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Brief Overview of the Bar Exam Page 1  \nII . Brief Overview of How to Pass the Bar Exam Page 1  \nIII . How to Prepare for the Essay Portion of the Michigan Bar Exam Page 2  \n• Tip One: Study Smart! Don’t Treat all Subjects Equally Page 2  \n• Tip Two: Study Smart! Don’t Treat all Topics Equally Page 3  \nIV . Other Michigan Essay Tips Page 10  \n• To Prepare for the Day Page 10  \n• How to Read an Essay Fact Pattern Page 11  \n• How to Write an Essay Answer Page 12  \nV . How to Prepare for the Multiple-­‐Choice Portion (MBE) Page 13  \n• Six Key MBE Strategies Page 13  \n• Examples of How to Answer Questions Methodically Page 16  \nVI. Other MBE Tips Page 22  \nVII . Parting Words Page 23  \nVIII . Brief Overview of Services Offered by JD Advising, LLC Page 24  \nI . Brief Overview of the Bar Exam  \nThe February and July Michigan bar exams are held on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July in East Lansing. The February exam is now held at the Lansing Center. The July exam is at the Breslin Center. * Note: Bring warm clothing to the exam!  \nThe Michigan bar exam has two parts: The first day consists of 15 essay questions (worth ten points each) . The second day (the “multistate bar exam” or “MBE”) consists of 200 multiple choice questions (worth one point per question) . The essay portion and the MBE portion are weighted equally. There is no minimum score on either portion but a minimum score of 135 overall is required to pass.  \nThe MBE tests the following subjects:  \n• Civil Procedure  \n• Constitutional Law  \n• Contracts and Sales  \n• Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure  \n• Evidence  \n• Real Property  \n• Torts  \nEach subject is worth approximately 1/7 of your overall MBE score. The essay subjects are listed below. There will be 15 essays taken from potentially 24 essay subjects that could be tested.  \nII. Brief Overview of How to Pass the Bar Exam  \nIn its simplest form, there are four things you need to pass the bar exam:  \n•  1. Acquire good materials. You need outlines that you are able to learn from and that adequately reflect the material tested on the bar exam.  \n•  2. Understand those materials. You need to understand the law and why things work the way they do (this is generally through lecture, through private tutoring, or recollection of law school materials) .  \n•  3. Memorize them. You need to memorize the materials and repeatedly review them until you know them very well. The bar exam tests the details of the law.  \n•  4. Apply your knowledge. Once you know the law, practice applying it to the types of multiplechoice and essay fact patterns that you see.  \nCopyright ©JD Advising, LLC. www.jdadvising.com Page 1  \nIII. How to Prepare for the Essay Portion Of the Michigan Bar Exam  \nTip One: Study Smart! Don’t Treat all Subjects Equally!  \nThere are 24 possible Michigan bar exam subjects that could be tested on the essay portion of the Michigan bar exam1 . However, you will find that many of the subjects are hardly ever tested. In fact, atypical Michigan bar exam tests several of the 15 subjects listed below. Subjects 1 through 9 (in black font) are also subjects you will have to know for the MBE. The following six (in blue font) are Michigan subjects that will not appear on the MBE but that tend to appear on the essay portion of the Michigan bar exam. The questions in parentheses mean that you may see those questions, generally in place of the one it is next to. For example, you may see Secured Transactions instead of Sales (although generally Sales is tested) . You may also see No-­‐Fault Insurance instead of Torts (but generally you will see Torts) or Conflicts of Law instead of Constitutional Law (but generally you will see Constitutional Law-­‐-­‐and the February 2016 exam had both!) . (Note: The Board of Law Examiners can, in theory, test whatever subjects it wants to test! We have simp","cbCaiks6z7BzWn1G","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiks6z7BzWn1G","pdf",559299,25,"English","# Overview of the Bar Exam\n## Overview of How to Pass the Bar Exam\n# How to Prepare for the Essay Portion of the Michigan Bar Exam\n## Tip One: Study Smart! Don’t Treat all Subjects Equally\n## Tip Two: Study Smart! Don’t Treat all Topics Equally\n# Other Michigan Essay Tips\n## To Prepare for the Day\n## How to Read an Essay Fact Pattern\n## How to Write an Essay Answer\n# How to Prepare for the Multiple-Choice Portion (MBE)\n## Six Key MBE Strategies\n## Examples of How to Answer Questions Methodically\n# Other MBE Tips\n# Parting Words\n# Services Offered by JD Advising, LLC","[{\"question\":\"What are the two parts of the Michigan Bar Exam and how are they weighted for passing?\",\"answer\":\"The exam has an essay day with 15 essay questions and an MBE day with 200 multiple-choice questions. The essay and MBE portions are weighted equally, and there is no minimum score on either portion, but an overall minimum score of 135 is required to pass.\"},{\"question\":\"What four steps does the handout say you need to pass the bar exam?\",\"answer\":\"Acquire good materials, understand the materials, memorize them through repeated review, and apply knowledge by practicing with the types of essay and multiple-choice fact patterns you will see.\"},{\"question\":\"How should you approach studying different essay subjects and topics?\",\"answer\":\"The handout advises studying smart by not treating all subjects and all topics equally, because some subjects are hardly ever tested and others appear more often on Michigan essays.\"}]","How to Pass the Michigan Bar Exam - Handout July 2017 PDF | PDF",1790341206,63]