Category: General Announcements

Bar Exam: MBE Workshop

The third in the series of five Akron Law Bar Prep Workshops:

Tuesday, January 23  –  MBE Strategies

MBE Strategies and Tactics:  How to approach an MBE question, and a compilation of strategies from multiple sources to help you avoid NCBE sneaky tricks, eliminate wrong answers, and choose between the last two once you’ve eliminated the others.  [Similar to the ALA course – with a different set of questions]

L-325:  6:00 PM light food & conversation; 6:30 – 8:30 Workshop

Sign up here so I make sure to bring enough food!

Attend by WebEx:  https://uakron.webex.com/join/nlr22

Remainder of the workshops:

  • Tuesday January 30 – 6:30 – 8:00 PM – Making Stuff Up (essay rules)
  • Tuesday February 6 – 6:30 – 8:30 PM – MPT Exam Simulation
  • Saturday February 17 – Noon – 5 PM – Half-day Hangout (homemade food, questions, informal repeat of prior workshops)

The workshops will start with food (6:00 – 6:30).  Workshops will be available remotely (except for the food).  All are helpful for all states (with the exception of the MPT workshops in states that do not use a performance test)

2L and students graduating this spring or next fall should feel free to attend.  Examinees who perform best on MPTs start practicing early. Early practice can be informal (as part of working in a legal setting) – or – formal (as part of workshops, coursework, etc.)

ABA Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline

Since its inception in 2001, over one-thousand law students have participated in the ABA Judicial Clerkship Program (JCP) – a joint initiative by the ABA Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline (formerly the Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline) and the ABA Judicial Division.  The JCP’s mission is to increase the number of diverse judicial clerks in the justice system.

The JCP consists of a three-day mock clerkship centered around a current legal issue before the United States Supreme Court.  Law students, working alongside and mentored by judges, discuss, research, and ultimately prepare an outline of the legal opinion.  View the JCP brochure and 2017 schedule.

The JCP is normally held at the ABA Midyear Meeting.  For one time only,  the 2018 JCP will be held in Chicago (April 19 – 21) in conjunction with the National Judicial Institute and Conclave, and the Judicial Division Spring Planning Meeting (April 18 – 20).  In 2019, JCP will return to the ABA Midyear Meeting.

Please feel free to contact Sharon Tindall (Sharon.Tindall@americanbar.org or  312-988-5642) for additional information.