STUDY SCHEDULE

STUDY SCHEDULE FOR BOTH THE MULTISTATE AND THE MASSACHUSETTS ESSAY EXAMINATION IN PREPARATION TO TAKE THE MASSACHUSETTS BAR EXAMINATION

If you are taking the Massachusetts Bar Examination and have sufficient time to devote to comprehensive bar preparation, I suggest the following 32 day schedule. The schedule integrates the preparation for the essay exam and the multistate exam in the multistate subjects. There are approximately three hours of class per day which require about three hours of preparation.

Day 1 Prepare and Listen to Multistate Introduction, Multistate Governing Criminal Law and Test 1 in Criminal law.

Day 2 Prepare and listen to test 2 Criminal Law and Criminal Law from the February 1991 Examination.

Day 3 Listen to the Massachusetts Introduction and the lecture on the differences between multistate and Massachusetts Criminal Law. Outline the answers to Essay questions in classes A, B and C of Massachusetts Criminal Law Essays and listen to the lectures.

Day 4 Listen to lecture on Governing Multistate Evidence Law. Prepare and take the questions in Test 1 Evidence.

Day 5 Prepare and listen to test 2 Evidence and Evidence from the February 1991 Examination.

Day 6 Listen to the lecture on the differences between multistate and Massachusetts Evidence. Outline the answers to Essay questions in classes A, B and C of Massachusetts Evidence Law Essays and listen to the lectures.

Day 7 Listen to lecture on Governing Multistate Contracts Law. Prepare and take the questions in Test 1 Contracts.

Day 8 Prepare and listen to test 2 Contracts and Contracts from the February 1991 Examination.

Day 9 Listen to the lecture on the differences between multistate and Massachusetts Contracts. Outline the answers to Essay questions in classes A, B and C of Massachusetts Contracts Essays and listen to the lectures.

Day 10 Listen to lecture on Governing Multistate Property Law. Prepare and take the questions in Test 1 Property.

Day 11 Prepare and listen to test 2 Property and Property from the February 1991 Examination.

Day 12 Listen to the lecture on the differences between multistate and Massachusetts Property. Outline the answers to Essay questions in classes A, B and C of Massachusetts Property Essays and listen to the lectures.

Day 13 Listen to lecture on Governing Multistate Torts Law. Prepare and take the questions in Test 1 Torts.

Day 14 Prepare and listen to test 2 Torts and Torts from the February 1991 Examination.

Day 15 Listen to the lecture on the differences between multistate and Massachusetts Tort. Outline the answers to Essay questions in classes A, B and C of Massachusetts Torts Essays and listen to the lectures.

Day 16 Listen to lecture on Governing Multistate Constitutional Law. Prepare and take the questions in Test 1 Constitutional Law.

Day 17 Prepare and listen to test 2 Constitutional Law and Constitutional Law from the February 1991 Examination.

Day 18 Listen to the multistate techniques lectures. Outline the answers to Essay questions in classes A, B and C of Massachusetts Constitutional Law Essays and listen to the lectures.

Day 19 Take the July 1991 multistate examination under exam conditions, that is, in two three hour sessions in one day.

Day 20 Analyze your results from the July 1991 exam. Carefully review each question you answered incorrectly so that you understand the application of the governing law to that question. If you did not achieve a scaled score of 135 on this examination, listen to all of the lectures. If you achieved a scaled score of 135, listen to the lectures from the July 1991 exam on a selective basis.

Day 21 Listen to the Massachusetts Practice lecture. Prepare outline for and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Massachusetts Practice.

Day 22 Listen to the lectures on Federal Jurisdiction and Ch 93 A. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Federal Jurisdiction and Ch 93A. Listen to the lecture on Secured Transactions and prepare and answer the questions in class C on Secured Transactions

Day 23 Listen to the lecture on Wills. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Wills

Day 24 Listen to the lecture on Trusts. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Trusts .

Day 25 Listen to the lecture on Professional Responsibility. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Professional Responsibility.

Day 26 Listen to the lecture on Sales. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, and B in Sales. Listen to the lecture on Negotiable instruments and Bank Collections. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Negotiable Instruments and Bank Collections.

Day 27 Listen to the lecture on Corporations. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Corporations.

Day 28 Listen to the lecture on Domestic Relations. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Domestic Relations

Day 29 Listen to the lecture on Agency and Partnerships. Prepare and listen to the questions in classes A, B and C in Agency and Partnerships. Listen to the final review lecture

Day 30 Take the Massachusetts Essay three hour practice exam under exam conditions. Grade yourself using the grading standards provided.

Day 31 Take the July 1998 Exam under exam conditions.

Day 32 Analyze your results from the July 1998 exam. Carefully review each question you answered incorrectly so that you understand the application of the governing law to that question. If you did not achieve a scaled score of 135 on the July 1998 examination, listen to three questions classes from the July 1998 examination. If you achieved a scaled score of 135, listen to the lectures from the July 1998 exam on a selective basis.

Day 33 If you did not achieve a scaled score of 135 on the July 1998 examination, listen to the remaining three questions classes from the July 1998 examination

Day 34 Take the 2006 MBE in three hours in the morning. Analyze your results and read the official answers to the questions in the afternoon.

This suggested schedule can and should be modified as you proceed through the course. If you are doing well on the Massachusetts essays in a subject or you are very familiar with the subject because of a law school course, you might want to skip the C lecture in that subject. If time allows you should take at least one day per week away from your studying. The closer you can schedule your preparation to the time you actually take the exam the better so that you will retain what you learned for use at the time you take the exam.