UC Hastings Law
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Bar Exams
Bar Review Diaries: Basking in the Afterglow
The bar exam has come and gone. Our esteemed Bar Review Diarists have lived to tell the tale, and thank goodness none of them fainted or had a baby during the test. But as usual, Mike, Mariah and Christopher also had their fair share of adventures. Keep reading to see how a soggy sweater and […] -
Bar Exams, Gay
Bar Review Diaries: The Final Countdown
This is the Final Countdown. Exactly a week from now, many of you will be stuck at desks for upwards of two days, working to finish that little formality they call the Bar Exam. This is the last time we’ll hear from our Bar Review Diarists before they cross the threshold. They are leaving behind […] - Sponsored
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Bar Review Diaries: Don't Panic
Well, we are just two weeks away. The bar exam looms. Our columnists have given up discussing country life and making fake advice lists. They are putting their noses to their respective grindstones. This week at the Bar Review Diaries, we hear some crowd-sourced opinions about studying for the bar, we learn the secret to […]
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Bar Exams
Bar Review Diaries: Confidently Rounding the Home Stretch
We’re closing in on the main event. The holiday weekend may have been your last excuse to slack until the bar exam is over. But here at the Bar Review Diaries, our columnists are at peace. They know they need to buckle down, but they are confident. After the jump, we learn that Mike has […] -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
Bar Review Diaries: The Bridge Is Out!
Thus far into the Bar Review Diaries, our intrepid columnists have been strangely in sync with each other. Last week, motivation was the hot topic. Another time, it was simply stress. But I’m not going to lie, this week Mariah, Mike, and Christopher are all over the map. And that’s OK. They don’t plan this […] -
Bar Exams
Bar Review Diaries: Where Is My Motivation?
Are we sick of studying yet? Do you just want to get on with your life — make money, change the world, put in the hours at the office — as long as it doesn’t include more video lectures? Well, sorry. Here at the Bar Review Diaries, we are still about five weeks away from […] -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
Bar Review Diaries: Making Law From Fire Logs
I’m not sure how to say this, but I think some of our columnists are starting to get a little unhinged. This week on the Bar Review Diaries, we’ll start off with some wood-piling hallucinations and imaginary Kiwi exchange students. Let’s join Mariah in Vermont, a.k.a. the 1860s, after the jump… -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
Bar Review Diaries: How Do We Deal With Stress?
We have a definite theme for this week’s installment of the Bar Review Diaries: stress! Big surprise, right? What’s not stressful about a multi-day test that culminates three years of study and kind of determines your entire future? Our columnists are in the thick of their review, and by the looks of it, anxiety is […] - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Law Schools
Bar Review Diaries: Discipline, Rural Peepers and Urban Jogging
Memorial Day has come and gone. Hopefully those of you studying for the bar exam took a little time out for hamburgers and baseball. It’ll be awhile until you have such a good excuse for slacking relaxing. Graduation festivities are receding into the past, and the specter of the bar exam looms a little larger […] -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
Bar Review Diaries: Of Sunshine and Studying
June is just around the corner, the sun is shining, and many of our readers are hopefully enjoying their shiny new law degrees. Mazel tov! Unfortunately, the thousands of dollars you spent on three years of law school didn’t quite cover everything you need to pass that pesky bar exam. The ink on your JD […] -
Biglaw, Law School Deans, Money, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Wall of Shame, or Wall of Virtuous Restraint?
This is what you see in the law firm world. Law firms try to keep up with Cravath, but it might not be financially prudent. You try to keep up with Cravath, and then two or three years later you go bankrupt. — Dean Frank H. Wu of UC Hastings Law, discussing the legal profession’s […] -
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California Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread
Here in New York, home to Above the Law and Breaking Media, we’re gearing up for more epic snow. Those of you lucky enough to live in the Golden State might have to deal with earthquakes, mudslides, and obnoxious celebrities, but at least you don’t have to deal with blizzards. Falling snow? Not in sunny […] -
Craigslist, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Romance and Dating, Sex
Ode to an Adjunct Professor
Craigslist might have had to close down its adult section, but its Missed Connections area is still alive and kicking. And that’s a good thing, at least for one UC Hastings law student who had one stimulating lecture with an adjunct law professor teaching intellectual property. The lady was quite taken by the guest lecturer, […]
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