Bar Preparation:Which Prep Course is Right? Or Wrong?

It's July again. That time of the year. As the time for the Bar Exam looooooooooms in the near future, my students often ask me for advice on WHICH Par Prep package is the right one?

Without hesitation, I do not recommend any one prep course over the other. I tell them which prep course worked for me.

When pressed further, my standard answer is, "Whichever works best for you."
And that is good, solid, advice.

Different students use different methods to succeed in law school -- creating flash cards, listening to tapes or CDs, joining a study group, or reciting aloud -- the same method works for Bar Preparation.

One other bit of advice? Choose your prep course wisely.

Bar Review Prep Company Must Pay $12 Million for Infringement

By DEBORAH NATHAN, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer

A popular bar review study course that copies questions verbatim from the Multistate Bar Examination:

a) is liable for copyright infringement,
b) is subject to an injunction,
c) must pay the plaintiff's attorneys fees or
d) all of the above.

The answer is d), according to a federal judge who assessed damages of $12 million against Multistate Legal Studies Inc.

The company must also pay the legal fees and costs incurred by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and is enjoined from continuing to infringe NCBE's copyrights.

Thanks to Findlaw. Click here to read the entire article. It's an eye-popper.
http://news.findlaw.com/andrews/bt/int/20060907/20060907_barreview.html

Thanks to Cornell Law: Click here to read the opinion.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/692_F2d_478.htm

And click here for the story in the National Conference of Bar Examiner's Web Page:
http://www.ncbex.org/the-bar-examiner/article-archive/

Eyes open. Caution. That's all.