PASS: Practical Academic Support Services
Information and motivation to help readers pass the California bar examination.
Author: Sara Berman-Barrett is a professor at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and a lecturer at Concord Law School. She is also co-author of The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System and Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case.
Blawg Related Categories: Bar Exam • States • California • Concord Law School • University of West Los Angeles • Law Professor
Recent Posts from PASS: Practical Academic Support Services
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Bar Results are out...
So, I'm sitting here receiving emails. News from students. Many who have passed. And, some who have found their names are not on this list. I am so happy to hear from people. So proud…
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PASS the Bar This July!
Want to PASS this coming bar exam? Protect your time. Avoid Distractions. One simple way to do this??? Put an "out of office" message on your voicemail and email. Have it say that you are…
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Re-taking the Exam?
Find out what you did that can be improved. Go over not only your scores, but your entire study plan and see what needs to be changed. By definition it makes no sense to do…
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Failed the Bar Exam?
All you did was fall off the horse. So, get up and get back on that horse, now! You have so many exciting opportunities ahead of you once you PASS. Your law license is one…
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Failed the Bar Exam?
Failed the Bar Exam ---OK, let's re-frame that comment. You have not yet PASSed this exam. YOU are not a failure; your score was simply not yet high enough to get through the entry gate…
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Bar Exam
Failing the Bar Exam Is Not the End of the World Excerpt below from Daily Journal (May 25, 2004) PASS faculty offering answers to some frequently asked questions about law school and the State Bar…
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Pope John XXIII once said, "Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,…
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The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Just a few more days.....results will be out Friday. At that time there will news. Hopefully it will be the news you want. It's always great to get good news. And, PASSing the Bar Exam…
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If someone you know learns that he or she is re-taking the exam this July, plan for success this time! Work with reputable professors in a bar review program that fits your learning style. Don't…
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Bar Results Friday
If someone you know gets results he or she does not want to hear this Friday, give that person some good advice: You can PASS this July *if* you figure out what you did that…