by Matt | July 13, 2011 | guest posts, hypnosis, nutrition, studying
I got in contact with Pati McDermott via Twitter. She is a certified hypnotherapist who helps people pass the bar examination. We have a lot of the same core ideas about what it takes to pass the bar examination. Pati has given me permission to reprint one of her...
by Matt | May 17, 2011 | angst, Hope, stress reduction, studying
I recently came across an informative law review article entitled “Hope, Again: Hope Theory in Bar Exam Preparation” (48 Duq. L. Rev. 513) by Professor Rebecca A. Cochran. Prof. Cochran’s basic thesis is that people who are “high hope” individuals...
by Matt | June 21, 2010 | anticipation, diligence, endurance, exam tips, performance test, repeaters, stress reduction, studying, vizualization
As someone who has taken two bar exams within 19 months of each other (Oregon, July 2006; California, February 2008), I have something akin to the perspective of a bar exam repeater. The best part about repeating a test is that you learn things about the testing...