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Podcasts to Tune into During Bar Prep

May 18, 2022 By Zoila Sanchez Leave a Comment

Podcasts to Tune into During Bar PrepLet’s be honest— studying for the bar can feel like a drag sometimes. The great news is that there are learning methods out there to help you get through those bumps in the road.

Studies show how listening to podcasts can improve your health and well-being while also helping you learn. Tuning into podcasts reduce stress and anxiety, and engages you in the learning process. Such podcasts can serve as a learning tool to supplement and enhance your studies.

Moreover, podcast usage has been shown to improve exam scores after listening on a given topic. I have benefited from utilizing podcasts for learning in a pain-free way by reviewing a Constitutional Law essay with the guided help of the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast.

Here are some of the benefits of and ideas around podcast usage:

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Podcast Episode 175: Listen and Learn — Inchoate Offenses (Criminal Law)

May 17, 2022 By Bar Exam Toolbox Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re focusing on Criminal Law, specifically inchoate offenses. This topic commonly appears on bar exam questions and includes attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy.

In this episode we discuss:

  • How do inchoate offenses differ from other crimes?
  • The rules for attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy to commit a crime
  • The merger doctrine
  • The Pinkerton liability rule
  • Defenses to inchoate crimes
  • How to structure an answer to an open-ended question on an exam

Thanks for listening!
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What the NCBE Looks for in a Passing Score

May 11, 2022 By Zoila Sanchez Leave a Comment

What the NCBE Looks for in a Passing ScoreYou recall studying for your law school exams with your professor’s thought process and priorities in mind. To do well in many law school courses, it was important to think like your professor in a sense. For example, if your professor emphasized the public policy implications of the law then you may want to be prepared to discuss this aspect in your essays.

A similar approach is required for the bar exam. While the bar exam is not at all like a typical law school exam, it is critical to know the National Conference of Bar Examiner graders view of your essays, which have more leeway than multiple-choice questions. For example, if you forget the name of the legal doctrine, but can effectively describe it and make your point, then you will likely receive partial credit. In other words, there are ways to gain points, and get partial credit for less than perfect answers. On the other hand, you will not receive any points for a wrong multiple choice answer on the MBE portion.

It is beneficial to practice under timed conditions keeping the NCBE’s scoring rubric in mind for essays (MEE) and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT).

To successfully meet the expectations of the NCBE, it is important to understand what graders look for in a successful answer.

Here are some tips on how the graders score or grade your work:

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Podcast Episode 174: Listen and Learn — Privileges and Immunities Clause (Con Law)

May 10, 2022 By Bar Exam Toolbox Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing how to identify and work through Privileges and Immunities Clause issues on the bar exam.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Distinguishing between the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the Constitution and the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • What steps to take to identify whether the Privileges and Immunities Clause applies
  • The Dormant Commerce Clause
  • The two requirements that must be met for a state to pass a law violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause
  • Analyzing two hypos, from the February 2005 and July 2018 California bar exams

Thanks for listening!
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Using Bar Exam Predictions to Guide or Not Guide Studying

May 4, 2022 By Zoila Sanchez Leave a Comment

Using Bar Exam Predictions to Guide or Not Guide StudyingTo achieve bar exam success, it is essential to come up with a strategy that will work for you. This strategy may include focusing on the most highly tested subjects. Taking this approach helps you to prioritize information that is likely to appear on the exam. For example, it has been demonstrated time and time again that Evidence law and hearsay are highly tested. This knowledge would make you want to ensure you have hearsay down and feel confident with hearsay before test day.

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Podcast Episode 173: Listen and Learn — Criminal Procedure: Warrant Requirements

May 3, 2022 By Bar Exam Toolbox Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re discussing Criminal Procedure, specifically what is needed for a valid search warrant, and the situations in which a warrant is not required.

In this episode we discuss:

  • What is a warrant?
  • Requirements for a valid search warrant
  • Eight exceptions to the warrant requirement
  • Analyzing two hypos, from the July 2009 and February 2006 California bar exam

Thanks for listening!
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