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2020 September California Bar Exam
Now that the July 2020 exam is not happening, I've created this new thread for the upcoming September 2020 California Bar Exam.
Here's an order from the California Supreme Court about the exam, which will be administered online:
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/cal ... QPVN_ax8Ug
Here's an order from the California Supreme Court about the exam, which will be administered online:
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/cal ... QPVN_ax8Ug
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Re: 2020 September California Bar Exam
My guess is that they will use the Exam Monitor remote testing/proctoring software, which is part of ExamSoft.
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Thanks for the September version. I'll list some resources that might be helpful, based on years of posting in these California bar threads.
Recommended resources
These resources seem helpful to CA bar takers. Feel free to suggest your ones you've found helpful!
Extremely detailed guide from a first-time passer of the 2018 CA July bar exam (40.7% pass rate) (forwarded to me by the author)
Previous TLS threads you can dig through for extra help
Recommended resources
These resources seem helpful to CA bar takers. Feel free to suggest your ones you've found helpful!
Extremely detailed guide from a first-time passer of the 2018 CA July bar exam (40.7% pass rate) (forwarded to me by the author)
Previous TLS threads you can dig through for extra help
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This is going to be the craziest test. How are they going to prevent people from hiding notes or their phone or another computer in the bathroom?
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What happens if the wifi in my house gets messed up on the day of the exam or the day before? We need a back up location to take this at. On top of that, not having the test on paper, especially the performance test, makes the essay part slightly more difficult. Why not just charge us the money required to register for the bar exam and provide the option to work under an attorney for several years and receive a license to practice law.
This archaic exam that requires rote memorization and quick application to facts under time constraints is nonsense. You will get more competent lawyers without the bar exam but with other means of proving competency.
This archaic exam that requires rote memorization and quick application to facts under time constraints is nonsense. You will get more competent lawyers without the bar exam but with other means of proving competency.
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No way they would ever let people practice without the bar. It's just not going to happen. The bar members who had to suffer through the exam would be up in arms.Animal_Activist wrote:What happens if the wifi in my house gets messed up on the day of the exam or the day before? We need a back up location to take this at. On top of that, not having the test on paper, especially the performance test, makes the essay part slightly more difficult. Why not just charge us the money required to register for the bar exam and provide the option to work under an attorney for several years and receive a license to practice law.
This archaic exam that requires rote memorization and quick application to facts under time constraints is nonsense. You will get more competent lawyers without the bar exam but with other means of proving competency.
They will have a challenge bringing it online while dealing with all of the technological issues though. All in 4.5 months. It's going to be a mess.
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My prediction is that they will do it with some online software but it's not going to work out perfectly and there's going to be a ton of controversy. Also is the NCBEX going to play along and find a way to test the MBE online with the risk of someone photographing the questions?hastingsgal wrote:No way they would ever let people practice without the bar. It's just not going to happen. The bar members who had to suffer through the exam would be up in arms.Animal_Activist wrote:What happens if the wifi in my house gets messed up on the day of the exam or the day before? We need a back up location to take this at. On top of that, not having the test on paper, especially the performance test, makes the essay part slightly more difficult. Why not just charge us the money required to register for the bar exam and provide the option to work under an attorney for several years and receive a license to practice law.
This archaic exam that requires rote memorization and quick application to facts under time constraints is nonsense. You will get more competent lawyers without the bar exam but with other means of proving competency.
They will have a challenge bringing it online while dealing with all of the technological issues though. All in 4.5 months. It's going to be a mess.
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I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
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Apparently there's a chance they won't be able to test the MBE
https://blog.baressays.com/get-ready-fo ... -bar-exam/
https://blog.baressays.com/get-ready-fo ... -bar-exam/
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Wow there's so much that can wrong with this online idea. I don't get why the court was so insistent on it. Why not just rent a bunch of extra testing spaces and make sure people are distanced?hastingsgal wrote:Apparently there's a chance they won't be able to test the MBE
https://blog.baressays.com/get-ready-fo ... -bar-exam/
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Are bar prep courses going to start on time in May? Or are they delayed as well?
