The official pass list has been posted at the Courthouse in DC, and the list has also been posted online here. Overall pass rate was 47% with 58% first time takers passing. Believe it or not this is a higher rate than we have seen in past February bar exams so congratulations to everyone who passed!
Author: Dwight Zenzano
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Virginia Bar Exam results for February 2014 posted
The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners has posted the pass list for the February 2014 Virginia Bar Exam. You can see the full pass list here.
Looks like the overall pass rate was 59% with 70% of first time test takers passing.
Congratulations to everyone who passed! Your hard work and planning have paid off and you are now licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As usual, the swearing in ceremony will be at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on 403 North Third Street in downtown Richmond, 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. If you did not pass, take a day or so to get over the shock and realize you are not alone. Then think about how you studied and what you would have done differently. This should be the starting point for your new study plan for studying for the exam this July.
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Pennsylvania bar exam results for February 2014 and MBE stats
Results are out for PA here. Overall pass rate was just over 57% with just over 72% of first time takers passing the exam. Kudos to the UPenn crew for having a 100% first time taker pass rate!
The national mean for the MBE was a 138 this February, which is right where we normally see it for February. The high/low were 187/70.
Looking for Virginia, DC, Maryland and New York over the next few weeks and California in a month.
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Day 1 of the February 2014 bar exam is over
Half way there (I know the west coast is still going, but I wanted to get my thoughts on DC and VA out there before dinner)…
DC was a mess today, poor administration, inconsistent time given to students, poor lunch break management, just an all around disaster. I feel bad for everyone who sat for DC today, expect more of the same tomorrow and try to just stay focused on the exam. Good news is the subjects tested were as expected, although only two MBE subjects this time around, con and crim law. The MEE subjects were a mix of easy and hard, with civ pro, partnership, trusts and UCC9. Oh, the MPTs were a memo and a brief.
Things were smoother in Virginia, essays were basically exactly as planned. Lots of VA civ pro, some PR, crim, UCC3, our friend detinue made an appearance (hope you read my twitter tips of the day), property, wills was back, corporations and some creditors rights/suretyship. All around a very fair and straightforward exam, what we have come to expect from VA, tough but fair, exactly how a bar exam should be.
Stay strong and finish things off properly with the MBE tomorrow to put this exam behind us. Good luck!
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DC has sent out admission tickets for the February 2014 Bar Exam
With just under 2 weeks to go until the 2014 DC February bar exam, people are starting to receive their admission tickets to the exam. It should have all the information you need with regards to time/place/date/etc. In these last couple of weeks I plan on doing two things:
1) Focusing on any weak areas or subjects that I have been avoiding. Everyone has a couple of subjects that they dread, real property, secured transactions and commercial paper usually are at the top of most people’s “I hope they don’t ask those on the exam” list. So, I always focus these last few weeks on the subjects that I have been avoiding.
2) Do a review of all areas of the exam to be tested. If there are MPTs on the exam, I will always do a couple MPTs this week in addition to the usual essay and MBE preparation. If there are short answer questions I will review and practice some of those as well. These final weeks/days are treated as more of a review than learning new information.
Good luck to everyone taking the exam!
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4 weeks to go before the February 2014 Bar Exam
The February 2014 Bar Exam will be here in just under a month. It’s around this time that things start becoming very real as the test is now within sight. Here are a couple of suggestions/study tips for the next few weeks:
1) If you have been avoiding certain subjects (Real property is usually one of the common ones) because you don’t like them or don’t do well, this needs to end immediately. Instead, do the opposite and spend some extra time on your least favorite/worst performing subjects to make up for the procrastination up to this point.
2) Don’t panic that there is “only a month until the exam”. Even though it might not seem like it, a month is a long time and one can get a ton of quality studying done in that time.
3) If you have not gotten into a study routine (X number of hours per day) and come up with a strategy for which subjects you will focus on between now and the bar exam, do so now. Put together a simple study plan committing to a realistic number of hours per day and stick to it.
Good luck to everyone and stay strong over these last few weeks. As always, if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or send me an email.
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Happy New Year, time to start studying
Happy New Year February 2014 bar exam takers! The Christmas decorations are starting to come down, New Year’s Eve hangovers are mostly gone, and the holidays are officially behind us now. What does all this mean? Time to get on a regular study schedule. Barbri has officially started and so have I, which means that every day there is some amount of studying going on, even if it’s only an hour or two. Try to have a positive outlook right now even if you did not study as much as you would have liked to (or at all) during the holidays. We’ve got about 50 days until the bar exam which doesn’t sound like much, but it is in fact a decent amount. Put your study schedule together, make a plan and start to follow it. It takes dedication and discipline to pass the bar exam, but being organized and smart about things helps. Don’t just randomly study from a gigantic pile of bar review materials each day. Instead, create a plan to help prevent yourself from getting overwhelmed by studying from a smaller, more manageable set of materials. And of course, if you have any general questions about the bar exam, feel free to drop me a line or post a comment here.
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Filing deadline for Virginia and DC bar exam coming up this Monday
Reminder: The filing deadline for the Washington DC and Virginia February 2014 bar exam is coming up this Monday, December 16, 2013. If need be, DC has a late filing deadline of December 31, 2013 for an additional fee of $200. Get it done now and save yourself the $200.
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July 2013 California Bar Exam results released
Congratulations to all who passed the July 2013 CA bar exam! The public pass list has been posted here as of this morning.
The overall pass rate was 55.8% which is just under 5,000 successful test takers out of nearly 9,000. First time takers did decently well, passing at a 68% pass rate which was considerably better than the repeat taker pass rate of only 21%. As usual, this indicates that repeat takers should try a different approach than they did in previous attempts as most repeat takers typically do not modify their previous study strategy. If it didn’t work the first time, history shows that it is not likely to work the second time.
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Virginia Bar Exam results for July 2013 are posted
The July 2013 Virginia Bar Exam results have been posted here.
The overall pass rate was 75% with first time test takers having a pass rate of 79.5%. Kudos to George Mason University for having the highest pass rate among first time takers and also good job to UVA for having the highest pass rate overall!
The admission ceremony will be on December 4, 2013 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The Supreme Court of Virginia will convene a special session at 12:30PM for the admission ceremony.