If you failed the July 2019 Virginia Bar Exam, you are not alone. Hundreds of people retake it each year. Take heart in this: The vast majority of people who retake the bar end up successfully practicing law after they Read More …
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Pre-Results Analysis Virginia Bar Exam Feb 2019
The February 2019 Virginia Bar Exam did not bring any major surprises. But students always stress out during the long wait for Virginia Bar Exam results to be released. Update: Feb 2019 Results are out! At the end of every Read More …
How to Make Flashcards for the Virginia Bar Exam
To beat the bar exam, students must focus on interactive study strategies. Too many students over-rely on watching lectures and filling in outlines. Your time is much better spent on testing yourself repeatedly, even if it seems that you keep Read More …
Hindsight Bias: Tricking Our Brains Into Remembering
You’ve done this. You’re sitting in class as the professor passes out your graded multiple choice tests. You think you did pretty well on the test. When you get your test back, you see that you missed question 3. You Read More …
Why Bar Exam Studying is Like Computer Programming
Computer programming has a lot of rules. And these rules have to be structured and applied in a specific order to make the computer do what the user would like. Bar exam study is the same. We have legal rules Read More …
Last Minute Tips to Pass The Virginia Bar Exam
Top 5 Last Minute Tips for Bar Prep You’re down to the last minute and you want to know how to use your remaining time for bar prep? These five tips backed by research will tell you how to spend Read More …
Don’t Study for the Bar Exam. Train for It.
There is nothing quite like studying for a bar exam. Think about it less like traditional studying and more like practicing or training. Training that an elite athlete might do to prepare for the big race or that black diamond Read More …
Being Wrong Helps You Learn to be Right
What is the best way to study for the bar exam? My students know that I want them to think about studying for the bar exam more like training for an athletic competition than traditional studying. Students who focus the Read More …
Essay Question Analysis for February 2017 Virginia Bar Exam
After each administration of the Virginia Bar, students email me to ask questions. Most of the time, they just want to confirm an answer that they already think they got right. Sometimes, they want to tell me how the topics Read More …
Bar Prep Goal Setting and the Beeminder App
Your bar prep program will track your progress and let you know whether you’re on track with the syllabus. But other than completing your syllabus, what other goals will you pursue during bar prep? Here are examples I’ve heard from Read More …