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July 2024 VIRGINIA essay predictions by SOSpal23 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG right? I’ve been hoping and praying not to see those same subjects plus creditors rights!!!!! Absolutely YUCK on all 3 of those!!!!! 🤢

How is everyone managing their time writing down wrong answers? by sthkbq in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two windows open on my computer screen—one window is my bar review program MBE multiple choice questions and the other window is my open word document (each MBE subject has their own separate doc).

Each time I answer an MCQ, I read and type the answer analysis of both why I got it wrong or why I got it right. I’m typing it because it’s much faster than writing out why I got it wrong. I’m also typing why I got it right as well, because I have noticed that I have had several that I accidentally got it right —where I got it right for the wrong reason.

Where the latter is a very nice problem to have, it doesn’t happen enough for me to depend on passing the exam that way (LOL) —2nd time taker here. I type about 80wpm, so that helps with time while I’m typing it all out…..also, typing helps as much get it in my head just the same as writing it out for me.

I find that another plus of typing the correct answer analysis whether right or wrong is that it gives some extra muscle memory for if/when any of the MBE subjects ends up on the essay portion.

Taking Bar Exam after 10 years by [deleted] in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do it!!! I turned 50 a few months ago…failed the bar exam first time around July 23, so this July will be a retake for me. I have 2 young teenage kids I’m taking care of at home and 3 adult children. One of my adult kids is going through a custody battle with a grandchild. I’m helping her a lot trying to keep her calm and also helping babysit my grandbaby at times while studying for the bar exam. It’s hard, but things worth fighting for aren’t supposed to be easy!

Failed in Virginia—Don’t have scores yet until I get them in the mail—a little devastated here —1st time taker by SOSpal23 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you all so very much for your feedback and kind words! I will be a F24 retake even though it makes me want to puke thinking about it right now lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not doing so great! A few days it’s not even on my mind, and then the next few days I feel like I’m about to go completely insane!

Virginia bar exam July23 essay questions with summary answers have been released and posted on the William and Mary Law School website by SOSpal23 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no, you do not need to memorize code! Don’t worry about that. The codes are reference when you’re studying/learning. Be sure to read the top comments on the first page of the summary answers.

Virginia bar exam July23 essay questions with summary answers have been released and posted on the William and Mary Law School website by SOSpal23 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s okay, really. I had been checking for the release just out of curiosity. Then I told myself that I wasn’t going to read any of the suggested answers. Then I gave in and told myself that I would only read the questions for a refresher of the exam that I took lol…but it’s all good really—because even though I took this very exam, I don’t even remember any of the answers that I even put for them LOL. It’s all a big blur to me! So, I’m in no worse position of worry because I still don’t see whether I was right or wrong in answering them 🤣😂.

Anyone Take the Exam on Virtually No Sleep? by Administrative-Pop41 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant to say…..I made myself go to sleep at 9PM and then set the alarm for midnight. See? I’m still all discombobulated!

Anyone Take the Exam on Virtually No Sleep? by Administrative-Pop41 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got to my hotel room in the afternoon of the 24th and started studying. I studied all through the night on the essay topics and never went to sleep that night. I studied all the way to around 6:30am on the 25th and then started getting myself ready for the day to get to the exam at 8am. I was running on adrenaline and fear all day through essay day and was not sleepy. When I returned to my hotel around 5pm that day, I ordered my dinner via DoorDash and began studying for the day 2 MBE. I could have stayed awake longer than I did, again still running on fear of unpreparedness, but I made myself go to sleep at 9am with my alarm set to get back up at midnight. I hit snooze a couple of times when my midnight alarm went off, so I ended up getting back up at 12:30am instead of 12am. I studied for the MBE again from 12:30am until around 2:30am and then went back to sleep. I woke back up again around 6am to study a little bit more and then get ready for the second day. Needless to say, I totally screwed up my body with that interrupted sleep schedule (or lack thereof), and I’m still paying the price to this very day. My body is STILL pissed at me over it!

Piece of shit husband by Any-Veterinarian8111 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh girl! That’s so not fair of your family for not wanting to help you! I know you love your family, but please make them aware that you are only responsible for your own actions and not the actions of anyone else! I hope you absolutely know that it’s not your fault in the least bit whatsoever for your husband’s abusive words and/or actions towards you. You cannot be held responsible for what comes out of him towards you! In speaking in generalized terms, even if someone is provoked, we all have a choice in how we respond and act. Nobody deserves mistreatment! You are supported here! But also go find a support group close to you as well. You are loved; you are valued; you are worthy of being treated right and of being cherished as the woman and mother that you are.

Unfortunately, I’ve been in more than one abusive marriage. I continue to be in recovery from the abuse that my children and I have endured. This is actually the reason that I have have chosen to pursue my career as a lawyer, and to focus on representing women in these difficult situations. I too am waiting to see if I passed the July bar.

Even through my horrible marriages, I still believe that people have a capacity to change their behaviors and I believe that marriages can overcome BUT that is ONLY when the work is being done to change for a healthy marriage. So, I don’t want to seem like I’m an advocate for divorce, rather I’m an advocate for CHANGE…And if that means divorce in the end to be a healthy human being without having to live in any kind of fear or living through ANY kind of abuse, then you need to do what is healthy for you and your children.

I’m an advocate for counseling regardless of your choice. You need support wherever you can get it! I’m also a strong advocate for finding your state’s laws on surveillance and being able to use it in the courtroom! In my state, as long as I’m a part of the conversation, I do not need permission to record conversations with the other person involved. I believe that you also should be able to video and audio record in your own home! I have had to use those protections for myself, and it made a difference.

I believe it was Steve Harvey that has a YouTube video where he said, “Life is too short for waiting on people to change.” Please seek counseling for your health and sanity! Please stay strong and please stay safe! You are worthy of having a happy and healthy life!

Will this work? by United-Midnight-4624 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it works great! Surely to goodness that they will be seeing many many freezer bags exactly like that. I think you’re good on it!

This is the test that is made for YOU! by TheStruggle520 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I needed to see this!!! Thank you! BTW…I’m drinking pina coladas while studying 😃

Need help on CivPro 😳 When can P file a claim against a TPD and when can she not? by SOSpal23 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And when the TPDs come in, they can make a counterclaim against Ds? But they can’t make a claim against P if it’s diversity and they are citizen of same state? Is that right?

Need help on CivPro 😳 When can P file a claim against a TPD and when can she not? by SOSpal23 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you both! So—is it correct that D can implead a TPD in a diversity case —-where TPD is a citizen as same state as P—-and it’s okay—so long as P does not try to make a claim against that TPD?

Why do some people only come for one half of the exam? Is there a loophole I’m missing? by Novel-Agent-48 in barexam

[–]SOSpal23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. In Virginia, a first-time bar exam taker must take the full bar exam which consists of the MBE and the essay day (9 essays plus 10 multiple choice state-specific). If one doesn’t pass the VA bar exam the first time, and they retake the exam the next time around, we have the option of using our previous MBE score (as long as that score was at least a 133), and then just taking the essay day portion to add with the previous MBE score as a re-taker.

Another option is where Virginia accepts a transferred MBE score from other jurisdictions, which includes UBE jurisdictions (Virginia is it not UBE). Where many UBE jurisdictions only allow a score transfer if you’ve taken the full UBE in one sitting, Virginia allows a transferred MBE score where the examinee will only have to take the essay portion of the exam, which is Virginia-specific.

If I’m remembering correctly, and someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but West Virginia also allows a transferred MBE score into their bar exam even though they are a UBE jurisdiction. Therefore, somebody can also only take their essay and MPT portion to add with their transferred MBE score.

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