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I agree there's no way they would have let people practice without the bar. The diploma privilege movement was a pipe dream.hastingsgal wrote:No way they would ever let people practice without the bar. It's just not going to happen. The bar members who had to suffer through the exam would be up in arms.Animal_Activist wrote:What happens if the wifi in my house gets messed up on the day of the exam or the day before? We need a back up location to take this at. On top of that, not having the test on paper, especially the performance test, makes the essay part slightly more difficult. Why not just charge us the money required to register for the bar exam and provide the option to work under an attorney for several years and receive a license to practice law.
This archaic exam that requires rote memorization and quick application to facts under time constraints is nonsense. You will get more competent lawyers without the bar exam but with other means of proving competency.
They will have a challenge bringing it online while dealing with all of the technological issues though. All in 4.5 months. It's going to be a mess.
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Re: 2020 September California Bar Exam
Are they charging the same fees for September? I wouldn't be surprised if they charge a "remote proctoring" fee.
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Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
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I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
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How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
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I think running through my outlines would have caused me to recognize at least 1 or 2 extra issues which would be at least 10 points on the essays. This was the difference of passing and failing for me. I could have also quickly checked rule statements. If you plan it ahead you could have an elaborate set up in the bathroom to quickly reference any subject.rcharter1978 wrote:How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
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I think if you are borderline passing it could absolutely make a difference to reference notes.james11 wrote:I think running through my outlines would have caused me to recognize at least 1 or 2 extra issues which would be at least 10 points on the essays. This was the difference of passing and failing for me. I could have also quickly checked rule statements. If you plan it ahead you could have an elaborate set up in the bathroom to quickly reference any subject.rcharter1978 wrote:How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
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It would make no more difference than just having a nicer grader.barjamie8 wrote:I think if you are borderline passing it could absolutely make a difference to reference notes.james11 wrote:I think running through my outlines would have caused me to recognize at least 1 or 2 extra issues which would be at least 10 points on the essays. This was the difference of passing and failing for me. I could have also quickly checked rule statements. If you plan it ahead you could have an elaborate set up in the bathroom to quickly reference any subject.rcharter1978 wrote:How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
If you bomb an essay ten extra minutes with your notes is not going to help.
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If you bombed an essay, you weren't going from a 55 to a 65 because you had ten extra minutes with your notes. That's a pipe dream. Ten points are like two minor issues, and if you're bombing an essay, it's not because you're missing small issues it's because you're missing huge issues.james11 wrote:I think running through my outlines would have caused me to recognize at least 1 or 2 extra issues which would be at least 10 points on the essays. This was the difference of passing and failing for me. I could have also quickly checked rule statements. If you plan it ahead you could have an elaborate set up in the bathroom to quickly reference any subject.rcharter1978 wrote:How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
So, in the span of a hypothetical ten minutes you were going to both spot issues AND check rule statements. Come on now.
LOL, please outline this elaborate bathroom set up for me. Do you have a tutor in your bathroom? A Greek chorus of other law students? Does each person in this theoretical bathroom group have a subject or are we just to assume that they all know everything, or are you going to roundtable everyone's questions for 10 minutes and everyone is going to get an answer?
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How about a panel of tutors and students in the bathroom that discuss and vote on the top issues to emphasize whenever the test taker runs back because of his or her "overactive bladder"?rcharter1978 wrote:If you bombed an essay, you weren't going from a 55 to a 65 because you had ten extra minutes with your notes. That's a pipe dream. Ten points are like two minor issues, and if you're bombing an essay, it's not because you're missing small issues it's because you're missing huge issues.james11 wrote:I think running through my outlines would have caused me to recognize at least 1 or 2 extra issues which would be at least 10 points on the essays. This was the difference of passing and failing for me. I could have also quickly checked rule statements. If you plan it ahead you could have an elaborate set up in the bathroom to quickly reference any subject.rcharter1978 wrote:How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
So, in the span of a hypothetical ten minutes you were going to both spot issues AND check rule statements. Come on now.
