New BarWrite® Boot Camp for All States' Bar Exam Essays

BarWrite® and BarWrite Press president Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher will teach bar candidates how to overcome common essay hurdles and boost their bar exam essay scores in an intensive live One-Day All-States

Bar Exam Essay Boot Camp on February 12, 2008, in midtown Manhattan. Enrolled students will also qualify for a discounted rate on Adaptibar for the MBE. Dr. Gallagher, author of the highly-acclaimed book and CDs Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays, which contains actual state essays from numerous jurisdictions, says, "The principles for good legal essay exams are the same everywhere." Students in the eight-hour Boot Camp will receive course materials and copies of Scoring High. They will receive comments on their essays. The St. John's Law School Forum called Scoring High, possibly "the best money you can spend on bar exam preparation." Says Christian Bernard, now a member of the New York bar:

If you want to pass the bar exam, see Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher.

Bill Catlett, now a member of the Texas bar, says:

I am firmly convinced that reading your book Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays and attending your seminar [in Dallas] made the difference in my passing the Texas Bar the first time.

In the One-Day Boot Camp bar candidates will practice templates and score-boosting techniques they can use on bar exam essays in every jurisdiction. They will bring with them sample exam questions from their own state so that the staff can point out the idiosyncracies.

MORNING SESSION: PART 1: BarWrite ESSAY SYSTEMS

1. How to write a lawyerlike paragraph. Practice.
2. How to use Dr. Gallagher's Under-Here-Therefore(TM) paragraph system from Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays. Practice.
3. How to organize your study schedule.
4. How the graders will score your essays.
5. How to control your time. Practice.
6. How to maximize your score. Practice.

MORNING SESSION: PART 2: OUTLINING THE ESSAY

1. How to outline an essay question for maximum points. Practice.
2. How to manage time while writing essay questions. Practice.

LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION: PART 1: WRITING ESSAYS WHERE THERE ARE ELEMENTS

1. How to write an essay on torts. Templates. Practice.
2. How to write an essay on criminal law/criminal procedure. Templates. Practice.

AFTERNOON SESSION: PART 2: WRITING ESSAYS IN COMPLEX FIELDS

1. How to write an essay on contracts/UCC. Templates. Practice.
2. How to write an essay on code subjects, including commercial paper and secured transactions. Practice.
3. How to write an essay on business organizations. Practice.

Visit BarWrite.com for information on the One-Day All-States Essay Boot Camp and for information on the One-Day All-States MPT Boot Camp.

Posted by Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D.
President, BarWrite® and BarWrite Press

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