Anyone taking Barbri?

AW, man... at first I thought this was a thread about that b*tch gettin' back with KEN.

 

It's been a few years for me, but doesn't Barbri provide a schedule for you? The guy you bought the books from should have included it.

 

I know it's expensive, but I've never met anyone who's advised against taking BarBri. I mean, given what you've already spent on law school, it's a minor expense.

Besides, if you fail (which you will if you don't take bar prep seriously), you'll always wonder if BarBri would have saved you.

 

I'm taking the class in Austin. Shoot me an e-mail. BTW, the schedule isn't overly helpful...and very near impossible to keep up with. The "Released Questions" book is a huge help, and if you can get access to the website, the Workshop seminars are a good start.

Each professor is advising to stay away from the Big Outlines...too much info there and more detail then you need to know. They suggest just reviewing their own outlines and the conviser mini review (glancing to the big outline if you need clarification in a specific area)

Honestly, without the class I'd have alot of trouble organizing the information and parsing out what I need/don't need to know. It may not be two late to join up at a prorated price (you've only missed 2 1/2 weeks). You also still can sign up for the intensive PMBR class in early July. I think its only $395 and $325 for ABA members.

 

Oh, my Lord, I'm glad I'm not you.

Key to Barbri and studying for bar exam:

1. If you show up to the lecture and the guy is just reading off the outline he's prepared...get up...walk out...study on your own;

2. Treat studying for it like a job. Set hours. 8-4...8-5..9-6..something like that. When you're off "the job", you're off. Stop thinking about it. Don't worry about it. You'll study more tomorrow.

 

All sound advice. I would caution about overstudying. Take the class if you can, and study on your own, but you've got close to two months before the exam. It's easy to burn out on the endless studying before then if you don't pace yourself.

And I found the BARBRI classes invaluable, and the PMBR classes helpful but not really necessary. I don't regret taking either, and I doubt I'd have passed if all I did was review materials. I know people who did, though.

 

Sam-

After reading your advice, you indirectly played a pivotal role in my decision to take the weekend off. After putting in 8+ hours the past three weeks I feel I'm doing an adequate job of keeping up. It's just that I won VIP passes to the Bonnaroo festival this weekend in TN (I'm in Austin). I was seriously fretting about missing two classes (Fri. and Sat- no idea why they planned a random weekend class), but your take on overstudying and possibly burning out brought me back to reality and made me realize that missing two classes (which can be made up on a later date through the Barbri's "make-up" classes) likely won't be the difference between passing and failing.

Keep in mind if I do fail I'll be holding you partially responsible on comparative negligence grounds.

 

I'm going to sound like a jerk for saying this, but I thought the bar, especially the multistate, was not hard at all and can't believe how everybody got so freaked out about it.

I would go far as to say it was easy compared to certain parts of law school and being a lawyer. If you're good at rote memorization, then the MBE is a joke. I did pretty well on it, not perfect, as I know people who did better, but I did well enough so that I could have drawn pictures of hot MILF's in my essay question answers that I still would have passed by a good margin. WHat sucked the most was spending 3 days in Albany - which was much worse than I thought it could be.