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July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by HeyThairDuhLieLuh » Tue May 23, 2017 1:50 pm

Anyone else?

My status has been "Hard Copy Received by SBLE - Pending Eligibility" for days, which has me nervous...

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by MarsPalace » Thu May 25, 2017 10:09 am

Checking in. It took about a week for my status to change to "Application Accepted" and "Notice Accepted (July 2017)."

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by mkehanna » Tue May 30, 2017 5:35 pm

My status finally changed to "accepted" today! Does anyone know when we find out which testing site we are assigned to?

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by asundialwatch » Wed May 31, 2017 9:03 am

My transcript doesn't include all of my most recent grades. Does that matter for the status update? I'm assuming not since I've graduated.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by HeyThairDuhLieLuh » Wed May 31, 2017 9:34 am

asundialwatch wrote:My transcript doesn't include all of my most recent grades. Does that matter for the status update? I'm assuming not since I've graduated.
I think that would only matter for the Law School Transcript "Received/Not Received" field, and not necessarily the Application Filing Status.

How long has your application been pending? I'm at a week and a half...

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by asundialwatch » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:41 am

I got the acceptance at the end of last week. No transcript sent in so it must not matter for that.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:33 pm

Any updates?

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by Pass302 » Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:16 pm

How is everyone feeling?

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by MarsPalace » Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:46 pm

Got my exam ticket in the mail today. I feel okay about the MBE, but unprepared for the essays.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:10 pm

MarsPalace wrote:Got my exam ticket in the mail today. I feel okay about the MBE, but unprepared for the essays.
I'm in the same boat. Essays are definitely my biggest concern.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by DCESQ » Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:46 pm

MarsPalace wrote:Got my exam ticket in the mail today. I feel okay about the MBE, but unprepared for the essays.
It would be nice to know what a passing answer looks like instead of a perfect answer.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:40 am

DCESQ wrote:
MarsPalace wrote:Got my exam ticket in the mail today. I feel okay about the MBE, but unprepared for the essays.
It would be nice to know what a passing answer looks like instead of a perfect answer.
I'm just worried about keeping all the Maryland distinctions in mind. Also, secured transactions/commercial paper are annoying since I had no exposure to those areas in law school.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by DCESQ » Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:04 pm

Maybe I am just late to the party here but MD puts out some actual passing answers with the past questions, which I think is helpful and makes me feel better.

Link: http://www.mdcourts.gov/ble/examquestionsanswers.html

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:14 am

Is it just me or is it pretty much impossible to keep in mind all the MD property distinctions along with the common law (for the MBE)? I have to imagine that they will either include a question extract with technical rules or will credit answers that overlook some highly specific Maryland distinction. But I could be wrong...

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by MarsPalace » Fri Sep 15, 2017 2:42 pm

Has anyone done a personal interview yet?

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:06 am

MarsPalace wrote:Has anyone done a personal interview yet?
I had mine last week. It was pretty quick, and my interviewer told me that she would recommend my admission to the bar (with respect to the character/fitness requirement, that is).

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by mdbartaker17 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:48 am

I haven't heard anything yet re: character and fitness interview. I guess I have to just keep waiting, though I wish the interviewers reached out early to schedule a date/time for an interview so it would at least be on my calendar.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by hopeful420 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:58 pm

Bump. I concur. I have not heard anything yet regarding the character and fitness interview either. Anyone else?

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by MarsPalace » Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:33 am

bmmccb223 wrote:
MarsPalace wrote:Has anyone done a personal interview yet?
I had mine last week. It was pretty quick, and my interviewer told me that she would recommend my admission to the bar (with respect to the character/fitness requirement, that is).
I had mine a couple of weeks ago and had a very similar experience. It may have lasted three minutes, and then my interviewer told me she would recommend my admission to the bar. I received a notification from the sble ebar email address the next day confirming what my interviewer said.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by spartan613 » Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:00 pm

Took a little bit here as well, but my interview is scheduled for 10/31. My references received their documents on/about 9/22, with a requested return date of 10/1.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:56 pm

Has anyone else had their interview but not received a status update? My interviewer told me that she was recommending my admission to the bar a few weeks ago but I haven't heard anything since.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by Lawmakers » Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:06 pm

I know it’s late in the game but what issues did you guys discuss on the property essay?

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by bmmccb223 » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:33 pm

Lawmakers wrote:I know it’s late in the game but what issues did you guys discuss on the property essay?
Was that the landlord/tenant one? All I remember is that it was pretty brutal.

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by Lawmakers » Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:11 pm

bmmccb223 wrote:
Lawmakers wrote:I know it’s late in the game but what issues did you guys discuss on the property essay?
Was that the landlord/tenant one? All I remember is that it was pretty brutal.
Yes!! Lol

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Re: July 2017 Maryland Bar Exam

Post by keong678 » Wed Nov 01, 2017 1:21 am

Lawmakers wrote:
bmmccb223 wrote:
Lawmakers wrote:I know it’s late in the game but what issues did you guys discuss on the property essay?
Was that the landlord/tenant one? All I remember is that it was pretty brutal.
Yes!! Lol
Was a pretty shitty essay. I had no idea. Thought it was a mixed K with hardly any property question on it. Probably failed

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