Comments on: A guy walks into a bar . . . review session

By: mulzer

mulzer — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:12:03 +0000

i tried to leave this comment on friday, but my internet connection died mid-post.

i’m so jealous of you being in missoula for awhile. i used to live there (before this whole “becoming a lawyer” thing), and although i’m really happy where i am now, i miss is so much. go hiking (of course!), float down the river in an inner tube, and drink a lot of trout slayer (a local microbew from the bayern brewry — they have really cheap huge jugs of beer and they give you a “buy 10 get one free” card).

and while you do, of coursem need to get a handle on the study monster, don’t study too much. you will be fine. i didn’t really buckle down until july.

good luck!

ps love the new site.

By: ti

ti — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:59:16 +0000

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions, and esp. to JR for pointing out the value of the Study Smart Software — it might be all I need. I really do wish I’d taken D up on her offer for those books but it’s not that I’m too good for my GW buds, I simply ran out of time! Those last days in D.C. were an exhausting crunch involving lots of lifting, carrying, stressing, and sweat. It wasn’t pretty.

I’m actually a little overwhelmed w/the bar studying. Here I am complaining I don’t have enough practice questions and honestly I haven’t done a single practice question yet! So I definitely want to explore Missoula and environs, as Mackenzie suggested, but first I have to try to get a handle on this study monster. Yikes!

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:28:03 +0000

You should take some time to explore Missoula a little, too. I’m not sure how much things have changed since I moved away (I was born there, and raised there for a while), but I recall some excellent hiking just barely outside of town, in the Blue Mountains. If you explore, blog about it!

By: D

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:45:24 +0000

You suck. I told you to come by and take these old books away for frizzle, but nooo, you’re too good for your old GW buds. I agree on the studysmart, I did all those questions for the February bar. If you do want the books I can mail them out to you. Just email me the address.

By: She says

She says — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:58:39 +0000

Ditto above comments, especially the software. Also, ebay is a good source for books from folks like me who took the bar in February and are unloading them now. I know I didn’t use a few of my books at all (or used much). Hell, if I had thought about it, I could have lent you my PMBR books. They’re great for the multistate.

Ask around, though, you might be able to get slightly used multistate books from the blogsphere.

By: monica

monica — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:32:25 +0000

i concur with JR – the questions are good on the StudySmart software. Also, your law school career services office may have some Multistate practice questions that they could mail you. (Mine did.) And the PMBR tend to be harder than the actual exam questions, so that’s good for practice.

By: JR

JR — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:18:13 +0000

Also, do you get to download the StudySmart software? If so, it has plenty of questions — probably all you will need.

By: JR

JR — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:01:28 +0000

Todd: You can purchase multistate prep material directly from PMBR without the need to attend one of its courses. Click here. Also, I agree with you that the lectures are helpful. I would hate to attempt the Illinois bar exam (the exam I am taking) without the benefit of the BAR/BRI lectures.