Coaching call to discuss a reader's score report, ways she could improve her MBE score next time, whether it's right for her to delay her retake to the two-day CA bar in 2017, working while studying, and scheduling with one-track tunnel vision.

More information: http://www.makethisyourlasttime.com/2016/05/studying-mbe-2017-working-scheduling/

MTYLT05 - Improving MBE, Delaying the Bar to 2017, Working While Studying, and Scheduling

Coaching call to discuss attacking the MBE section and fitting in studying with a full-time job and a family.

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MTYLT06 - Studying for the MBE and Managing Your Time While Working

Mark (a recent bar taker) and I discuss what he liked and didn’t like about Barbri and, in hindsight, what we think students should do.

0:00: How Barbri throws you into the deep end after giving you lectures
1:30: “No, just follow the program”
2:00: What Mark would have done differently in retrospect, compared to their regimen
3:35: The extent to which lectures can be useful & what they fail to tell you
5:20: It’s still a self-study course! But “big box” courses are not tailored for you
7:40: What to do instead of blindly trusting the program
8:45: “I could have done that for 8 weeks instead of 2”
9:40: What they do well (delivery, clear on what’s tested a lot) & how you can make the most of their resources
12:00: What to do beyond the minimum work
12:45: Different ideas on arranging the work
14:00: How to learn the skills of organization and concepts of the material (particularly in the context of essays). Mark also mentions that this is how you learn which issues are clustered together (exactly one of the bases of “issue checking”)
17:15: They tell you what to study, but they don’t tell you this…
18:00: Why you should listen to yourself

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MTYLT07 - The Barbri Regret

Joe realized he had issues (pun intended) with essays on the UBE. By learning to identify issues, he finally felt like he could pull it off (and passed the bar).

Case study here: https://www.makethisyourlasttime.com/pass-ube-identify-more-issues-on-essays/

Joe Passed the Uniform Bar Exam by Racking Up More Issues on Essays

Against all odds, Samantha passed the bar exam her first time on her own terms. No bar course, no lectures, just a few key resources to practice.

Case study here: https://www.makethisyourlasttime.com/pass-bar-exam-first-attempt-low-pass-rate

Brian Hahn

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