Taking two state bar exams Forum

[BCLS]

Do you guys think its doable? I have a job in one state, but I went to school in another. I'd like to take two bars for flexibility. Do you think taking two bars will confuse me; especially since I need to focus the most on the state in which I will be working? I'm just wondering how many people take two bars. Thanks.

[guano]

Do you guys think its doable? I have a job in one state, but I went to school in another. I'd like to take two bars for flexibility. Do you think taking two bars will confuse me; especially since I need to focus the most on the state in which I will be working? I'm just wondering how many people take two bars. Thanks.

it depends on the states. Where I live people do it all the time.

[BCLS]

Do you guys think its doable? I have a job in one state, but I went to school in another. I'd like to take two bars for flexibility. Do you think taking two bars will confuse me; especially since I need to focus the most on the state in which I will be working? I'm just wondering how many people take two bars. Thanks.

it depends on the states. Where I live people do it all the time.

In what sense does it depend? Location or difficulty?

[guano]

Do you guys think its doable? I have a job in one state, but I went to school in another. I'd like to take two bars for flexibility. Do you think taking two bars will confuse me; especially since I need to focus the most on the state in which I will be working? I'm just wondering how many people take two bars. Thanks.

it depends on the states. Where I live people do it all the time.

In what sense does it depend? Location or difficulty?

location - some states are easy to do in combination, while other states present scheduling conflicts. Use the search function, there's a whole thread on it

[I.P. Daly]

In July of 2011, someone took NY and NJ concurrently. She completed NY on Tuesday and Wednesday, and traveled to NJ on Thursday. During the Thursday session, she passed out cold (landed flat on her back on the concrete floor) for at least three minutes during the exam, regained consciousnesses, and finished. I'm not sure about NY, but Above the Law reported that she passed New Jersey.

[piccolittle]

A lot of people do NY & NJ or NY & CT. What happens is you study for NY, then basically make up the law on the other state's exam based on what you know of NY and some important state differences. Not joking.

It's a combination of location and difficulty. You need states that share an MBE day (they all do), but have their state days on different days, and have similar enough law that you don't have to study for two full exams. You also need to be able to travel to the other state in time for their state portion. So, for example, New York will have the state day on Tuesday, both will do the MBE on Wednesday, and Connecticut will have their state day on Thursday. Or something like that.

[BCLS]

A lot of people do NY & NJ or NY & CT. What happens is you study for NY, then basically make up the law on the other state's exam based on what you know of NY and some important state differences. Not joking.

It's a combination of location and difficulty. You need states that share an MBE day (they all do), but have their state days on different days, and have similar enough law that you don't have to study for two full exams. You also need to be able to travel to the other state in time for their state portion. So, for example, New York will have the state day on Tuesday, both will do the MBE on Wednesday, and Connecticut will have their state day on Thursday. Or something like that.

What about MA and CT?

[piccolittle]

A lot of people do NY & NJ or NY & CT. What happens is you study for NY, then basically make up the law on the other state's exam based on what you know of NY and some important state differences. Not joking.

It's a combination of location and difficulty. You need states that share an MBE day (they all do), but have their state days on different days, and have similar enough law that you don't have to study for two full exams. You also need to be able to travel to the other state in time for their state portion. So, for example, New York will have the state day on Tuesday, both will do the MBE on Wednesday, and Connecticut will have their state day on Thursday. Or something like that.

What about MA and CT?

Looks like CT is Tuesday and Wednesday and MA is Wednesday and Thursday, so in theory that could work (MBE day is Wednesday). I would call a bar prep course and ask if this is a combo they typically do. Many test prep companies (like Barbri) will let you take one state's review course and give you supplementary materials to prepare for the other one.

[BCLS]

Thanks I'll give them a call.