A low pass rate showing a difficult exam are the results being posted today for the Feb 2010 Bar Exam:
http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/appeals/coa/exam_results.jsp
We see a 41% overall pass rate, with 61% of first-time takers passing. Less than 100 people passed total. Congratulations to everyone who passed! For those of you who did not, don’t despair, you can focus on your weaknesses and pass in July 2010.
Results from the Virginia February 2010 bar exam have been posted as of last Thursday evening. The pass rate was 57.2% overall, and 66.7% for first-time takers. Seems like both the MBE and essays were above average difficulty. But that is apparent when only just over half the people taking it passed. Not a very high pass rate, but it was a challenging exam. For those of you who passed, congratulations! For those of you who did not, don’t lose focus. Register for July 2010 and focus on your weak subjects and frequently tested subjects and you will pass.
For those of you still waiting for DC bar results, I feel your pain. Hopefully something will be posted soon.
The February 2010 Bar Exam is officially over. Congratulations to everyone who took it. Now the wait begins for the results. The MBE was an average difficulty MBE, I’d say a 6/10 relative to past MBEs. As usual, one section was harder than the other (in my case, morning was more difficult). Well, time to get back to the real world for a little bit until July 2010 preparations start!
Day 1 is over and the MPT/MEE are finished. Hopefully everyone did well. The MPT’s were a change from the NCBE’s usual memo/memo lineup, but following the same methodologies, the execution was the same.
Thankfully my MEE predictions for this bar were on-point, save for missing contracts and trusts questions. What gives? Glad fed civ pro was bumped up into the running as well.
Anyway, for those of you heading into the MBE, it’s almost over. For those of you who were essay-only, congratulations on finishing!
Well, it’s the night before the bar exam. I would like to wish everyone good luck on the bar exam tomorrow. Keep your finger’s cross for your favorite (i.e. – least-hated) essay subjects to appear on the MEE.
Good luck!
With just over 1 week until the February 2010 bar exam, I felt it was a good time to do a book review of one of the best and well-known study guides out there:
Strategies and Tactics for the MBE
Most bar examinees know the 2006 edition with its olive color, but finally a new edition is out, the 2010 edition, and the book is now in two volumes.
Volume 1 is the same format as the old one: 6 chapters (1 for each MBE subject) with practice questions, and a 200-question practice MBE exam in the back.
Volume 2 is approx 300 additional MBE questions.
I was excited to receive the new edition as I believe that the old (2006) edition is still the BEST study guide for the multistate bar exam. However, upon receiving the new edition, I realized that it was very similar to the old 2006 edition. In fact, it was so similar that I felt compelled to get my 2006 copy and compare. Here is what I discovered: