{"id":27842,"date":"2015-06-01T23:48:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T03:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=27842"},"modified":"2015-06-01T23:48:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T03:48:49","slug":"bar-exam-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2015\/06\/01\/bar-exam-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Exam Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Studying for the bar exam? \u00a0Drop in to one or more of the workshops offered by ASP to help you fine tune the exam taking skills you are learning in your bar prep class.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Even if you aren&#8217;t quite studying for the bar exam yet, but want to get a head start, feel free to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Each workshop is 1-1.5 hours long, begins at 1 PM, and is repeated at 6 PM. \u00a0Informal Q &amp; A, with food, begins 30 minutes ahead of the formal start. \u00a0(The\u00a0June 17 afternoon workshop will be shifted to 1:45 to accommodate people attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2015\/05\/13\/save-the-date-bar-takers-cookout-june-17th\/\">bar takers\u00a0cookout<\/a>!).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday, June 4: Essay Structure Workshop<\/strong>: Graders spend an average of 2-3 minutes reading each of your essays.\u00a0 Those 2-3 minutes play a large role in\u00a0whether you will earn a license to practice law.\u00a0\u00a0 Make those minutes count!\u00a0 Learn to make your essays grader-friendly. \u00a0[Please bring any practice bar essay you have written ( any state). \u00a0If you are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not<\/span> bringing a computer please bring 2 paper copies of your essasy and markers in several different colors.] \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_eEzyqUKTb9ZWeJn\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, June 17: MPT Outlining Workshop<\/strong>:\u00a0 The concept of an MPT is simple\u00a0\u2013 you don\u2019t need to know anything other than how to write like a lawyer.\u00a0 The execution \u2013 not so simple.\u00a0 The outlining technique taught in this workshop allows you to organize and write your essay in the 90 minute time frame.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_5cGXOZ6Wdl2u2Hj\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday, June 25 @1:45 PM and Thursday, July 2 @ 6 PM:\u00a0 MBE Strategies and Tactics<\/strong>:\u00a0 How to approach an MBE question, including\u00a0a compilation of strategies from\u00a0 multiple sources for avoiding sneaky tricks, eliminating wrong answers, and choosing between the last two options once you\u2019ve eliminated the others.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_cSenA8vBCGzkDml\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday, June 25 @ 6 PM and Thursday, July 2 @ 1 PM:\u00a0 Making up the Rules<\/strong>: How to prepare for, and survive, your mind blanking out at the most inopportune time.\u00a0 The rule-making techniques will help you survive even when you can&#8217;t remember the rules. \u00a0In addition, the techniques used make\u00a0up the rules in a pinch\u00a0also improve your understanding of how\u00a0the rules you are memorize should be structured.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_eSgZqc7qd4CMy4R\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, July 22:\u00a0 MPT Exam Simulation<\/strong>:\u00a0 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.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t usually end well.\u00a0 Take advantage of the opportunity to write an MPT essay under exam conditions.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_6X202eiVCLsj73T\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saturday, July 18:\u00a0 Half-day Hangout<\/strong>:\u00a0 More food, an informal repeat of any workshops you missed, a chance to ask whatever you haven\u2019t gotten around to asking, I\u2019ll time essays, MPTs, or MBE sets.\u00a0 Whatever (within reason) will help you make it through this final stretch. \u00a0(Details to be announced &#8211; likely 10 AM &#8211; 1 PM).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information: \u00a0Nancy Reeves,\u00a0Assistant Director of Academic Success Programs. \u00a0nlr22@uakron.edu, 330-972-6809,\u00a0or drop in to Room L-315 \u00a0between 11 AM and 7 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying for the bar exam? \u00a0Drop in to one or more of the workshops offered by ASP to help you fine tune the exam taking skills you are learning in your bar prep class. 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