WA Bar Exam
Hi! This is Alex Bezu. I finished law school in two years and took Washington State Bar Exam three weeks after graduation. I’m not a genius. My memory is not that good. English is my second language. How was this possible then? The secret to my success is in short and simple outlines and lectures I used. The shorter the outline the better. When I began studying for the bar I found no bar review course that would meet my criteria. Why?
1) Audio and video lectures were too long.
2) Too much reading and listening cluttered my brain.
3) I didn’t want to pay.
4) I wanted to have less stress during practice and on my bar exam.
Therefore, I created my own course. My method is simple and yet powerful.
1) You start with extremely short Quick Reviews (QR) which should only take you a couple of days.
2) Then you start listening full lectures and read my extremely short (yet full) 30 page rule statement outline.
3) After you have run through a subject area 2-3 times start writing using released past bar exams. During your first essays you may look into the outline. Compare your rule statements with those in the outline and compare your analysis with that in the released passing answers.
4) Continue listening lectures and writing practice essays. Gradually you will gain confidence and will have little to no need to refer back to the outline. I believe it should happen at some point after 100 substantive essays and 50 ethics essays.
5) Simulate the exam conditions by writing three substantive essays (or 6 ethics essays) at a time in 2 hour and 15 minutes. At some point, simulate the full bar exam by doing 9 essays every day two days in a row.
6) In the last week before the exam only listen QRs and write 3-5 essays a day. Write more essays for the areas you feel less confident about but do not disregard other areas.
7) March on into the room and write with confidence just as you did during your practice. You will be just fine.
