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.
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Recent Posts from PASS: Practical Academic Support Services
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Results for the July 2009 Bar Exam are coming soon!! Are you ready??
As you prepare to look up your own results, and get ready to hear news from friends and classmates, think positively. But do also prepare, for someone you care about who may not have passed…
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Bar Results out in less than three weeks
"And the envelope please." OK, you'll find out online rather than opening an envelope, but are you ready? Hopefully you will be ---for champagne flowing and other celebratory activity! But, if some of your classmates…
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Taking the February 2010 Bar Exam?
If you are planning to sit for the California Bar Exam this February 23-25, 2010, applications will be available soon from the state bar. http://www.calbar.ca.gov and get details by clicking the Bar Exam links.
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MPRE --get ready for the November 7th MPRE administration
Applications must be received by September 29th for timely filing. The deadline for late registration is October 15th. Get more info and register at http://www.ncbex.org/multistate-tests/mpre
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Congratulations to all who FINISHED the July Bar Exam!
Congratulations. You made it. You did it. If you stayed the course, and did your best until the last minute when time was called on the last day of the Bar Exam, you should be…
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Good Luck on the Bar Exam!
You CAN do this! Go in there calm and confident. You have prepared and you are ready. Read, read, and re-read the questions. Surround yourself with positive people and positive thoughts. Do your very best,…
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Surround yourself with positive people
If anyone in your world has implicitly or directly expressed doubts or fears or concerns about your passing the bar exam, avoid that person (and anyone with like tendencies) until August. Now is your time…
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Bring pens
Just in case the electricity goes out or your computer goes down, bring two or three black pens. And, if you haven't ever handwritten an essay, do one as practice this weekend, just to prepare.…
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Good Luck Next Week!
Next week is the big week, for many of you. Keep your cool. The watchwords of the week should be "calm" and "confident." Remember you have been studying all summer. You have been learning law,…
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Taking the Bar in less than a week!
You CAN do it. Some reminders: -Plan your days carefully. -Only hang out with positive people. -Get lots of sleep, and rest. -Review and when you are done reviewing, relax. -Do your best. -Make everything…