[blindLaw] Bar Study?

Wed May 6 15:44:28 UTC 2020

I started Barbri early because I was concerned there might be accessibility
barriers and I didn't want to run out of time to cover the material. This
proved a wise decision, as the course was not completely accessible and I
spent significant time communicating with the BARBRI accommodations team to
resolve accessibility issues. I hope they have made improvements in this
regard. I was pleased to receive Braille study materials in a timely manner.

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Seif-Eldeen
Saqallah via BlindLaw
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Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Bar Study?

Thank you; that is very helpful. I will make sure to checkout the review
modules once I start.

Around how much time did you give yourself to study; more or less than the
recommended? 10 weeks?

On 5/6/20, Singh, Nandini via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I used Barbri for the July 2015 administration of the NY exam and had 
> a good experience with them. I think to start things off, I let my 
> Barbri rep know that I wanted to speak to the accommodations team at 
> or after 3L finals, set up a phone call, and described how I studied 
> in order to craft the best kind of acommodations for me. Most things I 
> could access fine. The biggest concern I initially had was getting the 
> actual legal topic summaries and the workbooks with exercises/drills. 
> Barbri made them all available to me either as PDF or Word 
> documents--really cannot recall which now--and uploaded them onto Drop 
> Box. It was no problem downloading them and using them throughout the 
> course. The accommodations team I thought was very responsive and 
> helpful for the couple of follow-up questions I had following our 
> introductory phone call, e.g. an essay exercise was not accessible, 
> but Barbri provided a Barbri tutor, who worked with me for that discrete
aspect.
>
> As for studying for the bar, treat it like a full time job. You should 
> spend about 7-9 hours studying. In the evening, make sure you do 
> something totally unrelated to law and preferably physical. I think I 
> ended up watching a lot of wildlife documentaries, and often a family 
> member took me on a moderately long drive around our suburb to relax. 
> I scaled back studying on the weekends, maybe four hours or less. 
> Barbri is good in giving you a schedule that will put the fear of god 
> into you but that will actually allow you to pass. You just have to be
disciplined and stick to the plan.
>
> One other thing that I found super helpful was completing, sometimes 
> multiple times, the online review modules for various legal topics. 
> These were quick and had concise explanations that really cemented the 
> major concepts--kind of like dynamic, virtual flash cards. I do not 
> think the modules are a standard part of the curriculum, but they are 
> worth trying out once or twice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Seif-Eldeen 
> Saqallah via BlindLaw
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> Cc: Seif-Eldeen Saqallah <seifs at umich.edu>
> Subject: [blindLaw] Bar Study?
>
> [EXTERNAL]
>
> Hello all,
>
> I might begin studying for the bar this summer. (I might take two: one 
> UBE and another Michigan state bar.) I will be using Barbri. Any 
> recommendations for additional resources; study methods; 
> accessibility/accommodations things for which to ask/of which to be aware;
ETC?
>
> Peace and thank you,
> Seif
>
>
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University of Michigan
Juris Doctor/
Masters in Middle Eastern and North African Studies J.D/M.A Candidate | 2021

International studies, Arabic Studies, and Judaic Studies; Law, Justice, and
Social Change B.A | 2017

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