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Stuck on Where to Begin? 3 Myths to Discard and 3 Systems to Adopt to Improve Your Bar Exam Study

December 1, 2015 By Brian Hahn Leave a Comment

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Brian Hahn, founder of Make This Your Last Time and a second-time passer of the California bar exam, is back with a post about the myths to discard and systems to adopt to improve your bar exam study. Welcome back, Brian! 

Some difficult questions in life:

  • How do I get these permanent wrinkles out of my dress shirts? (guy problems)
  • Do #nomakeup selfies actually involve makeup? Women, please be honest and tell me the truth (guy problems)
  • Effort doesn’t necessarily bring results. How do I achieve the desired results?

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Failed the Bar Exam? How to Be the Ultimate Sore Loser (to Pass the Bar Exam Next Time)

November 25, 2015 By Brian Hahn Leave a Comment

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Brian Hahn, founder of Make This Your Last Time and a second-time passer of the California bar exam, is back with a post about how to be the ultimate sore loser and pass the bar exam the next time around. Welcome back, Brian! 

All right, so some seasonally employed bar graders thought you weren’t fit to practice law.

That’s how they want to play it? Fine. It happened to me and then I overcame it and even considered leaving the law twice.

It’s not like they really care about your ability to practice law or manage clients anyway. The only way they even care about your existence after you pass the bar is if you don’t pay your annual dues.
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Don’t Turn the Performance Test into a Bad Decision

February 11, 2015 By Brian Hahn Leave a Comment

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Brian Hahn, founder of Make This Your Last Time and a second-time passer of the California bar exam, is back with a post about avoiding turning the performance test into a bad decision. Welcome back, Brian!  [Read more…] about Don’t Turn the Performance Test into a Bad Decision

Deliberate Practice: an Approach to Minimum Competence — Part 2

January 22, 2015 By Brian Hahn Leave a Comment

shutterstock_143045002Brian Hahn shares Part 2 of his two-part post about creating a methodical way to practice for the California bar exam. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here.  [Read more…] about Deliberate Practice: an Approach to Minimum Competence — Part 2

Deliberate Practice: An Approach to Minimum Competence — Part 1

January 21, 2015 By Brian Hahn Leave a Comment

shutterstock_134183192Brian Hahn, founder of Make This Your Last Time and a second-time passer of the California bar exam, is back with a two-part post about creating a methodical way to practice for the California bar exam. Welcome back, Brian!  [Read more…] about Deliberate Practice: An Approach to Minimum Competence — Part 1

How Distinguishing Issues Will Help You Save the Future — Part 2

December 19, 2014 By Brian Hahn Leave a Comment

shutterstock_ 126859961This is the second in a two-part post about how the practice of distinguishing issues will help you with the California bar exam. Yesterday, Brian shared how to carve out the proper slices of issues by “issue checking” rather than “issue spotting” to set up today’s discussion on the practice of distinguishing issues for success on the California bar exam. In the second part of his post, he parses out the types of issues and discusses them in more detail. [Read more…] about How Distinguishing Issues Will Help You Save the Future — Part 2

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