Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays: In-depth Strategies and Essay-Writing That Bar Review Courses Don't Offer, With 80 Actual State Bar Exams Questions and Answers 
asked by soulful on November 15, 2006 10:34 AM
Essay-writing can account for fifty per cent or more of your bar exam score, yet even the best bar review courses often don't teach how to write lawyer-like essays. Now, at last, you will find the step-by-step instruction you need in this unique reference. Packed with expert essay-writing systems and confidence-building practice, it features: Quick Key Outlining system for hitting the issues, focusing on the law, and scoring high with less writing Model Paragraph system for "writing like a lawyer"--even though you don't know your conclusion when you start writing 80 actual bar exam practice questions on the most frequently tested areas of law, including crucial state law subjects, with sample answers A review of how state bar examiners have graded actual essays--and real examples of the best and worst ways to respond to essay questions
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Six suggestions when using this insightful approach to the bar exam by Dr. Gallagher:
1. Listen to her tapes
2. Read her book and essays
3. Read old exam answers from your jurisdiction
4. Use Dr. Gallagher's strategy to answer any subject essay question
5. Read her book again and sample essays
6. Read her book again and sample essays
You have now passed the Bar exam!
1. Listen to her tapes
2. Read her book and essays
3. Read old exam answers from your jurisdiction
4. Use Dr. Gallagher's strategy to answer any subject essay question
5. Read her book again and sample essays
6. Read her book again and sample essays
You have now passed the Bar exam!
reviewed by casurf on November 23, 2006 1:56 AM
I found this book to be incredibly unhelpful. The author does not offer good strategies for approaching the exam, and includes essays from a range of jurisdictions, which can be confusing at worst and just unhelpful at best. i thought the Adachi books were much better.
reviewed by avi on November 27, 2006 9:57 PM
