
I still feel like I'm guessing half the time.
milesdavisjd wrote:Raiden wrote:How are you all maintaining discipline and a focused schedule. I find myself being way too easily distracted, considering my wedding is soon after the Bar.
How are you even functioning? I specifically planned my wedding for before the bar (we just got married on April 25 ), but I would have lost my mind if I was on the hook for a wedding. Are you the bride or the groom?
Raiden wrote:milesdavisjd wrote:Raiden wrote:How are you all maintaining discipline and a focused schedule. I find myself being way too easily distracted, considering my wedding is soon after the Bar.
How are you even functioning? I specifically planned my wedding for before the bar (we just got married on April 25 ), but I would have lost my mind if I was on the hook for a wedding. Are you the bride or the groom?
Congrats on your wedding! Studying for the bar must be a great bonding experienceI am the groom, so I try to act cool and nonchalant about it. Luckily I don't have too many wedding responsibilities to handle, but of course there are certain things you have to get ready for. I thought once I'd be studying for the bar I wouldn't think of anything else, but I keep on thinking about the wedding instead of the lovely three days of taking the bar exam. I need to temporary refocus my priorities here.
Raiden wrote:milesdavisjd wrote:Raiden wrote:How are you all maintaining discipline and a focused schedule. I find myself being way too easily distracted, considering my wedding is soon after the Bar.
How are you even functioning? I specifically planned my wedding for before the bar (we just got married on April 25 ), but I would have lost my mind if I was on the hook for a wedding. Are you the bride or the groom?
Congrats on your wedding! Studying for the bar must be a great bonding experienceI am the groom, so I try to act cool and nonchalant about it. Luckily I don't have too many wedding responsibilities to handle, but of course there are certain things you have to get ready for. I thought once I'd be studying for the bar I wouldn't think of anything else, but I keep on thinking about the wedding instead of the lovely three days of taking the bar exam. I need to temporary refocus my priorities here.
zot1 wrote:MrMustache wrote:zot1 wrote:So for today, Themis gave me the following tasks:
-Review
-5 lectures
-MPT
-Review
-Practice essay
-Graded essay
-Practice MBE
Yeah... Looks like it'll be an interesting day for you todayI only need to learn all of Crim Pro, take 2 MBE sets, review Crim Law & Pro, and do a graded Crim Law essay.
But you were off yesterday![]()
On other news, MPTs are rough! I mostly dislike the fact that they take so much time. I'd rather have several essays broken up into 30 min sessions, than 1 MPT for 90 mins... and my jurisdiction has 2 MPTs in a row. Woo hoo!
zot1 wrote:zot1 wrote:MrMustache wrote:zot1 wrote:So for today, Themis gave me the following tasks:
-Review
-5 lectures
-MPT
-Review
-Practice essay
-Graded essay
-Practice MBE
Yeah... Looks like it'll be an interesting day for you todayI only need to learn all of Crim Pro, take 2 MBE sets, review Crim Law & Pro, and do a graded Crim Law essay.
But you were off yesterday![]()
On other news, MPTs are rough! I mostly dislike the fact that they take so much time. I'd rather have several essays broken up into 30 min sessions, than 1 MPT for 90 mins... and my jurisdiction has 2 MPTs in a row. Woo hoo!
Barely done with half of the tasks and SOOOOOO READY to call it a day.
Underoath wrote:Is anyone wishing they had done Barbri instead? Not for the material, but because they aren't having any human interaction? It's starting to get to me.
Confused7 wrote:Underoath wrote:Is anyone wishing they had done Barbri instead? Not for the material, but because they aren't having any human interaction? It's starting to get to me.
A lot of my friends who have Barbri are only doing the online videos too. Too much effort to go to a class on time everyday.I think I actually prefer waking up at 10-11am and doing my own schedule everyday.
misterjames wrote:Here's a question I've been wondering:
How much leniency do we get with respect to stating the law on the essays? Are we expected to state most of the rules in their entirety? Or is it acceptable to have the general gist of the rules?
I only ask because it seems really overwhelming to be expected to memorize every element of every rule. I just got my second graded essay back and while I got 93%(!!) on structure and 75% on analysis (a good deal lower than the first essay unfortunately), I only got 55% on the law, so my overall was a 74. Would that 55% be acceptable on test day? Not that I'm settling for that, but it would be somewhat comforting...
MrMustache wrote:zot1 wrote:zot1 wrote:MrMustache wrote:zot1 wrote:So for today, Themis gave me the following tasks:
-Review
-5 lectures
-MPT
-Review
-Practice essay
-Graded essay
-Practice MBE
Yeah... Looks like it'll be an interesting day for you todayI only need to learn all of Crim Pro, take 2 MBE sets, review Crim Law & Pro, and do a graded Crim Law essay.
But you were off yesterday![]()
On other news, MPTs are rough! I mostly dislike the fact that they take so much time. I'd rather have several essays broken up into 30 min sessions, than 1 MPT for 90 mins... and my jurisdiction has 2 MPTs in a row. Woo hoo!
Barely done with half of the tasks and SOOOOOO READY to call it a day.
Show must go on! Be strong!
Underoath wrote:Is anyone wishing they had done Barbri instead? Not for the material, but because they aren't having any human interaction? It's starting to get to me.
caminante wrote:sdphill wrote:Raiden wrote:milesdavisjd wrote:Raiden wrote:Does anyone here actually read the outlines or the final review outlines that they task us to do? I feel unjustly enriched when I click complete without really doing said reading.
Take whatever "enrichment" you can get. I just hope you're reading the outlines at some point. I read them along with the lectures (or during).
I feel the lecture outlines are the most helpful. Are there other helpful resources from Themis we should regularly be using? Truth be told but I haven't really used their books yet.
I read the full outlines before the lectures, which is why I am behind... And for review, I usually go through their final review outline once to make sure I at least have a good framework of the law in my head.
I feel dumb, but... What is the final review outline, and how do you access it?
kjartan wrote:Underoath wrote:Is anyone wishing they had done Barbri instead? Not for the material, but because they aren't having any human interaction? It's starting to get to me.
I must be an unusually solitary person because not being around other people doesn't bother me at all.
gr8scOtt! wrote:
Tripl3Espresso wrote:
It could be a typo because unlike the other MBE subjects, they create their own CivPro questions.
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