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Holiday Study Breaks and the Bar Exam
It is that time of year again! If you are taking the bar exam in…
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Stigma and Professional Identity
I challenge the status quo about how we frame bar failure as part of professional identity formation. The stigma associated with failure has to be shaken off and be replaced with positive personal development.
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Success Beyond the Bar
July 2019 bar exam results are not due to be released in New York for…
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Back to Basics – Part II
Authority is not credibility. Deference to one's subject matter expertise can be extinguished with the speed of a hand raise.
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More or Less: What’s the Best Bar Exam Approach Based on the Latest Empirical Research?
Common wisdom often suggests more is better...at least when it comes to passing the bar…
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Let Me Use Words You Can Understand
Last year, one of my international students brought to me a response she had written…
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A Federal Court Ruling on Bar Exam Accommodations in New York
With a hat tip to Prof. Chris Lasch... This week, a federal judge issued an…
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NCBE Practice Analysis
The NCBE is close to ending phase 2 of their bar exam analysis. While I…
Dealing with the In-Between Like a Lawyer
For thousands of bar takers, the waiting begins this afternoon; it will be weeks or…
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CaliLeaks – A Step in the Right Direction
Telling would-be lawyers what they need to know to be deemed competent to practice law isn’t a blunder or a gracious act. It is the right thing to do.