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A friend of mine just appeared for his New York Bar exam. He studied law full time at Columbia and was a top student there. He still spent 12-14 hours a day for

A friend of mine just appeared for his New York Bar exam. He studied law full time at Columbia and was a top student there. He still spent 12-14 hours a day for 2 months preparing for bar exam because they don't teach you enough in law college to pass the bar exam. [Edit: Changed Princeton to Columbia.]

s_q_b 12y ago
Princeton doesn't have a law school. Maybe you're thinking of Columbia or Harvard?
- e15ctr0n 12y ago
  Yes, you're right - it was Columbia. Sorry.
  - s_q_b 12y ago
    No worries, mate :) My sister does have a fake "Princeton Law" shirt though. You're also right about the bar. Everyone I know from top-tier law schools down to those at the lowest rung schools spent an extra several months at least in week-long marathon bar study sessions. Craziness, you would think passing the bar is something that ought to be taught in law school, not self-(re)learned prior to the test.
    - watwut 12y ago
      It is not self learned prior test. If you or I wanted to pass the bar, no way we could do it with just a few months of self study. It is years before that made them able to pass the bar with just a two months of learning. Theoretically, school could organize two months of sychronized revising and cramming, but I think that self revising is more effective at that age and skills level.
  - alkimie2 12y ago
    The same thing applies to studying for the patent bar. I don't know anyone who didn't take the patent bar review class (giant thing in giant halls with non-stop lectures with no questions please). Taught me what I needed to pass the damn thing when the passing rate was below 50% http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/exam/past/results/ http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/exam/past/results/
watwut 12y ago
Our school (not law, CS) ended up with one big exam that was supposed to test almost all subjects from previous five years. Pass rates are higher then law bar, they do not aim to be cruel on that exam. 2 months of intensive preparation seems to be equivalent of what good students here need for prep. No matter how great your teachers were, you forget some things and need to revise before such huge and important exam.

s_q_b 12y ago

Princeton doesn't have a law school. Maybe you're thinking of Columbia or Harvard?

e15ctr0n 12y ago
Yes, you're right - it was Columbia. Sorry.
- s_q_b 12y ago
  No worries, mate :) My sister does have a fake "Princeton Law" shirt though. You're also right about the bar. Everyone I know from top-tier law schools down to those at the lowest rung schools spent an extra several months at least in week-long marathon bar study sessions. Craziness, you would think passing the bar is something that ought to be taught in law school, not self-(re)learned prior to the test.
  - watwut 12y ago
    It is not self learned prior test. If you or I wanted to pass the bar, no way we could do it with just a few months of self study. It is years before that made them able to pass the bar with just a two months of learning. Theoretically, school could organize two months of sychronized revising and cramming, but I think that self revising is more effective at that age and skills level.
- alkimie2 12y ago
  The same thing applies to studying for the patent bar. I don't know anyone who didn't take the patent bar review class (giant thing in giant halls with non-stop lectures with no questions please). Taught me what I needed to pass the damn thing when the passing rate was below 50% http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/exam/past/results/ http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/exam/past/results/

watwut 12y ago

Our school (not law, CS) ended up with one big exam that was supposed to test almost all subjects from previous five years. Pass rates are higher then law bar, they do not aim to be cruel on that exam. 2 months of intensive preparation seems to be equivalent of what good students here need for prep. No matter how great your teachers were, you forget some things and need to revise before such huge and important exam.