Plan on spending about 10 - 12 hours per
day/6 days per week
9:00 - 12:30 pm Bar Review
Start on time - be at your study place and ready to study at eight
not starting to get ready to study at eight. Don't procrastinate.
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Practice Exams and Review Answers
Review your outlines and notes especially anything that was new to
you (limit this review to 1 hour)
Practice 1.5 hours of multi-state exams
Take your time through the questions
For each subject: Start by doing one question at a time; check
your answer; note on the work sheet why you got the
answwer wrong; Such as "didn't know the law",
"assume wrong facts", When you have ten questions
incorrect note the pattern of your problem and think about how
you will work on the problem. When you have ten questions
correct in a row then start doing two questions at a time. Use
the same process. Do three questions in a row, then four,
etc. working up to 34 questions in a row.
For wrong answers review the outline. Get it clear in your
mind as to why the answer was wrong
Practice 1.5 hours of written essay questions
Do open book for the first few weeks on subjects you haven't
reviewed
Do at least one essay on the topic that you studied that day.
Review your answer; the format of your answer should be CRAC;
Conclusion-rule-analysis-conclusion.
You MUST practice writing exams. Memorizing and
understanding the law will not be helpful if you cannot communicate
in writing.
7:30 pm - 11:30 pm - Prepare for the Next Topic
Read outline for next day
Survey the material to be covered
Develop flashcards which include
a topics list
Develop a of legal terms or "buzz words"
Consider what topics are grouped together
Develop elements/issues/tests/rules
Leave space in your mini-outline to put notes from the Bar Review
lecture
Stop on time. If you extend your study time it will
effect you the next day.
Use the sixth day (Saturday or Sunday) to give extra attention to
courses you had difficulty with in law schools or on subjects you did
not take. Try to review the bar review outline for every course you
didn't take in law school.
Multi-state Performance Exam
Spend at least 4 hours per week on multistate performance exam.
(Saturday or Sunday)
Put together a bar review study box
keep in the box everything you think you might need for studying
for the bar. When you go to study place take your box. You'll not
have to spend time looking for things.
