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it depends on the states. Where I live people do it all the time.BCLS wrote: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.
In what sense does it depend? Location or difficulty?guano wrote:it depends on the states. Where I live people do it all the time.BCLS wrote: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.
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 itBCLS wrote:In what sense does it depend? Location or difficulty?guano wrote:it depends on the states. Where I live people do it all the time.BCLS wrote: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.
What about MA and CT?piccolittle wrote: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.
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 wrote:What about MA and CT?piccolittle wrote: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.