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Studying During Coronavirus: Is More Time to Study Good?
More Time to Study Sounds Great, Right? It Is Not That Easy. Here is what we know: September 9-10 Bar Exam (Massachusetts) September 30-October 1 Bar Exam (New York) Postponed: CT, HI and VT to one of the above dates How Are You Supposed To Study? Professor Brittany...
The Ultimate Guide To Getting Good Grades Your 1L Year: Part III
LAWTUTORS ULTIMATE GUIDE ON HOW EXACTLY TO GET GOOD GRADES DURING YOUR FIRST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL DATA FROM HUNDREDS OF OUR LAW STUDENTS: PART III By Professors Brittany Raposa, Hemanth Gundavaram, and Heather Kenny, Attorney Instructor Sheri Mason, and CEO of LawTutors...
MA and NY Announce New Bar Exam Dates: Coronavirus Update
As of April 6, 2020 at 3:15 ET, we know that NY, MA, CT and HI have postponed the July 2020 Bar Exam. We have dates for two jurisdictions. New York Bar Exam: September 9 and 10 2020 MA Bar Exam: September 30 and October 1 2020 LawTutors, for now, is still holding our...
The Ultimate Guide To Getting Good Grades Your 1L Year: Part II
LAWTUTORS ULTIMATE GUIDE ON HOW EXACTLY TO GET GOOD GRADES DURING YOUR FIRST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL DATA FROM HUNDREDS OF OUR LAW STUDENTS: PART II By Professors Brittany Raposa, Hemanth Gundavaram, and Heather Kenny, Attorney Instructor Sheri Mason, and CEO of LawTutors...
The Possibility Of 3 More Bar Exams For 2020
How Many Bar Exams In 2020 Is Too Many? 4 may be the magic number for total number of exams for 2020. We already had our February 2020 bar exam, so here are three more: July 27-28 2020; and September 9-10, 2020; and September 30-October 1, 2020 Each jurisdiction will...
The Ultimate Guide To Getting Good Grades Your 1L Year: Part I
LAWTUTORS ULTIMATE GUIDE ON HOW EXACTLY TO GET GOOD GRADES DURING YOUR FIRST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL DATA FROM HUNDREDS OF OUR LAW STUDENTS: PART I By Professors Brittany Raposa, Hemanth Gundavaram, and Heather Kenny, Attorney Instructor Sheri Mason, and CEO of LawTutors...
We Want To Pay You For Your Bar Exam Essays and Bar Exam Stories!
Attention Attorneys! Especially those of you that have taken the bar exam since 2017! We are looking for your past Multistate Exam Essays (MEE) and Multistate Performance Tests (MPTs) as well as any bar exam stories. We are working on The Ultimate UBE Guide, to be...
What We Know From The States And The NCBE About The July 2020 Bar Exam
WHAT DO WE KNOW FROM THE STATES? We know that CT, MA, NY and D.C. have all decided to extend the July 2020 Bar Exam until "sometime in the fall". Each jurisdiction is entitled to make its own decision about whether it will administer the July bar exam or not. WHAT DO...
July 2020 Bar Exam Coronavirus Update
Dear July 2020 LawTutors Bar Students: I hope everyone is safe and healthy during this time. I am sure that the added stress regarding the uncertainties surrounding the July 2020 bar exam does not help. I wanted to let you know any updates or changes on our end:...
Online Learning Tips For Law Students In The Wake Of Coronavirus
Many law school across the country are moving forward an online learning platform in order to protect students, faculty, and staff after the outbreak of COVID-19. Transitioning to remote learning may be new for some of you, but there are ways in which to maximize your...
Studying For The February 2020 Bar Exam
IT'S A NEW YEAR AND EVERYONE IS HAVING FUN WITHOUT ME! It's the New Year! People around you are excitedly making resolutions, mood boards, goal-setting grids, and planning their entire year (yes, these people do exist). You, on the other hand, have ONE...
Structure Of A Legal Memorandum
Writing a legal memorandum is one of many necessities for lawyers. It is an important skill to learn whether you are in law school or practicing for the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) or the California Performance Test (CA-PT). Read on to learn how to structure a legal memorandum.
Statutory Interpretation: Synthesizing A Rule
Steps to Analyze a Statute First: Read all relevant sections of the statute, including all relevant definitions. Second: Read binding case law that interprets relevant sections of the statute. Third: Apply the plain meaning of a word if the relevant words are not...
