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Read more: A Note of Encouragement to the July 2014 Michigan Bar Exam takersA Note of Encouragement to the July 2014 Michigan Bar Exam takers
I was not planning on writing a blog post about this July 2014 Michigan bar exam because I almost never do. But let’s face it, today’s essay exam was an especially difficult bar exam! So here are a few thoughts…
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Read more: How to Get 10 Extra Points on the Michigan Bar ExamHow to Get 10 Extra Points on the Michigan Bar Exam
How to Get 10 Extra Points on the Michigan Bar Exam The Michigan bar exam is almost here! Here are a few ways to score higher on the Michigan bar exam essays. Your score on the essay portion of the Michigan…
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Read more: Law School Prep Tip #9: Learn How to Make a Law School OutlineLaw School Prep Tip #9: Learn How to Make a Law School Outline
Law School Prep Tip #9: Learn How to Make a Law School Outline What is outlining? Outlining is the process of organizing and condensing all of the material that you learn over the semester into one single, manageable document that…
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Read more: Law School Prep Tip #8 (for pre-law students, law students, and lawyers): Don’t Engage Negativity
Law School Prep Tip #8 (for pre-law students, law students, and lawyers): Don’t Engage Negativity
Law School Prep Tip #8: Don’t Engage Negativity. You deserve a lot of credit for choosing to go to law school, especially given all of the negativity that surrounds that decision. The following negative statements are constantly bouncing around the…
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Read more: Two More Weeks: How to Break Away from Barbri and Make Your Own Bar Review Schedule
Two More Weeks: How to Break Away from Barbri and Make Your Own Bar Review Schedule
There are two full weeks left before the bar exam. You probably know what you need to work on more than a bar review course does. Many students are afraid to stray from their Barbri schedule (lest they miss out on…
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Read more: NEW: Changes to Michigan’s Bar Exam Scoring
NEW: Changes to Michigan’s Bar Exam Scoring
The Michigan Board of Law Examiners has announced today that there are changes to Michigan’s bar exam scoring that will become effective beginning the July 2014 exam. The Board of Law Examiners has stated that it is improving the method of…
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Read more: Law School Prep Tip #7: Get a Head Start on Legal Writing
Law School Prep Tip #7: Get a Head Start on Legal Writing
Law School Prep Tip #7 is to Get a Head Start on Legal Writing. Why? Because being able to write a good paper, memo, or argument will help you not only throughout law school but also throughout your legal…
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Read more: My Secret to Graduating as the #1 Law Student (and Law School Prep Tip #6)My Secret to Graduating as the #1 Law Student (and Law School Prep Tip #6)
My Secret to Graduating as the #1 Law Student (and Law School Prep Tip #6 Set Challenging Goals and Develop a Unique Strategy to Accomplish Them). My decision to go to law school was not the most well-thought-out decision I’ve…
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Read more: Law School Summer Prep: Tip # 5 Purchase Commercial Study Aids
Law School Summer Prep: Tip # 5 Purchase Commercial Study Aids
As mentioned in our previous post, in law school, professors teach classes using the Socratic Method (rather than lecturing). This means that the professor will go in front of the classroom and ask students questions about the law and the…
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Read more: How to Improve Your MBE Score: A Step-by-Step GuideHow to Improve Your MBE Score: A Step-by-Step Guide
Wondering how to improve your MBE score? Do you keep scoring below average on MBE practice exams? First of all, that’s okay. We have had many students come to us freaking out and wondering how to improve their MBE score…
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Read more: Law School Summer Prep Tip #4: Understand how Law School is different from College
Law School Summer Prep Tip #4: Understand how Law School is different from College
Law School Summer Prep Tip #4: Understand how Law School is different from College We have published an article that is very similar to this one before but now we are publishing it in the context of a pre-law tip. …
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Read more: Law School Summer Prep: Tip # 3 Create a Law School Study Schedule that you Can use Throughout Law School
Law School Summer Prep: Tip # 3 Create a Law School Study Schedule that you Can use Throughout Law School
One big difference between law school and many undergraduate programs is that law school is a lot of work. You will have cases to read, legal writing and research assignments to complete, outlines to write, and exams to prepare for.…
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Read more: Law School Summer Prep: Blog Series Tip #2: Develop Healthy Habits
Law School Summer Prep: Blog Series Tip #2: Develop Healthy Habits
Healthy habits are underrated in law school. In law school, you will be surrounded by classmates who put physical health on the backburner. Physical health is important, in part, because it is intimately related to mental health. If you are looking to…
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Read more: Law School Summer Prep: Blog Series Tip # 1: Read a Lot
Law School Summer Prep: Blog Series Tip # 1: Read a Lot
This post is the first in a series about all things that 0L’s – that is students about to enter their first year of law school – can do to prepare. Some of them are lifestyle changes (for example, this…
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Read more: Should I Write or Type the Bar Exam?Should I Write or Type the Bar Exam?
Should I Write or Type the Bar Exam? This is a question that must be seriously considered by all bar examinees. You will hear some bar exam tutors or advisers say “You must type it!” It is dangerous, however,…
