Bar Exam

Studying For the Bar Exam On An iPhone is a Bad Idea

January 21, 2010

BarBri recently added an iPod option for their bar prep class, which allows students to listen to lectures rather than actually attend them. It also costs students an additional $700.
Now a new app called BarMax allows students to prepare for the bar on their iPhone (for now, only in California). At $999.99, the app is [...]

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Beware the Post-Bar-Exam Blues

November 3, 2009

You passed the bar but you have no job. Or you have a job, but your start date has been deferred until March and your loan repayments start in November. Or maybe you blew the bar entirely this time around. And to top it all off, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so your whole [...]

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Twitter-sourced bar exam advice in 140 characters or less

July 22, 2009

If you are taking the bar exam next week, you are probably already getting advice from friends, family, high school buddies on Facebook, and any other random people you run into when you are not curled up beneath your BarBri study aids.
I have also been getting advice from lawyers I communicate with on Twitter, and [...]

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Bar exam studies under way? Tips from someone in your shoes

June 11, 2009

I am in your shoes
And they are tight and sweaty and uncomfortable.
The BarBri class to prepare for the bar examination (Minnesota, in my case) has taken over my mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends, and any free time in between.
Like many of you, on top of studying, I had to move into a new apartment and a [...]

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