Mastering the Multistate Bar Exam, 2E » (2ND)

John J. Talamo is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received his law degree from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University. Mr. Talamo taught law for thirty years at various colleges on the West Coast, while maintaining his legal practice. He is semi-retired living outside the Las Vegas area.

This book is designed to help law students become efficient and skilled at answering the type of multiple-choice questions that they will encounter on this exam. Its purpose is to help law students in developing test-taking techniques.

About the Book     VII
The Bar Exam     1
Essay and Performance
MBE
Time Factor
The Subjects
The Format of Questions
Scoring the Test
The Bar Review     11
Relevance
Commitment
Bar Reviews and Strategies
Recordings
Timers
Multiple-Choice Questions     19
Familiar Questions
Bar Exam Questions
Techniques     27
Reading the Question
Marking Your Answer
How to Study for the Multistate Exam     31
Goals
Learning the Wrong Answer
Ten Questions
Twenty Questions
The Dialogue
First Impressions
Skipping Questions
Warm-Up
Special Exercises     51
The Essay Approach
The Teaching Approach
Improving Yourself     59
Speed-Reading
The Multistate Subjects     63
Torts
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Contracts
Constitutional Law
Evidence
Real Property
Essays     87
Your Essay Exam
Writing an Essay
Caution
Summary Illustration
Performance     99
The Question
The Answer
Time and Study
The Pressure     107
Getting to the Exam
Meals
Warm-Up
Materials
General Advice
Putting It All Together     113
A Final Word
The Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)     117
Examples     119
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Criminal Law
CriminalProcedure
Evidence
Real Property
Torts
State Exam Requirements     141
Index     147