Tuesday, August 25, 2026

July '26 Bar Exam Results

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The results from the July '26 exam have started to roll in. Once scores are publicly released, I'll post here in this post the pass ...

NCBE Model Answers

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I often tell students that when reviewing the model NCBE answers of prior MEE essays, one of the most important aspects are the little notes...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Good Luck!!!

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All best to those who will be sitting for the July bar exam next week! Keep an eye out on here for a post that will organize all the score d...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

A Quick Note

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Something to remember about the MBE: The only thing required of the right answer is that it's better than the other 3. It survives, prov...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Impeachment of a Hearsay Declarant

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I've written on here about impeachment, and I've written about hearsay. A sort of hybrid issue can appear on the test in which a que...
Monday, July 6, 2026

MBE Tip: Res Ipsa Loquitur

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It’s important to remember that res ipsa loquitur plays a very specific role in any negligence question. It prevents the plaintiff from losi...
Thursday, July 2, 2026

Sanctions Related to Pretrial Conferences

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Sanctions can appear within a variety of topics within Civil Procedure on the MBE. One such topic deals specifically with the availability o...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

MBE Tip: Intent for Intentional Torts

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MBE Tip: The intent required for an intentional tort? The intent to commit the tort. The intent to do the act that ultimately results in ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

MBE Tip: Harm ≠ Fault ≠ Liability

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In Torts questions, you've got to find the fault.  The young child is hit by a car and is now paralyzed. Any fault on the part of the dr...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

MBE Tip: Use Lifelines

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Don't ever be afraid to use "lifelines" on the MBE. If that's now an outdated reference, there was a show called "Who...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Impeachment by Conviction of a Crime vs. Impeachment by a Bad Act

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There are some similarities between impeaching someone by conviction of a crime and impeaching someone by a "bad act." In both, as...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Analyze vs. Advocate

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On a bar exam essay, be the legal analyst that Fox News or MSNBC, or Choose Your Favorite News Channel, brings on the show to explain to the...
Monday, June 8, 2026

MBE Tip: Conspiracy

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Careful before picking the answer that claims someone withdrew from a conspiracy. x and y agree to rob a bank, and they then go to the store...
Monday, June 1, 2026

LSAT Tip: The Word "Unless."

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The word “unless” doesn’t guarantee a thing. “You can’t ride this ride unless you’re x feet tall” does not mean that if you’re x feet tall y...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Bar Exam Writing Tip

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It's important to remember that even when given a client to represent, often at the end of an essay prompt, there's no clients payin...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

MBE Tip: Process of Elimination

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The test writers might not give you a perfectly correct answer because they aren’t obligated to do that. Rather, their obligation is to give...