{"id":63507,"date":"2019-01-16T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T12:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=63507"},"modified":"2019-01-16T02:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T07:15:46","slug":"bar-prep-essay-structure-workshop-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2019\/01\/16\/bar-prep-essay-structure-workshop-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Prep &#8211; Essay Structure Workshop today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday, January 16:\u00a0 6:30 PM &#8211; Essay Structure Workshop \u2013 L-325<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Bar Exam 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 Learn to make your essay grader-friendly so that those minutes count!\u00a0\u00a0 Added focus this year on self-grading.\u00a0 (Enhanced ALA workshop)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Food &amp; informal Q&amp;A starts at 6; the workshop starts at 6:30 PM and will last no more than an hour and a half.<\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/akron.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_bxtPYBizHf4HSnj\">Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><strong> so I make sure to bring enough food!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Future workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saturday afternoon January 19 \u00a0&#8211; MBE Systematic Problem Solving \u2013 L-325<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong><em>Learn BARBRI\u2019s Systematic Problem Solving Method<\/em><\/strong> (New:\u00a0 taught by Director Armstrong &#8211; similar to ALA and MBE, a bit more detai than the introductory session for the asynchronous course)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday evening, January 23 &#8211; \u00a0 MPT Organizing Strategies<\/strong>:\u00a0 This is the longest workshop \u2013 it will last approximately 2 hours.\u00a0 [Similar to any ALA class]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday evening January 30\u00a0&#8211; \u00a0 Making up the Rules<\/strong>: How to prepare for, and survive, your mind blanking out at the most inopportune time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday evening February 13 \u00a0&#8211; MBE Strategies and Tactics<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Similar to the ALA course \u2013 with a different set of questions]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday evening February 5 \u2013 7, 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM Full Exam Simulation &#8211; to coincide with the scheduled Themis exam sim &#8211; BYO materials\u00a0<\/strong>(BARBRI doesn&#8217;t schedule a 3-day stretch for a full exam sim\u00a0&#8211; check with me if you want to try to join this one, or adjust your BARBRI schedule)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, February 16, 12:30 \u2013 5:00 PM:\u00a0 Half-day Hangout<\/strong>:\u00a0 Homemade food, last minute Q&amp;A, and maybe a half-day of issue spotting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All are\u00a0 welcome to the workships; a similar set will be offered in advance of the July bar exam.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, January 16:\u00a0 6:30 PM &#8211; Essay Structure Workshop \u2013 L-325: Bar Exam 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 Learn to make your essay grader-friendly so that those minutes count!\u00a0\u00a0 Added focus this year on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2019\/01\/16\/bar-prep-essay-structure-workshop-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bar Prep &#8211; 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