In addition to putting in the study time, you need to learn how to maximize your study time. How do you go about getting the biggest bang out of your study time? 

First, build a good, solid foundation of the black letter law.  In order to have a good foundation, you must review each bar exam subject.  Go through each subject, one by one and absorb each subject as best you can.  As you go through the subject, make sure you understand the basic law before you move on.

To build a foundation of the law, you need to break the subject areas into more manageable components.  Break your subject into topics. And go through the elements of the topics of each subject.

What I mean by that is to take a subject, like Torts.  Then break the Tort subject down to topics, i.e. Negligence.   Do you know all the elements of negligence?  Do you know the elements of battery?  You can outline it and/or make sure you know it by heart before you move on.  You can do that memorization by reciting it or writing it down without looking at your notes or outlines.

Once you feel you know that topic, do a few essay questions and some MBE on that topic just so you know you have it.   

Don’t scatter-shoot your studying.  Learn the topic thoroughly before you move on to your next topic in the subject area.  Don’t go through the topics of the subject areas all at once, i.e. don’t go through battery, assault, false imprisonment and not know each one by heart.  Stop at battery, recite it, do some MBE and then move to assault, and false imprisonment and the other topics of Torts.  Do this for every topic in every subject.  You do not want to read your subject outlines like a novel. 

Read, learn, recite, memorize, test yourself and move on.

The New York State Board of Law Examiners  examined 11,182 candidates.  Graduates of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association who took the bar examination for the first time achieved a passing rate of 86.1%, an increase of 0.5% from the passing rate achieved by the same group last year. The graduates of New York law schools outperformed their counterparts who attended out-of-state ABA-approved law schools. The passing rate for graduates of New York law schools who took the New York bar examination in July for the first time was 86.3%.

The passing rate for all candidates, including U. S. domestic-educated candidates and foreign educated candidates, and first-time and repeat takers, was 69.2%. The number of foreign-educated candidates sitting for the New York bar examination was 2,838, which accounts for 25% of all candidates who took the July examination. The passing rate for all foreign-educated candidates was 35.4%.

Ok, now let’s start.  Do not repeat the same class, study plan or approach you used the last time.  It did not work.  Coming close on the bar is good only in horse shoes.  One size does not fit all.  Get a private tutor and/or enroll in a “small” individualized bar review with contact and essay evaluation from your instructor.  This structured, personalized program is the key to passing the bar for repeat takers.  Above all, never give up.

BarProfessors is offering private and confidential tutorial services for the February 2012 Florida Bar exam as well as New York, California and Texas.  Spaces are very limited.  Forward your e-mail to pass@barprofessors.com.

Florida International, 89.6%  (120 of 134)

Florida, 89.1% (285 of 320)

Florida State, 88.3% (183 of 206)

Stetson, 87.7% (185 of 211

Nova Southeastern, 87.4% (201 of 230)

Miami, 82.6% (237 of 287)

AVERAGE OF ALL LAW SCHOOLS, 80.1%  (2314 of 2890)

St. Thomas, 77.9% (113 of 145)

Florida Coastal, 74.6% (179 of 240)

Barry, 70.3% (104 of 148)

FAMU, 65.3% (77 of 118)

Ave Maria, 47.8% (11 of 23)

Congratulations on passing the bar and a job well done.

To those who failed, keep your chin up; you can pass the next time.  Have a good cry and get back to business.

We will put the law school’s information up as soon as we get it.

BarProfessors is offering private and confidential tutorial services for the February 2012 Florida Bar exam as well as New York, California and Texas.  Spaces are very limited.  Forward your e-mail to pass@barprofessors.com.

Monday will be a day of joy for some and hardship for others.  For those who pass, enjoy this exciting and great accomplishment.  You deserve all the praise from your friends and family for your hard work and sacrifice.

For those who were unsuccessful, do not feel dejected.  Start studying for the bar now.  Get right back up and say, “I will pass in February 2012.”  Hard work will pay off.  Also, do not do what you did last time.  It is not working for you.  Bar review courses are one size fits all, but you will need another way to study that fits your needs.  Determine how you can get the most for your studies so that you can pass in February.  Never give up.

Come back to this site with the results of the Florida Bar Exam by law school.

 BarProfessors now is offering private and confidential tutorial services for the February 2012 Florida Bar exam as well as New York, California and Texas.  Spaces are very limited.  Forward your e-mail to pass@barprofessors.com.

Please go to Barprofessors.com for information for repeat Florida Bar Exam takers.  Good luck.