What can you do to get ready for the Bar as a 1L?📚
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🚨Although the Bar Exam isn't imminent until your 3L year, there are definitely ways to prepare for it in advance as a 1L. Here are some things you should be doing:
- Familiarize yourself with the makeup of the bar exam you'll be taking. Simply knowing the makeup of your bar exam is the very first step to success! Spend some time researching the bar exam in the state you plan on practicing in so that you know what to expect.
- Familiarize yourself with the free 1L resources that bar review companies offer. These resources include lectures, outlines, practice multiple-choice questions, and more! Not only will these resources help you succeed in your 1L year, but they'll also help you get acclimated with bar style questions and course interfaces.
- Explore opportunities of becoming a student representative for a bar review company. Student representatives get the inside scoop on the bar exam and bar review and the more familiar you are with this, the better your own bar review experience will be!
What else are you doing to put yourself in the best position to pass the Bar Exam?
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I wish that when I was a 1L that I organized and saved all of my outlines so that I could reference them all easily during bar prep. Kaplan will provide you with outlines, but sometimes I wanted to refer back to the language that was used in my 1L course to help the information click. If I had everything saved in a way that was easier to navigate, I think it would have been a much stronger resources for me.
Also word to the wise, back up all of your outlines online. Don't be like me and find yourself at the Genius Bar during Reading Week trying to restore your outlines that you only saved to your laptop. From experience, I can tell you that that situation does not end well.
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In some jurisdictions (hello, Florida!) you can apply to the Bar as a 1L, saving money and time in the application process.
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