{"id":35771,"date":"2016-06-08T23:34:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=35771"},"modified":"2016-06-08T23:34:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:34:11","slug":"bar-exam-skills-workshop-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2016\/06\/08\/bar-exam-skills-workshop-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Exam Skills Workshop &#8211; Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>\u00a0<u>Bar Exam Basics &#8211; a Series of 5 Workshops<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Room 136<\/strong> <strong>(for the first two workshops)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Room 144 (for the last three workshops)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Each workshop is offered at 1:30 and 5:30, with the exception of the Half-Day Hangout<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong><strong>, June 9, PM- Essay Structure Workshop<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Graders spend an average of 2-3 minutes reading each of your essays.\u00a0 Those 2-3 minutes will determine whether you will earn a license to practice law.\u00a0\u00a0 Make those minutes count!\u00a0 Learn to make your essays grader-friendly.\u00a0 [Similar to ALA lecture on essays.]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\">Food &amp; informal Q&amp;A starts at 1:00 for the 1:30 workshop and 5:30 for the 6:00 PM workshop<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Please bring your computer (if you expect to take the exam using a computer), any essay you have written, OR 2 paper copies of your essay and multiple highlighters of different colors)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_3POe0SzOWYP1w7r\"><strong>Sign up here<\/strong><\/a><strong> so I make sure to bring enough food!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Featuring Apple Crisp (in addition to the usual Jimmy John&#8217;s fare)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The rest of the Workshop Series + the Half-Day Hangout<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, June 15 &#8211; \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">MPT Organizing Strategies<\/span> (CSA 136)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, June 21 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">MBE Strategies and Tactics<\/span> (CSA 144)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Monday, June 27 &#8211; \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Making up the Rules<\/span> (CSA 144)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, July 5 &#8211; \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">MPT Exam Simulation<\/span><\/strong> <strong>(CSA 144)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, July 16, 12:00 \u2013 5:00 PM:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Half-day Hangout<\/span> (Law school)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #800080\">Apologies!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I apologize if you are preparing for the July Bar Exam and are just hearing of today&#8217;s (Thursday&#8217;s) workshop. \u00a0I have been trying to reach you\u00a0since Monday &#8211; but I have heard from several of you that you are no longer receiving (or have not ever received) my emails.<\/p>\n<p>If you are among the alumni preparing for the bar exam who has not received up to 4 emails from me and one from Chris Crull (Assistant Director of Academic Success) since Monday, please let me know via email at <a href=\"mailto:nlr22@uakron.edu\">nlr22@uakron.edu<\/a>. \u00a0We&#8217;re working with IT (and looking for a work-around) to fix the communication\u00a0challenges!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #800080;text-decoration: underline\">Not quite an alumni but want a head start?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you are nearly ready to take the bar exam (graduating in December or next May) and just want an early start, feel free to come join the fun (and food)! \u00a0 \u00a0For the essay workshop, bring any multi-issue hypothetical you have written for any\u00a0subject (response and preferably the prompt as well) &#8211; or try your hand at writing\u00a0an actual Ohio essay and bring it (you can find tons\u00a0at the bottom drop-down box <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.ohio.gov\/AttySvcs\/admissions\/barExam.asp\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Questions? 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