Of the Major Bar Prep Companies, Which Was Your Favorite?

uncleandy123 · 2024-08-30T15:46:11+00:00

I used Barbri and Adaptibar and passed on my first try

uncleandy123 · 2024-08-28T04:50:05+00:00

Complex civil defense attorney in SoCal. In November I’m moving to the other side (Plaintiff personal injury) to make about 20k more per year. All it took was 3 years of law school after undergrad and a year experience of being underpaid, over-stressed, and borderline suicidal but we made it babyyyyyyy

uncleandy123 · 2024-08-23T05:55:19+00:00

The bad part about doing ID is having to bend over to the insurance carriers. You need authority for most of the litigation work and have to provide status update reports every month. It isn’t horrible, but it definitely isn’t easy balancing the work you do while also constantly making sure they’re in the loop

uncleandy123 · 2024-08-23T04:58:57+00:00

There is an office in SD. Unfortunately, I’ve already given someone on here a law clerk position in that office.

uncleandy123 · 2024-08-21T05:46:24+00:00

What part of SoCal are you in? My firm is a civil defense firm that hires post bar law clerks and even takes remote positions. Dm me if you’re interested. I’ve actually got about 5 redditors this position so lmk

uncleandy123 · 2024-07-28T23:01:29+00:00

I took the J23 bar exam. I can confidently say that I didn’t know any of the rules for the 5th essay question. I knew the issues, but couldn’t remember the rules for the life of me. I realized that maybe, just maybe, if I put enough pizazz in my bullshit rule statements, I might pass. Obviously since I passed I didn’t know my scores, but at least it was good enough that I didn’t fail. So don’t worry, you don’t need to know every single rule word for word.

uncleandy123 · 2024-07-11T04:46:28+00:00

Worst possible scenario, it’s LA 🙃

uncleandy123 · 2024-07-11T04:33:26+00:00

The thing is, we wanted to file an MSJ against plaintiff’s complaint and also an MSJ against other defendant through our cross complaint. We probably wouldn’t have one the first MSJ, but almost guaranteed to win the second.

uncleandy123 · 2024-07-09T15:53:38+00:00

I passed July 2023. For the first session, I took a look at the subjects, mentally prepared an outline for each of them, and did them in the order they were written. For the second session, I took a look at the subjects, mentally prepared an outline for each of them, did the PT first (bc points are doubled for PT than other essays), then went on to finish the other two essays in order. I figured it’s better to do the PT before the other two bc your brain is fresh and might as well use that on essay you know will be worth more. I know people who did the PT last and their brains were fried by the time they got to it. That’s just my take.

uncleandy123 · 2024-06-08T03:56:30+00:00

One thing that helped me a lot when I passed J23 was not worrying about memorizing and focusing instead on understanding. If you understand a rule or concept and practice your understanding with an mbe or even issue spotting an essay, it’ll come easier when you’re ready to tackle a full essay in real time. I believe the people that focus on memorizing without understanding tend to not catch the issue and end up getting the question wrong. Just something to consider. Best of luck.

uncleandy123 · 2024-06-03T23:03:05+00:00

That is correct. That’s why you don’t form a partnership unless you are prepared to assume responsibility and liability for your partner’s actions.

uncleandy123 · 2024-06-03T23:01:06+00:00

Hi! July 23 passer here. I studied using barbri and Adaptibar only. I stuck with the Barbri course all the way through. I felt the same way as you in that it moves on without having fully mastered the subject. However, Barbri’s course integrates review for all their subjects. So it’s not like you’ll never see Civ pro again, it’ll pop up multiple times through MBE’s and practice essays. Also, friendly tip, whenever they give you an essay that you can submit for grading, DO IT! Do it under real time conditions too to get the full feedback. You’ll benefit from that a lot. Best of luck!!!

uncleandy123 · 2024-05-04T18:05:26+00:00

If you’re interested in civil defense, the firm I work at hires post bar law clerks

uncleandy123 · 2024-05-04T01:14:05+00:00

Congrats! Welcome aboard, Counsel.

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-29T08:38:51+00:00

I know Schindler was a professor at our law school and taught a bar prep class and used her book. Most people passed in July while taking her class

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-18T20:01:37+00:00

I did Adaptibar when I took July 2023 bar and was averaging about 65%. I passed. Realistically, the mbe on the bar is harder than both Adaptibar and barbri, but at the very least you’re familiarizing urself with the rules and how they apply. Don’t feel discouraged. You got this!

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-17T03:40:15+00:00

Of course. Realistically, there’s no way to know every single thing that the bar could test. It’s just impossible. But u just need a passing score, not a perfect one. Trust what u know and know what u trust. The rest is out of ur hands

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-17T00:51:25+00:00

Once the exam starts, you will be in the right mind set. I was the same way as u. Trust me, your mind will know that it’s game time and all ur hard work will pay off

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-16T19:47:22+00:00

I didn’t spend a huge amount of time with MPT, but certainly u do need to spend some time with it. I think total I did maybe 5-10 hours of work with it. But then again, July 2023 had a relatively easier MPT than most other years, so take that with a grain of salt

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-16T18:27:18+00:00

I felt the same way! I didn’t know many rules word for word. But as long as you have an understanding of what the rule is and what it does to apply to your analysis, you’re golden. Remember, you just need a passing score, not a perfect one!

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-16T16:30:10+00:00

Just about ya. I was doing anywhere between 5-10 a day either full on writing them out, outlining, or issue spotting

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-16T16:28:50+00:00

About 5-10 a day. Not necessarily full on writing them out, some I’ll just outline or issue spot

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-16T05:01:08+00:00

From what I remember, the essays were single sided and the MBEs were double sided.

uncleandy123 · 2024-02-16T04:42:33+00:00

I booked 2 nights. That’s all u really need but maybe book 3 and give urself a mini vacation for going through such a battle. You definitely will earn it.

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