Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize
One of my son's at-home school challenges during COVID was to drop an egg without having it break. Moral of the story: Always finish the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 17, 20221 min read
“Playing to Win” Mentality
When I meet with students and graduates, I typically find myself using a variety of sports clichés to get my point across. Your analysis...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Don't Let Missed Questions Bother You on Exam Day
Next week, my father and I are playing in the Father & Son Team Classic golf tournament in Myrtle Beach. Except for when the tournament...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 10, 20223 min read
Covering Cover, Goo Goo G'joob
As I was driving back home last night, I heard a version of a song I had never heard before—The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” by Jim Carrey....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 8, 20223 min read
Taking Advantage of Bathroom Breaks
Yesterday at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, No. 1 men’s tennis player, Novak Djokovic, lost the first two sets during his...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 6, 20223 min read
Pay Attention to the Memo Caption on the MPT
If you’re taking the bar exam in a jurisdiction where you’re asked to complete two Multistate Performance Tests, it’s likely that at...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 4, 20224 min read
The TBLE’s “Suggestions for Answering Essay Questions”
The Tennessee Board of Law Examiners provides a document with “Suggestions for Answering Essay Questions.” It lists 12 different...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 3, 20228 min read
Making the Most of the Last Three Weeks
The bar exam is a little more than three weeks away. Three weeks is a lot of time, if you appropriately plan out your next three weeks....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 1, 20226 min read
Quick Tip: Stay Emotionally Detached
As lawyers, we’re expected to be empathetic. Understanding clients and exercising compassion are at the heart of lawyering. So, it’s...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Washing, Rinsing, and Repeating Your Way to Improvement
If you’re taking a commercial bar review course, you’ve most likely already completed a 200-question simulated MBE exam. If you haven’t...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 28, 20224 min read