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Taking bar courses...

Post by cas120 » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:40 am

I know there are other posts on this, I know. But there are a few bar courses that I DON'T want to take and I'm wondering if I am taking too large of a risk by relying on barbri.

The courses are evidence and trusts & estates. I have everything else covered. And I don't really care (no offense) whether evidence is a valuable class because I just plain do not want to take it.

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Re: Taking bar courses...

Post by orangecup » Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:11 pm

Doesn't matter. I didn't take crim pro and did fine with it on the MBE (only know my scaled score, but I was doing consistently well with practice questions). I took evidence 3L fall (but had forgotten it all by the time I was studying for the bar); I thought it was one of the easier MBE topics, to be honest. I took very few of the NY specific topics and didn't feel like I was at a disadvantage.

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Re: Taking bar courses...

Post by lacrossebrother » Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:23 pm

Ya totally not necessary. Might help with some stress though. Crim pro in particular taken 3l year would make you feel way better. Or maybe something super specific like real estate finance to help with the ~10 mortgage questions.

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Post by doctoroflaw91 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:39 pm

Per the advice of some of my friends, I took a few doctrinal classes after 1L year, but otherwise took things that have either been good for my GPA or subjects that were interesting to me. I've heard from numerous individuals that this is a better strategy, because bar prep will cover the information that you need for each of the other subjects.

In fact, a few of my friends who did, in fact, take a good number of bar classes had trouble focusing on the limited information required for the bar, because they were so bogged down by the depth of their classes.

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Re: Taking bar courses...

Post by orangecup » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:33 pm

doctoroflaw91 wrote:Per the advice of some of my friends, I took a few doctrinal classes after 1L year, but otherwise took things that have either been good for my GPA or subjects that were interesting to me. I've heard from numerous individuals that this is a better strategy, because bar prep will cover the information that you need for each of the other subjects.

In fact, a few of my friends who did, in fact, take a good number of bar classes had trouble focusing on the limited information required for the bar, because they were so bogged down by the depth of their classes.
This is what I did. Make it as easy on yourself 3L so you actually have the energy to study for the bar in the spring.

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Re: Taking bar courses...

Post by Tiago Splitter » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:46 pm

I was glad to have taken a couple as it made bar study a little easier, but agree with others it's definitely not necessary. I would not have taken the bar classes I did if they hadn't been taught by a chill professor who required no reading.

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Post by Lacepiece23 » Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:16 pm

I'd take evidence. But apart from that I don't think anything is really necessary.

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Post by totesTheGoat » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:27 pm

Lacepiece23 wrote:I'd take evidence. But apart from that I don't think anything is really necessary.

this is the advice i keep hearing, too.

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Re: Taking bar courses...

Post by Lacepiece23 » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:33 pm

totesTheGoat wrote:
Lacepiece23 wrote:I'd take evidence. But apart from that I don't think anything is really necessary.

this is the advice i keep hearing, too.
I felt like for the bar evidence was the one subject I just had to memorize cold. There were so many exceptions, but once you had it memorized the points were fairl easy. I'd hate to be learning it for the first time rather than memorizing after already having learned it.

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