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What are the application deadlines?
The New Jersey Bar Exam will be held on July 30th –
31st, 2008.
The New York Bar Exam will be held on July 29th-30th, 2008.
Applications for the July NJ Bar Exam are accepted beginning on February
1st. The corresponding fees are as follows:
| February 1 to April 1, 2008 |
$475 |
| April 2 to April 18, 2008 |
$525 |
| April 19 to May 2, 2008 |
$575 |
| May 3 to May 16, 2008 |
$625 |
| May 17 to May 30, 2008 |
$675 |
*the application must be postmarked or hand delivered by the dates
listed
Applications for the NY Bar must be postmarked no more than 120 days,
nor less than 90 days prior to the respective exam date. For example a
student taking the Bar Exam in July could safely submit his/her
application in the beginning of April. Late filing is not permitted.
The application fee is $250.
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What is the time and duration of the Bar Exam:
In NJ, NY, and PA the essay portion of the exam is one day. It usually
consists of 6 or 7 essays on one or multiple subjects each. The NY and
PA essay portions are offered on Tuesday, Wednesday is the Multistate,
and Thursday is the NJ essay portion. This means that at this time one
may take the NJ and NY exams or the NJ and PA exams. The Multistate Bar
Exam (MBE) is another full day. It consists of multiple choice
questions covering primarily first year law school course subjects.
Lastly, you will be required to take the Multistate Professional
Responsibility Exam (MPRE). The exam is administered in March,
November, and August. It is recommended that you take it in the year
prior to graduating. Although this test is required in many states, if
you received a C or better in Professional Responsibility NJ does not
require that you take it.
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What should I do to review for the Bar Exam?
BAR/BRI: widely used course that offers outlines, final exam review
lectures, and study aids throughout law school and a comprehensive bar
review course following graduation. For more information about BAR/BRI
visit the table on the second floor on Wednesdays. Visit
www.barbri.com for more
information.
PMBR: a six or three day course, often used by students as a supplement
to BAR/BRI, which prepares students for the multistate bar exam. Visit
www.pmbr.com for more information.
ADAPTIBAR: a web-based review course that offers practice questions as
well as explanations of the correct answers for each. Visit
www.adaptibar.com for more
information.
MICRO-MASH: also a computer-based MBE review, additionally offers 22
state bar reviews. Visit
www.micromash.net for more information.
PEIPER: an 8 week review course that focuses on the Multistate and New
York Bar Exams. Visit www.pieperbar.com for more information.
Supreme Bar Review: offers a complete preparation for the
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), including lectures on DVD video,
comprehensive outlines, and practice testing materials. A complete
review for the MPRE exam is also offered. Visit
http://supremebarreview.com
for more information. Marino Legal: Professor Marino
from NYU Law School runs a tutoring service for the bar exam.
Information about tutoring programs can be found at
http://www.marinolegal.com Emanuel
Bar Prep: Aspen Publishers is presenting two three-week-long courses, a
Refresher Course and an MBE Workshop, over the summer. For more
information on pricing and dates, visit
www.emanuelbarprep.com
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What content should I expect to see on the Bar
Exam?
The material covered on the Multistate and on the NJ exam is the same –
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Civil Procedure, Contracts,
Constitutional Law, Property, and Torts.
The NY exam will cover the topics above as well as Business
Relationships, Conflict of Laws, New York Constitutional Law, Criminal
Procedure, Family Law, Remedies, New York and Federal Civil Jurisdiction
and Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Trusts, Wills and Estates
and UCC Articles 2, 3, and 9. All questions on the NY bar exam, unless
specifically stated as dealing with federal law, are based on the law of
NY.
What this means for Seton Hall Law students is that in addition to
taking the courses required by the law school, you should also take
Criminal Procedure I, Marriage and Divorce, Remedies, Conflicts, Estates
and Trusts, and Commercial Law. All other topics are subsumed in the
required curriculum of the law school.
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