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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Happy July 4th!
Do your MBEs this morning. Review whatever subject you studied in bar review the last day or two, and complete an essay under timed conditions in that subject. Put in a good study day, and…
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The Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate…
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Stress Power or Stress Paralysis
When stress powers and motivates you, it can be a most effective tool for bar exam preparation. But feeling paralyzed from stress can hurt, a lot. How to avoid that? -Talk it through. Remind yourself…
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It's July. Are you freaking out?
Some people do. It's OK. Hang in. For some people, it's just seeing that calendar turn from June to July, realizing it's weeks away, not months. It plays with your mind. Don't let it. -Think…
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It's OK to take the night of the 4th off
Go watch some fireworks. Go to a barbecue. Spend time with friends and family. Whatttt?? Yes. You must pace yourself now. You have four weeks. It seems like nothing, but it's really a lot of…
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Afraid you'll never be able to learn it ALL??
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear." --Mark Twain
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4 weeks now!
Get ready for success on July 28, 29 and 30, 2009
- Did you complete your daily MBEs this morning?
- Are you writing a practice essay today?
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Get ready for success when it really counts!
"In the game of life nothing is less important than the score at halftime." I'm not sure who said this, but I know that it applies directly to bar studies. Who cares what you get…