LOL, please outline this elaborate bathroom set up for me. Do you have a tutor in your bathroom? A Greek chorus of other law students? Does each person in this theoretical bathroom group have a subject or are we just to assume that they all know everything, or are you going to roundtable everyone's questions for 10 minutes and everyone is going to get an answer?
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I suppose an issue would be transmitting the questions to the panel so that they can get everything ready for the test taker with the over active bladder. I think a hidden camera in the living room focused on the laptop screen which broadcasts to the bathroom panel would do the trick.Snowflake1 wrote:How about a panel of tutors and students in the bathroom that discuss and vote on the top issues to emphasize whenever the test taker runs back because of his or her "overactive bladder"?rcharter1978 wrote:If you bombed an essay, you weren't going from a 55 to a 65 because you had ten extra minutes with your notes. That's a pipe dream. Ten points are like two minor issues, and if you're bombing an essay, it's not because you're missing small issues it's because you're missing huge issues.james11 wrote:I think running through my outlines would have caused me to recognize at least 1 or 2 extra issues which would be at least 10 points on the essays. This was the difference of passing and failing for me. I could have also quickly checked rule statements. If you plan it ahead you could have an elaborate set up in the bathroom to quickly reference any subject.rcharter1978 wrote:How much of your outline could you have really covered in ten minutes? If you bombed an essay, it's cool, but it probably means you really didn't know the subject and I don't see how ten minutes with your notes would have pushed you from a disaster essay to a passing essay. Not to mention that now you have ten less extra minutes on an essay that's supposed to take like an hour. That's 1/6 of your time that is gone. On an essay, that even under the best circumstances should take that entire time.james11 wrote:I didn't pass the first time and failed by only a few essay points. Many people had the same experience. If I had 10 minutes to go through my outlines on that essay I bombed, I am pretty sure I could recognized key issues and made up the difference in points. It could certainly make a difference for many people especially on the essays.rcharter1978 wrote:Meh, it's possible, but it's like that thing with open book exams. It SOUNDS like an advantage, but there was so little time to get through the exam that it didn't really help that much to have access to the material.james11 wrote:I passed the bar (with struggle) so I don't have to deal with this mess. But I have to say that a lot of my attorney friends think it is unfair to have an online test where people can obviously store notes and devices all over their homes. Forget a rule statement? Ok it is under the couch.
Even on the regular bar, if you forget a minor rule statement, you'll still pass. But if you cannot get the major things....it means you're going to have to look up EVERYTHING in your notes and you still won't be successful at the exam.
This is doubly true for the multiple choice. There are like 200 questions...maybe you can look up one or two, but you would have always been okay missing a few. But if you have to look up everything, you're not going to have enough time
Here's another thought. What if you coordinated a time to go to the bathroom at the same time as a friend or friends who are also taking the bar in the next room? So many opportunities to cheat here. Hopefully they figure out a really good way to secure it.
If you totally bomb an essay, it means you didn't even get the big issues, so the thought that you could figure out both big issues and small issues well enough to substantively change your score in ten minutes seems unlikely.
And just LOL @ having enough time to sit around in a bathroom and caucus. If people are relying on these schemes, I think they are still likely to fail.
So, in the span of a hypothetical ten minutes you were going to both spot issues AND check rule statements. Come on now.
LOL, please outline this elaborate bathroom set up for me. Do you have a tutor in your bathroom? A Greek chorus of other law students? Does each person in this theoretical bathroom group have a subject or are we just to assume that they all know everything, or are you going to roundtable everyone's questions for 10 minutes and everyone is going to get an answer?
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^^^LOL. you could probably get accommodations for overactive bladder too.
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Update from the cal bar about refund and late fees:
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Exa ... ITw3UHjQGo
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Exa ... ITw3UHjQGo
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Re: 2020 September California Bar Exam
People can withdraw until the day before the exam and get a full refund. I wonder if they will give refunds if you have computer issues with the remote proctoring software. I'm guessing at least a couple hundred will have issues, probably more.Anonymous User wrote:Update from the cal bar about refund and late fees:
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Exa ... ITw3UHjQGo
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
Now there's a charge.
Just kidding ... it's still FREE!
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