Anyone can pass the bar: it takes discipline and determination. You who now face the February exam have my best wishes for success.
Remember: When in doubt - invent the rule! Your memory is probably right, and no rule means no reasoning no result and no points. A well constructed argument that is wrong on the law can get some points, whereas no answer gets no point.
Also remember: Guess on multiple choice by process of elimination. Eliminate wrong answers first. Then choose the answer which you think most likely among the remaining choices. Do not skip questions on the multiple choice hoping to go back to them. You probably will not have time for that and already used time just reading the question. Make your best guess as quick as you can and move on.
Your objective on the multiple choice part is to guess rightly more often than wrong, and is not to be right every time. To be right every time would require a law library and about 200 hours of work. By eliminating all wrong answers first and chosing the best remaining answer you are likelier to do that.
Also remember: ALL answers may be wrong! Your job is to choose the least wrong answer, the most correct answer. Worse, two answers are sometimes right: there too your goal is to choose the BEST answer, the answer which is MOST persuasive. For example an answer that decides the issue as a matter of law rather than on a point of equity is likelier to be right, since equity only operates as a corrective of the law and even then is subject to many exceptions and procedural obstacles. If forced to choose between two correct answers, one on a legal argument, the other on an equitable argument: the legal answer is likelier to be the better choice. This is because if the case can be resolved using the specific rules of law, rather than general principles of equity, it must.
SO SAY WE ALL.
Remember: When in doubt - invent the rule! Your memory is probably right, and no rule means no reasoning no result and no points. A well constructed argument that is wrong on the law can get some points, whereas no answer gets no point.
Also remember: Guess on multiple choice by process of elimination. Eliminate wrong answers first. Then choose the answer which you think most likely among the remaining choices. Do not skip questions on the multiple choice hoping to go back to them. You probably will not have time for that and already used time just reading the question. Make your best guess as quick as you can and move on.
Your objective on the multiple choice part is to guess rightly more often than wrong, and is not to be right every time. To be right every time would require a law library and about 200 hours of work. By eliminating all wrong answers first and chosing the best remaining answer you are likelier to do that.
Also remember: ALL answers may be wrong! Your job is to choose the least wrong answer, the most correct answer. Worse, two answers are sometimes right: there too your goal is to choose the BEST answer, the answer which is MOST persuasive. For example an answer that decides the issue as a matter of law rather than on a point of equity is likelier to be right, since equity only operates as a corrective of the law and even then is subject to many exceptions and procedural obstacles. If forced to choose between two correct answers, one on a legal argument, the other on an equitable argument: the legal answer is likelier to be the better choice. This is because if the case can be resolved using the specific rules of law, rather than general principles of equity, it must.
SO SAY WE ALL.
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