LAW7387

7387. 3 hours. This course is intended to improve readiness for the bar exam by using drills and other skills exercises to reinforce the bar exam preparation and execution skills learned in Bar Exam Skills and Strategies I. Several highly tested rules from three subjects mentioned will serve as the springboard for skills development work. The focus is on all three sections of the Uniform Bar Exam, but the bulk of the time on the MBE.Students complete several drills that deepen their understanding of selected rules with and will have many opportunities to deepen reading comprehension, issue identification, rule mastery, critical thinking and legal analysis skills and abilities. Students will gain a strong conceptual grasp of several highly tested rules. Furthermore, students will continue to refine the strong flexible analytical framework they have been using to answer MBE, MPT, as well as essay questions. Time and attention is devoted to the finer points of effective bar exam preparation such as how to personalize and manage your commercial bar exam schedule with emphasis on how to tweak the commercial bar schedule to maximize success. There will be discussions how to prepare for the simulated exams, how to run their own simulations, how to effectively assess essay and MPT answers and how to manage time to avoid burnout. This course will include a writing segment. Required.

FALL SPRNG