I'm taking it Saturday. Everything I've heard says 1 day of studying is enough. Is this true? I have two study guides, but they're very small. I can't find any other resources.
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Dag, have you taken a professional responsibility or legal ethics class before? If you took the class recently and the material is still fresh in your mind, 1-3 days of studying is enough. Two people I knew spent one week studying for it, but they were on the paranoid side.
I took the MPRE a few months after I took my professional responsibility class. I used Gilbert law summaries as my primary study guide. The capsule summary at the beginning of Gilbert's is really helpful for cramming purposes.
I also listend to Chemerinsky's Professional Responsibility Lectures a few times. The tapes are an acquired taste. I loved them because I'm an audio learner and I love listening to the tapes while I'm driving or running. But some people I've recommended the tapes to thought Chemerinsky's voice was too annoying. (It is too bad I didn't meet you sooner Dag, you could've inherited all sorts of law school junk from me. I gave most of my stuff to my mentee, who hasn't called me in 3 years. The ingrate! )
Don't forget to take 1-2 practice exams. I believe the registration booklet had a mini practice exam. But I'm sure you already knew that.
Your friend is probably right. A lot of people I knew passed with just one day of studying. However, at least two people I knew who only studied for one day did not pass. Personally, I set aside three days to study for the MPRE. I goofed around the first day, but did get in two solid 12-hour sessions the next two days.
I don't know if the rules are different in your state, but in California you are allowed to take the MPRE several times. I think that is why people generally don't take the exam too seriously.
Good luck Dag!
[ March 08, 2005, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
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Thanks! I'm halfway through PR now, so I hope I learned enough. I'll finish one of the books tonight. It comes with a video, so I'll watch that tomorrow and do a practice test to see where I am.
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First sample test: 80%. This is after one review of the outline. I still have the video and strategy guide to go.
I have no idea how good that is. The 80% gets transformed into a scaled score of 50 to 150. I need an 85 to pass. But it's early in the studying, so I'm confident I'll pass.
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Sorry I didn't see this first time around. I would have told you that the MPRE is no sweat. It's like an afterthought when compared with the bar exam, but maybe that's only because I took it after I took the bar exam.
The other day my wife came up with the bright idea for me to take another bar exam, perhaps in California. I kept a smile on my face and refrained from strangling her.
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...and don't worry too much about the Bar Exam - you actually get to learn useful law during your Bar Review course...the tests are almost fun....almost....
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It's a multiple choice exam on ethics that law students have to pass in order to join the bar.
If you are truly lawyer material, you can pass the exam by thinking about what you would do in a specific situation and then picking the answer that is directly opposed to your instincts.
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Looks like you faked them all out and made them think you can be "ethical"!
(Just kidding; when you pass the bar, you can come over to my house and I'll cook you a really good steak. (((hugs Dag))) )
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It looks like you've really raised the bar for others around you, though. Made a real bench mark, you know?
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I think the test exists just so you'll read the rule book at least once in your career. The highest state passing score is 86, which is at the 36 percentile. I'm not sorry I studied - for one thing, it will help with an exam for a class I'm taking - but it really is the nothing part of all this.
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