Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays: In-Depth Strategies and Essay-Writing That Bar Review Courses Don't Offer, with 80 Actual State Bar Exams Questions a

Essay-writing can account for fifty per cent or more of your bar exam score, yet even the best bar review courses often don't teach how to write lawyer-like essays. Now, at last, you will find the step-by-step instruction you need in this unique reference, which includes 80 real bar exam essays from states around the country. Packed with expert essay-writing systems and confidence-building practice, it features: Quick Key Outlining system for hitting the issues, focusing on the law, and scoring high with less writing Model Paragraph system for "writing like a lawyer"--even though you don't know your conclusion when you start writing 80 actual bar exam practice questions on the most frequently tested areas of law, including crucial state law subjects, with sample answers A review of how state bar examiners have graded actual essays--and real examples of the best and worst ways to respond to essay questions

"Provides a concrete approach that is easy to understand and easy to apply." -- Columbia Law School News

"The bar candidate is actually taught to write analytically. All 1Ls, as well as all 3Ls, should read it . . . ." -- Law Student Journal, November 2006

"This book may be the best [money] you can spend on bar exam preparation." -- St. John's University Law School Forum