How To Brief A Case
How to Read a Legal Citation: A citation is a reference to legal authorities and precedents such as statutes, legal opinions, regulations, and law review articles. Citations are used in legal memoranda, arguments to courts, legal textbooks, judicial opinions, law...
How To Answer Law School Exam Questions
Organizational Paradigms IRAC CREAC Issue Conclusion Rule Rule Explanation Application Application Conclusion Conclusion Step One: Issue Spotting/ Conclusion/ Thesis-What is the legal question that I need to analyze? First, start with a sentence that...
Notice To July 2019 California Bar Examination Applicants
To: Applicants for the July 2019 California Bar Examination It has come to our attention that the State Bar inadvertently provided a number of deans of law schools in California a list of the subject matter topics contained in the July 2019 California Bar Examination...
The Bar Exam May Not Have Feelings, But We Know That You Do
Results from July 2018 Results are either out from the July 2018 exam or they will be out soon. You might have read that there is a 34-year low when it comes to the multiple-choice section (the MBE) of the bar exam. It’s like a Great Depression for the Bar Exam. This...
Massachusetts UBE: What Does It Mean For Me?
Whether you are a first time bar exam taker or a repeat bar exam taker, the Massachusetts Bar Exam is now the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). In my opinion, this is awesome. Not because I love bar review and I get a weird sense of happiness out of it, but because of the...
Meet Tania Shah of LawTutors in Newton and Brookline
Original Article by Boston Voyager Here. Today we’d like to introduce you to Tania Shah. So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. I grew up on the west coast in California, and I...
Massachusetts Has A New Essay Topic: Access To Justice
WHAT IS THAT? The Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) stated in a September 3, 2013 letter to the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission of the Supreme Judicial Court that they understood “that the need for the availability of legal services to the poor is...
Passachusetts No More!
Starting with the July 2012 Essay portion of the MA Bar Exam, the commonly known nickname “Passachusetts” became no longer applicable. Compared to the last thirty bar exams, these essays were by far the most issue-laden and challenging, especially with respect to the...
Bar Exam Excuse Makers
I DON’T LIKE THE BAR EXAM, HENCE I DO NOT BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT (and other musings of Bar Examinees). By Joseph Keeney, Esq. Attorney Instructor, LawTutors, LLC 1. I graduated law school with a 3.5 therefore, I shouldn't have to take the bar exam....
How to Study Effectively For The Bar Exam
Clearly, studying for the bar exam is not the most fun thing you can imagine doing. Though, if doing MBE questions just for kicks is your idea of a good time….who am I to judge? For those of you that don’t get your kicks from MBE questions, since I can’t make the...
Failing The Bar And The Stupidty Myth
Myth: You are Stupid Because You Failed The Bar Myth Buster: You Are Not Stupid Trust me on this. I have had so many students come to me stating that they are stupid due to the fact that they failed the bar. Maybe they missed it by 25 points, maybe by 2. Either way,...
What You NEED To Know For Constitutional Law!
If you are a first year law student, most of you are most taking constitutional law. At first glance, this might seem like something you learned in high school civics. However, as it has become clear by now, that’s not the case. So, a few tips on what you need to know...
So You Failed The Bar?
It’s not the end of the world. Trust me on this. And yes, I know you’ve all heard stories about successful attorneys that failed the bar the first time around. Hey, If JFK jr couldn’t pass………but it doesn’t make you feel any better. I know. So, take a day or two to...
How To Study For Exams
Most of you have completed midterms by this point, if your professor gives them. You are also probably starting to get into study mode for finals. So, in the Halloween spirit (because it’s my favorite holiday), I’ve decided to give you some treats. Now, while I...
MPRE Tips
So you didn’t pass the MPRE the first, or second, or fifth, time around. What went wrong and what can be done differently? First and foremost, do NOT beat yourself up. This does not mean you didn’t study hard enough (though maybe it does!), or that you’re not ethical,...
Why Law School Is Different Than Undergrad
Most of you have already figured out that law school is nothing like college. In fact, with the lockers and structured classes, it’s a bit more like junior high! However, there are a few things you should be aware of. 1) Social networking sites: while it feels...
Take Care of Yourself In Law School
We know you have very little time, so its easy to let things like exercise and nutrition fly right out the window. Take it from someone who has been there, this is NOT a good idea. Find time to go to the gym, or run, or jog, or just go for a walk once a day. I know,...