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A Better Flashcard Blog: Recruiting tip: "How can I explain bad grades?"

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Recruiting tip: "How can I explain bad grades? As a practicing attorney who volunteers regularly at a couple of local law schools, I spend a fair amount of time mentoring students. One question I get frequently during the recruiting season is, "How can I explain to interviewers why my grades aren't very good? While it's true that you can't change your grades, how you explain less-than-stellar grades can be the difference between a call-back interview and, well, nothing at all. Emphasize what you did right.

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A Better Flashcard Blog: Passing the California Bar Exam without really trying (mostly)

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Passing the California Bar Exam without really trying (mostly). This post is brought to you by our regular contributor, Cy, who passed the California Bar Exam on his first attempt. Additionally, neither A Better Flashcard nor its contributors is sponsored by or otherwise associated with Barbri or Themis Bar Review. Friends of mine who had passed the California Bar Exam all had the same advice: Just do whatever Barbri tells you, and you'll pass. To pass the bar exam- but I wanted a summer too. The lecture...

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A Better Flashcard Blog: Failing (then passing) the New York Bar Exam

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Failing (then passing) the New York Bar Exam. Today's entry is brought to you by our guest contributor, Will, who failed the July 2008 New York Bar Exam, but passed in February 2009. I failed the bar exam. It's a hard thing to write, even now, over three years later, and despite the fact that I passed on my second attempt. When I first found out that I had failed, I couldn't bring myself to tell anyone. Not my former classmates, not my parents, not even my fiance at first. Like just about everyone I knew...

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A Better Flashcard Blog: To brief or not to brief (every case)

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To brief or not to brief (every case). The consensus view on case briefing is that it's most valuable in the first few weeks your first semester as you learn how to read and dissect a case. After you've developed those skills however, briefing is more often more time-consuming than useful. Instead of simply abandoning the practice entirely, however, reduce your briefs to a single line in which you state the ruling. Smith v. Gibbons. 123 US. 987 (1950), pg. 199. A Better Flashcard is the top choice for la...

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A Better Flashcard Blog: Practice Exams: The Not-So-Secret Weapon

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Practice Exams: The Not-So-Secret Weapon. Practice exams are perhaps the most under-utilized study tool in the law student's arsenal. Too many law students view practice exams as simply a dress rehearsal for the final test- something to be done a day or two before the actual exam, after most of the hard work of outlining and studying has been done. Locate as many of your professors' old exams as you can find. 2) At the beginning. Of the semester, read through an entire exam and model answer. An art stude...

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A Better Flashcard Blog: How to ace law school

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How to ace law school. In future posts, we'll talk a lot about how to earn points on exams (how to study, how to read questions, how to write an answer), but for now, just keep this simple fact in mind. Law school is full of distractions and it's easy to be focused solely on the next class, or the next day. Your ultimate goal though, is to score points on the exam. View my complete profile. New York bar exam.

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A Better Flashcard Blog: The Best 1L Hornbooks

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The Best 1L Hornbooks. Successful law students rely on more than just casebooks and outlines to prepare for class and exams. Past exams are an often under-utilized resource that can help you identify the professor's favorite topics and focus your study. If model answers are available, they can provide clear guidance into how the professor prefers answers to be crafted. Flashcards. Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts. By Marvin A. Chirelstein. An excellent (and short) primer on cont...By Er...

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Don't Just Study – Dominate! Bar Exam Info & Prep Courses. Contracts & Sales. To save you time, here are some links to other flash cards available for the Bar Exam. We’re confident that Dominate The Bar is the best out there, and we encourage you to shop around and compare our product with the competitors on the market. Click on the name of a competitor to go to their website and see for yourself! Bar in a Flash. Short fact patterns that apply the law in context, keeping you engaged in the material and p...