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Last May, the law school brought in Professor Michael Hunter Schwartz of
Western State Law School in California to conduct a faculty workshop on
the topic of "expert learning." He subsequently shared with Professor Alphran
his Ten Best Practices of Successful Bar Exam Takers:
Successful Bar Takers:
- Realize that they can pass the bar on the first try.
- Study thousands of hours for the bar exam.
- Recognize the importance of memorization of large amounts of
information for the bar exam.
- Recognize the importance of practicing all three parts of the bar
exam and getting feedback on their practice efforts.
- Are experts in their own learning.
- Seek help whenever they need it.
- Do not procrastinate and establish a schedule with study periods,
rests, repetition of subjects and overlearning.
- Note bar review courses’ predictions about what subjects will be on
the bar exam but realize that such predictions can be and often are
wrong.
- Do not go into the bar exam exhausted because they are short on
sleep.
- Recognize that each question is a new opportunity and they therefore
ignore how they performed on one question when moving on to the
next question.
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