Monthly Archives: July 2008

Today was the last day of the bar exam. We had a contracts and remedies crossover, real property, and a wills and community property crossover, in that order. The first question was easy, with specific calls and well-defined facts. The … Continue reading →

The Multistate Bar Exam (“MBE”) is comprised of two hundred multiple-choice questions. California administers the MBE as the second day of its three-day general bar exam. Today was that day for me. For some people, the MBE is the hardest … Continue reading →

[Note: I originally published this post this morning. Then, after listening to the stern warning about disclosing information regarding the MBE this morning, I wondered whether there were any rules that would get me in trouble for talking about an … Continue reading →

We just got back to our room after the first full day of the California bar exam, followed by a delicious chicken dinner in the hotel restaurant. We are exhausted. And stuffed. The chicken dinner we ordered came with a … Continue reading →

We stopped studying at 5:30. Then we went downstairs to the hotel restaurant and ate chicken caesar salads for dinner. We walked to the exam site, to see how long it takes, so if someone slashes our tires during the … Continue reading →

The California bar exam begins on Tuesday morning, less than three days from now. Tomorrow is the last full day I have to prepare; on Monday morning we are traveling to the exam site and exploring the environs. We have decided … Continue reading →

For those of you keeping track, yes, today is my birthday. My age is now the square root of that number of years at which, when you reach it, said Yoda to Luke Skywalker, “look as good, you will not.” … Continue reading →

There now remain only eight full days before the California bar exam. If you discount the Monday before the exam, when I will be traveling up to San Mateo and casing the joint, then there are only seven full days … Continue reading →

The last BAR/BRI lecture was this morning. Now there are twelve full days left before the California bar exam. I have about 250 pages of outlines that I constructed from my lecture notes. Those outlines cover almost everything I need … Continue reading →

Law.com has a commentary that expresses fairly well some of the main reasons why I like Barack Obama. Here are a couple excerpts: Obama’s legal education, his law review work and his teaching have produced a presidential candidate whose positions … Continue reading →