*Source: Current subject breakdown as reported at www.NCBEX.org. 2015 breakdown was obtained from correspondence between the National Conference of Law Examiners (NCBE) and Kaplan professors.
Well, it’s official! The National Conference of Bar Examiners recently announced to law schools that the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) is going to be testing an additional subject beginning with the February 2015 administration of the examination.
As predicted last year, the …
One of the most challenging aspects of the first year of law school is learning how to master the 1L essay exam. Students enter law school believing they have great writing skills, only to be disappointed in their performance when first semester grades are posted.
The chief reason that students don’t excel on their first round of exams is that they spend too much time writing and not …
How am I ever going to remember all of this law?
Sound familiar? The primary reason that the bar exam is so challenging is that it requires almost Herculean feats of memorization. Dozens of subjects, elements of law galore, exceptions to exceptions, the list goes on.
Even with only a few weeks to go before test day, most bar takers still feel as if they have barely scratched the …
Progress bars. Checklists. Empty, un-checked boxes….
With bar preparation season in full swing, those unfinished assignments lay in wait, taunting you as the days slip by and the dreaded exam draws ever nearer.
Advances in technology have made it easier than ever before for bar takers to keep track of the work they are doing—or not. Often, however, these innovations are at cross purposes with the goals of examinees, whose …