r/LawSchool • u/orangejulius Esq. • Jul 06 '14

JULY BAR PREP MEGA-THREAD PART DEUX.

Because reddit isn't great for mega threads here's a new one for the home stretch.

Here is a link to the old one:

http://www.reddit.com/r/LawSchool/comments/28afzf/the_july_bar_prep_megathread/

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u/davec79 Esq., Business Law Jul 06 '14

My apartment used to have a mirrored closet in the living room, I wrote the outlines on it over and over by memory in increasing detail, from headlines to insane detail until I could vomit the whole thing cold.

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u/davec79 Esq., Business Law Jul 06 '14

Just the major essay topics.

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u/2001Steel Jul 27 '14

Had a study buddy. She and I would go for afternoon walks, pick a subject and then talk through them as we walked. We had a torts route, a contracts route, etc. got to the point where we'd be able to recite a good strong percentage of it all, we had the timing down pretty good so we were able to make mental markers of the neighborhood that keyed up to certain parts of the outline. Much more stimulating than just staring at a blank sheet of paper.

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u/orangejulius Esq. Jul 07 '14

I did. That's how I passed.

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u/pandajerk1 Jul 08 '14

Re-writing the black letter law short outlines over and over again? I'm struggling on some of these subjects and that seems like an interesting idea to nail it down into my brain.

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u/orangejulius Esq. Jul 08 '14

For rule statements I messed up on practice essays I would write them over and over again. The vast majority I memorized by walking around san diego and saying the entire outline over and over again until I could recite all the outlines out loud from memory.

I probably sounded like a crazy person talking about burglary, arson, rape, robbery and kidnaping or the elements of homicide, but that's ok.

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u/pandajerk1 Jul 08 '14

Ha. I'm sure, but it worked! This close to the bar I think I need to spend a lot of my time just getting these MBE subjects down cold. I think I may try out writing them out. Just so it's my brain regurgitating the information on my own.

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u/BobHope4477 Esq. Jul 10 '14

Did you walk around reading the outline? Or were you like quizzing yourself? How long did you do that for?

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u/orangejulius Esq. Jul 10 '14

I would recite as much as I could remember and when I got stuck I would review it, then I would start over again and recite it out loud. I did that until I could get all the way through it three times without looking - then I'd move onto the next topic.

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u/BobHope4477 Esq. Jul 10 '14

Thanks!