on February 09, 2008
March 4 is National Grammar Day. Are you ready? Are you careful to keep who and whom straight, as you should? Maybe a visit to the website of SPOGG, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, here, is the...

Plagiarism Keeps Student Out of Bar

Posted on January 29, 2008
Plagiarism is the kind of misconduct that can keep a law student from every getting admitted to the bar. Hat tip for

New BarWrite® Boot Camp for All States' Bar Exam Essays

Posted on January 25, 2008
BarWrite® and BarWrite Press president Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher will teach bar candidates how to overcome common essay hurdles and boost their bar exam essay scores in an intensive live One-Day All-States Bar Exam Essay Boot Camp on February 12,...

Justice Clarence Thomas on the Bar Examination

Posted on January 23, 2008
Jake Lybberty reports Justice Clarence Thomas's saying in My Grandfather's Son that "like every other black law student, I was uncomfortably aware that blacks failed to pass the bar exams at a much higher rate than whites . . ....

Justice Clarence Thomas Analyzes the Bar Examination

Posted on January 23, 2008
Jake Lybberty reports Justice Clarence Thomas's saying in My Grandfather's Son that "like every other black law student, I was uncomfortably aware that blacks failed to pass the bar exams at a much higher rate than whites . . ....

West Virginia University College of Law

Posted on January 19, 2008
Chuck Newton has posted a nice pitch for West Virginia University College of Law, a reasonably-priced public law school in scenic Morgantown, West Virginia. I was struck by his saying, as something important about the law school, that it prepares...

Massive New Study of Affirmative Action Under Way

Posted on January 16, 2008
Discriminations.us has reported that Professor Richard Sander of UCLA and collaborators are undertaking a

New York Bar Examiners Get New Software, Liability Waiver

Posted on January 03, 2008
According to a story from the New York Law Journal on today's Law.com, the New York Board of Law Examiners has chosen a new software provider for bar candidates who use a laptop to take the February 2008 bar exam....

New York Bar Examiners Will Entertain Appeals Over Laptop Problems

Posted on December 17, 2007
This just in. According to Eric Turkewitz's blog, New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog, the New York bar

Chocolate Beats Bar Exam

Posted on December 09, 2007
Susan Tuveson, then a family and divorce attorney, had a revelation while she was looking through her chocolate cookbooks right before the Maine bar exam. She decided not to take the

Two Tips for Getting Best Results from Bar Exam Study Time

Posted on December 02, 2007
Here are two tips to help you get the maximum pay-off from every minute you spend preparing for the bar exam. 1. The bar exam graders are looking for evidence that you know the black letter law and can apply...

Free Adaptibar With BarWrite Enrollment Before December 1, 2007

Posted on November 25, 2007
The Adaptibar online MBE program will be free to students enrolling in BarWrite's highly-acclaimed 10-day group coaching school for the New York bar exam before December 1, 2007. Lynnore Thames says, "BarWrite gave me the edge that

Five Tips for Success on the New York Bar Exam for Foreign-Trained Attorneys

Posted on November 18, 2007
For foreign-trained attorneys, the keys to success on the New York bar exam are setting aside the time to prepare for the exam, understanding the nature of the exam, and ruthlessly prioritizing and strategizing. The New York bar exam is...

BarWrite 10-Day Bar Exam School Now Adds Adaptibar

Posted on November 14, 2007
BarWrite® supplements its unique MBE study system with AdaptiBar to give bar candidates instant feedback.. New York, NY, November 14, 2007 -- BarWrite® and BarWrite Press, the nation's most innovative bar-exam preparer, http://www.BarWrite.com, announced today that it will add the...

Two Tips for a Good Bar Exam Study Schedule

Posted on November 12, 2007
The most important factor in passing the bar exam is designing a good study schedule and, equally important, sticking to it. Once you have eliminated all distractions, you are ready to start work on your bar exam study

For the Bar Exam, the First Step to Success is Eliminating Distractions

Posted on November 04, 2007
To study effectively for the bar exam, you need to eliminate distractions. Focus is key. Clear out your study space. Assemble your materials. Put a message on your telephone answering device that says you will return calls after February 28...

Bar Exam Essays Made Logical: Why Can't Jane and Johnny Lawyer Write?

Posted on September 07, 2007
NEW YORK, September 2008. Lacking a template, law students often fail to structure legal arguments efficiently and logically. According to bar exam expert Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher, students no longer enter law school knowing logic, nor do the

Don't Let a Bad Study Schedule Kill Your Bar Examination Score

Posted on June 06, 2007
*********************************************** Dear Future Attorneys, A bad bar exam study schedule will kill your chances to pass the bar examination. Here are five key tips to avoid bar exam study schedule killers and make sure you have the knowledge and skills...

New York Bar Exam February Results

Posted on May 06, 2007
On May 4, 2007 the New York Board of Law Examiners issued the following notice: The New York State Board of Law Examiners has completed grading the February 2007 bar examination. The Board examined 3,538 candidates for admission to the...

BarWrite® Announces May 10 Teleseminar on How to Schedule Your Studying for the Bar Exam

Posted on April 27, 2007
CONFUSED ABOUT YOUR STUDY SCHEDULE FOR THE BAR EXAM? The bar exam is a high-stress, high-intensity, high-stakes sprint! DO ? DO prioritize and master the lawfor 23 subjects, ? DO attend and keep up with bar review courses,and hand in...

Expert Says Foreign Lawyers Can Often Write Better Bar Exam Essays Than Americans

Posted on April 27, 2007
FOREIGN LAWYERS CAN OFTEN WRITE BETTER BAR EXAM ESSAYS THAN AMERICANSBar Exam Expert Says, at the Global Legal Skills Conference, Chicago, May 4-5 NEW YORK, NY. April 2007. If you think foreign lawyers must be at a disadvantage when they...

How to Format Legal Memos on the MPT for Higher Bar Exam Scores

Posted on April 02, 2007
MEMORANDUM To: Bar Candidates From: Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D., President,BarWrite® and BarWrite Press Re: How to Format a Legal Memorandum on the MPT (Revised 4/2/07) Date: April 2, 2007 INTRODUCTION The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) allows bar candidates an...