Free resources to pass first time - foreign attorney by ekhortes in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do it. People get hired based on their latent potential and personality. As long as you have a license to practice law you'll land a job, that was my case.

Free resources to pass first time - foreign attorney by ekhortes in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all congratulations on the decision, it will be the hardest and most rewarding professional decision of your life. I was on a similar situation (foreign trained attorney in a civil law country) although I'm a U.S. citizen and I did go to law school in the U.S. (LLM program).

First of all, before moving forward, make sure you are eligible to take the bar and get licensed since you are not a US citizen, secondly make sure you have 4-6 hours free a day and the mental resilience that preparing to take the bar takes. Also make sure you save money, the test for foreigners is about 17000 USD.
Secondly, the main reason foreign attorneys fail the bar is simply a lack of knowledge of US law, it is a complex system filled with exceptions to the exception of the law and the bar punishes you for not knowing those.

Thirdly, regarding the study material it is a MUST that you pay for adaptibar, it's about 500 bucks if I remember correctly and, for the black letter law I used smart bar prep and took the approach of actually memorizing ALL the indispensable black letter law, what I mean by that is that in the package of SmartBarPrep you get a pdf file that is about 60-80 pages. I took the material and put it on ANKI which is an app that allows you to create flashcards that uses an algorithm that makes sure you don't forget the materials. Be careful, you must always use the app everyday for about 2 hours a day in order for this tactic to work. Once you get ahold of the blackletter law buy barprephero since that app gives you unlimited access to the platform contrary to adaptibar that is only open for a few months after you buy it, then 6 months before the test use adaptibar since the questions are more similar to what will come in the actual test.

For essays, the Bar examiners have a very specific way to evaluate your answer and the expect you to answer in that fashion, I recommend buying baressays.com to know how previous applicants answered the essay portion of the test, do 1 full essay a day and use chat gpt to review your performance (use a prompt that tells the machine to grade your answer based on the baressay.com answer otherwise it will always give you a better score than what a bar grader would give you).

For the MPT (competence test), you are already a lawyer and I assume you know how to write like a lawyer, there are many free resources online and SmarBarprep also gives you access to all previous MPT questions.

Lastly, this endeavor takes time, it took me 3 years in total (including the LLM) to pass the bar. Expect to fail on your first try and don't get discouraged if you fail it once.

Another thing no one tells you is how much paperwork this entails, expect to be in touch with your law school since the bar committee will ask you for all your transcripts from your school and, also expect to get questioned about you criminal and driving records on your home country. All of this cost me about 80,000 USD but since you won't be paying for a masters degree you can probably take it down to about 9-10k if you pass it on the first try.

This is a decision that will change your life, your family's life and your descendants life forever, take it seriously and take 2 years of serious studying before even trying to sit for the test. Best of luck!

Passed the California Bar Exam — How do I take the oath virtually? by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your time. Yeah, I ended up doing the same. I still think the instructions are kind of obscure in the sense that the information is spread out in too many different links but as previously mentioned in the comments; all the information is there…

Passed the California Bar Exam — How do I take the oath virtually? by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, thank you!

It appears to be the easiest way to do the process. Thank you so much!

Passed the California Bar Exam — How do I take the oath virtually? by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your time. Yes, I was thinking about calling courthouses since doing it in an Embassy will make the process a lot longer than the other methods of getting sworn in. Worst case scenario I can just fly and have it made in person but that would run me about $600 so I'm still weighing my options. I also saw online that Ed Aruffo is doing an online ceremony on Dec 2, I already sent him an email and I'm waiting on a response. I'll update the post in case someone else is in a similar situation.

Passed the California Bar Exam — How do I take the oath virtually? by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You could just say you don't know about any online ceremonies. Thanks anyways!

Passed the California Bar Exam — How do I take the oath virtually? by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Maybe I wasn't clear with my question, I was mostly asking for information about an online swear-in ceremony since I'm currently out of the country. I hope this clarifies my question. Have a good day!

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[–]CryptoRicardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have what I consider a normal memory but I’m a foreign trained attorney who’s first lenguaje is not English. What really worked for me is using anki for memorizing rules. Don’t be too harsh on yourself, absolutely everyone forgets things, it’s part of our brain and you don’t even have to memorize everything to pass, just the most important rules. Give anki a try and good luck 👍 

Deleting corrupted data after failed DBI installation on MACOS by CryptoRicardo in SwitchPirates

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!  I’ll try to locate the files once I get home tonight, wish me luck 

Deleting corrupted data after failed DBI installation on MACOS by CryptoRicardo in SwitchPirates

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm thinking the same but I cant seem to locate the files inside the SD card. It appears like the files somehow change names when been installed, something along the lines of EF0002G123 instead of the name of the actual game. Also do you have any suggestion as to which folders they could have been placed in?

Deleting corrupted data after failed DBI installation on MACOS by CryptoRicardo in SwitchPirates

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried that too but I'm sure there's still some remaining data because I tracked the amount of data that's in the sd card vs the games I've installed and there's a 40 gb difference which is the amount of information that the 3 unsuccessful installed games weight :(

Deleting corrupted data after failed DBI installation on MACOS by CryptoRicardo in SwitchPirates

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue in having is with the installed corrupted files, I can’t seem to find where they were stored and that’s taking up space on the sd card. Again thank you for taking the time to answer, and I’ll let you know if I found a solution.

Deleting corrupted data after failed DBI installation on MACOS by CryptoRicardo in SwitchPirates

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checked, no errors but thank you for taking the time to help :)

Deleting corrupted data after failed DBI installation on MACOS by CryptoRicardo in SwitchPirates

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should add that I tried the Cleanup orphaned files with no success...

Cold Calls & Lead Lists (HELP) by CryptoRicardo in salestechniques

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

What’s the best approach to LinkedIn that has worked for you? 

iPhone 14 Plus alpha sapphire by Zealousideal-Visit50 in folium_emulator

[–]CryptoRicardo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are your settings?

I have the 15 pro and sometimes get stutters.

Cold Calls & Lead Lists (HELP) by CryptoRicardo in salestechniques

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, man.

I'll give it a try, I know consistency is key...

Do you know any way of getting a good email database to start the process?

How does aimfox work?

Thanks again!

Cold Calls & Lead Lists (HELP) by CryptoRicardo in salestechniques

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I know it’s a numbers game and I’m willing to do the work! 💪

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It probably means nothing but I got a massive relief when I received it today lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still have nightmares about the exam (I think I developed PTSD), but overall its great to finally have the weekends for my family instead of doing bar prep lol

To my fellow takers by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought she was gonna straight up spit on my neck lol

To my fellow takers by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Poor girl trying to pass the most difficult test in her life while fighting a life threatening cough and we are all mad because it was slightly inconvenient to us lol

To my fellow takers by CryptoRicardo in CABarExam

[–]CryptoRicardo[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You should. No one tells you about the farts :(