Audio Recordings Can Help You Study for the Bar Exam

You have probably heard that there are three major learning styles: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic.

Auditory learners learn best hearing information.
Visual learners do best seeing information.
Kinesthetic learners do best while applying the information or performing a physical task.

But, in my experience, most people can learn with a combination of these styles.

I myself have a dominant learning style of auditory with kinesthetic being a close second. Visual works for me with some topics, but not so well for legal information.

When I studied for law school exams and the bar exam, I liked to make recordings of myself reading outlines or discussing legal topics.

I would then listen to these recordings during the day and in the evening while lying in bed.

When I created the recordings, I was actively engaged with the material. As I read, I would sometimes take breaks to look something up if I did not understand it entirely.

Then, when I listened to the recordings, I could passively engage with the material. Just hearing it multiple times helped me learn better.

So, my suggestion to you is to make some audio recordings of the areas of the bar exam you are having the most trouble with.

Making a recording these days is easy.

You can use a “voice memo” feature on your smart phone if you are making short recordings.

If you are making longer recordings or want to export your recordings to a digital music player, use Audacity for Windows/MAC/Linux or Garage Band for MAC. Then, you can save the files and export them for easy portability.