Bar Exam: Early Start & Last opportunity for MPT simulation

Last workshop for the July Bar Exam

Tuesday, July 10 (L-325) @ 1:30 /Wednesday, July 11 (L-325) @ 6:30  –  MPT Exam Simulation:

Every year, a few foolhardy souls never get around to writing any MPT essays until the morning of the first day of the bar exam.  That doesn’t usually end well.  Take advantage of the opportunity to write an MPT essay under exam conditions.  (There will be different MPTs for Tuesday and Wednesday, and I’ll do my best to choose an essay that was not used by any vendor this year, and was not used in ALA in 2017-18, or as an alternate MPT for those of you who did the full exam sim last week.)  Sign up here so I bring enough food.

Early Start Study Groups (essay writing)

  • L-325 – Tuesday 6:30; Thursday 1:30: This week: Con Law (commerce clause)
  • L-325 – Thursday 6:30; This week: (Civ Pro)
  • L-325 – Saturday 10:30 – Issue spotting marathon? If you’re up for it, we’ll run through as many essays as we can – issue spotting (but not writing), take a break for lunch, then keep going as long as you want.
  • You may participate in the Early Start groups remotely. WebEx: https://uakron.webex.com/join/nlr22

Half-day Hangout (Outside of L-325)

Homemade food (sloppy joes, multiple varieties of hummus, veggies, and freshly baked bread).  Some of you have expressed interest in an issue spotting marathon in lieu of writing a single essay Saturday morning.  We’ll break for food around noon, then we can do more issuse spotting or whatever else is useful.

Intended primarily for people taking the bar exam ths July, but anyone who wants to get a head start on a future bar exam is welcome to join us.

Bar Prep Workshop: Making up the Rules!

Making up the Rules

Tuesday, June 19 – 1:30 – L-201
Wednesday, June 20 – 6:30 – L-201

Thre are approximately 15 subjects on the bar exam.  Even if you don’t hit any speed bumps in your studying, there will still be rules you just don’t remember.  No one remembers them all, as you can probably tell from the released answers!

The rule-making techniques from this workshop will help you thrive when you mind goes blank, as well as helping you improve your rule stack for the majority of the time when you mostly remember the rules.

Sign up here to make sure I have enough food for you.

Both sessons available by WebEx

The workshop is intended primarily for  people preparing for the July 2018 bar exam, but the longer you practice, the better your skills by the time it’s your turn!

[Similar to the Spring 2017 ALA – but with a new set of  essay snippets for rule generation]

Questions?  nlr22@uakron.edu

Bar Prep Workshops – Tuesday afternoon/Wed evening

The first of 5 bar prep workshops will be held this week!

  • Essay Structure Workshop:  Tuesday, June 5:  1:30 PM – L-201 or Wednesday, June 6:   5:30 PM – L-202

 Graders spend an average of 2-3 minutes reading each of your essays.  Those 2-3 minutes will determine whether you will earn a license to practice law.   Learn to make your essay grader-friendly so that those minutes count!

  • [Note:  ALA alumni are absolutely welcome to join  this session for a refresher, but it is very similar to the  introduction to essay writing in ALA.]
  • Food & informal Q&A starts at 1:00/6:00; the workshop starts at 1:30/6:30 PM and will last no more than an hour and a half.
  • Please bring your computer (if you expect to take the exam using a computer), an electronic version of any essay you have written, OR 2 paper copies of your essay and multiple highlighters of different colors)
  • All workshops available by webex:  https://uakron.webex.com/join/nlr22
  • Sign up here so I make sure to bring enough food!

(Note:  If you were unable to sign up for ALA in the fall, due to schedule conflicts, but wanted to build  an equivalent experience – this is one of the places to start!)

Remainder of the workshops (all Tuesday afternoon/Wednesday evening EXCEPT the second)

  • Wednesday, June 13 (both afternoon and evening) –   MPT Organizing Strategies
  • Tuesday, June 19/Wednesday, June 20  –   Making up the Rules
  • Tuesday, June 26/Wednesday June  27 – MBE Strategies and Tactics:
  • Tuesday, July 10/Wednesday, July 11 –  MPT Exam Simulation
  • Saturday, July 14, 12:00 – 5:00 PM:  Half-day Hangout (Not a workshop – but Saturday may turn into a marathon issue spotting session)

Questions?  nlr22@uakron.edu

(Early Start) Bar Exam Study Groups

New times this week!

  • Tuesday 6:30 – 8:30 PM (Evidence – hearsay)
  • Thursday 1:30 – 3:30 PM (Evidence – hearsay)
  • Saturday 10:30 – 12:30 (Constitutional Law)

We meet in L-325 – anyone studying for a bar exam (July or later) is welcome to join us!  If you haven’t started writing essays yet – it is a relatively painless way to start.

(Note:  I’ve reserved L-325, but it is possible we will be displaced by a Monday make-up class, since there is a Monday class that uses that room.  If so, we’ll meet near the room and go find another room)

Watch for announcements about bar prep workshops, which will start next week!

(Early Start) Bar Study Groups

Group essay write (and informal Q&A on how to make sense of your bar prep course) – L-325

  • Thursday:   1-3 – Property (mortgages)
  • Friday :  11-1 – Property (mortgages)
  • Saturday 10:30 – 12:30 – Corporations

The specific essays are from past Ohio bar exams  – it’s a painless way to start (or continue) your bar preparation.  Come join us!

Questions?  nlr22@uakron.edu