Thursday, October 24, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: The MBE Exam

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I have talked with many students this bar exam cycle about their MBE scores. Many students I talked with failed the MBE while passing the state portion of their bar exam. The MBE is always difficult because you have to get the right answer or you get no points. Across the board, whether you are from Harvard or from a third tier score, contracts and property are one and two for the hardest subjects of the six – and where most students have the most difficult. Torts is ranked as the easiest subject in terms of how many questions students get right nationally. This bar cycle, evidence seemed to the hardest subject.

For those who failed the MBE exam, evaluate your scores carefully. I have many students tell me that they were close to passing because of their scaled scores. But, remember, scaled scores are not always accurate in assessing your actual scores. This bar cycle, the scaled scores were roughly 18 to 20 points. This is probably one of the highest scaled scores we have seen in many years. Usually, the scaled scores are about 15 points. That means the NCBE added 18 to 20 points to your raw score this bar cycle. In February 2014, they could add only 15 points or another number. We can’t be sure how many points they will increase your raw score.

Look at your raw score. That raw score is your accurate assessment. Find the percentage that you got right and you will see how much more you need to get a passing score. For example if you got a 100 on your raw score, you are sitting at a 50% rate on your MBE. That is way too low to successfully pass the bar exam. To be sure that you will pass the MBE, you need to be testing around 65% when you go into the February 2014 bar exam.

Also ask yourself if your scores were low in every subject or did you do well in some subjects and not well in others? This evaluation will determine how you should study of the February 2014 bar exam. If you have across the board weakness, then you have problems with the analytical portion of the test – you are not understanding the strategy of elimination. If you scores reflect an up and down weakness per subject matter, then you need to concentrate on those weak subject while not forgetting to work on your stronger subjects.

As the February 2014 bar comes closer, we will discuss strategies and tactics for the MBE.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: Nevada and New Hampshire Have Released its Bar Exam Results

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Nevada’s bar exam results for July 2013 were released on October 22nd. The bar pass rate was 66%. The names of the successful applicants are on its website.

New Hampshire has also released its bar exam results. The names of the successful applicants are on its websites.

Congratulations to those who have passed.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: Nevada, Georgia, Michigan and Massachusetts Bar Exam Results and the California Baby Bar

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Nevada’s bar exam results will be released today, October 22nd. Good luck to those waiting for results. We will post when it comes out.

Georgia’s bar exam results will be released on Friday, October 25th.

Rumors abound that Michigan and Massachusetts will be released later this week.

The California October 2013 First-Year Law Students' Examination, commonly known as the baby bar, will be administered on October 22, 2013. Good luck to those in California sitting for the FYLSE today.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: The UBE and MEE Bar Exam


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The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) consists of six 30-minute questions and 2 Multiple Performance Tests (MPT). States that have the
UBE are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The MEE omits the 2 MPT tests, but has nine 30-minute questions. The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) is given in 28 jurisdictions including Arkansas, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Missouri showed us the average for the UBE essays:

Essay 1 (Fed.Civil Pro): 5.68 out of 12 points
Essay 2 (Agency and Torts): 5.90 out of 12 points
Essay 3 (Evidence): 4.60 out of 12 points
Essay 4 (Corporations): 4.98 out of 12 points
Essay 5 (Contracts): 4.32 out of 12 points
Essay 6 (Estates): 3.99 out of 12 points

Bar Professors has developed a rigorous program for repeat bar takers, addressing the writing techniques of short answer essays of the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) and the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) with critical feedback. This feedback is important for the repeat bar takers’ overall improvement. Bar Professors provides one-on-one substantive lectures on all subjects with practice questions and critiques, and methods and procedures to improve essay scores.

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Friday, October 18, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: The Pennsylvania Bar Exam Results Have Been Released

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Pennsylvania has released its bar exam results from the July 2013 bar exam.

The bar pass rate was 77.23%. The first time taker pass rate was 82.96%. The 2nd time taker pass rate was 42.25%. The third time taker rate was 29.73% and the fourth or more time taker rate was 11.27%.

The pass rate by law school:

Drexel: First time taker rate: 82%; Repeat taker rate: 46.7%. Overall: 77.5%
Duquesne: First time taker rate: 82.4%; Repeat taker rate: 0%. Overall: 79.6%
Penn State: First time taker rate: 93.8%; Repeat taker rate: 16.7%. Overall: 83.9%
Rutgers: First time taker rate: 87%; Repeat taker rate: 25%. Overall: 83.9%
Temple: First time taker rate: 92%; Repeat taker rate: 13%. Overall: 87.5%
Univ. of Penn: First time taker rate: 92.7%; Repeat taker rate: 50%. Overall: 91%
Univ. of Pittsburgh: First time taker rate: 81.2%; Repeat taker rate: 40%. Overall: 78.9%
Villanova: First time taker rate: 84.7%; Repeat taker rate: 11.1%. Overall: 80.7%
Widener – Delaware: First time taker rate: 76.4%; Repeat taker rate: 43.5%. Overall: 72%
Widener – Harrisburg: First time taker rate: 85.5%; Repeat taker rate: 23.1%. Overall: 75.5%

The mean MBE scaled score for applicants in Pennsylvania was 145.718
The mean MBE scaled score for the nation was 144.262
The minimum successful MBE scaled score in Pennsylvania was 122
The mean essay/PT scaled score was 145.800

Congratulations to those who have passed.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut, Nevada, Georgia and Virginia Bar Exam Results

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Connecticut has released its bar exam results for July 2013 last week. Connecticut has posted the names of the successful applicants on its website. Congratulations to those who have passed.

Pennsylvania has finally come out with a release date for their results from the July 2013 bar exam: Friday, October 18th after 4:00 pm.

We are still waiting for Michigan to announce its results.

Nevada’s bar exam results will be released on October 22nd.

Georgia will release its bar exam results for July 2013 on October 25th.

Virginia’s bar exam results for July 2013 will be released on October 31st.

Good luck to those who are still waiting for results.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The July 2013 Bar Exam: Bar Professors Free Mini MBE Torts Tutorial for Friday

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Bar Professors is currently offering a “free” mini torts tutorial on Friday, October 18th. Please go to our website and fill out the contact page.

This offer is only for repeat bar takers from any state. Spaces are very limited with an offer for only 25 tutorials

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