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World Poetry Day Meets Bar Prep

Today is World Poetry Day . You're probably thinking, “Professor Tommy, what does poetry have to do with passing the bar exam?” Stay with me. Photo by yeongkyeong lee on Unsplash Bar prep is all about structure, rhythm, and repetition. Sound familiar? That’s poetry. Just like a good essay answer follows a predictable format, a good poem does too. And when things get stressful (and they will), sometimes the best way to remember key strategies is to make them a little more … m

Tommy Sangchompuphen

Mar 212 min read

If MBE Subjects Were Winter Olympic Sports

The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are currently underway. I thought it would be fun to imagine the MBE subjects as Winter Olympic sports. The point isn't to become a sports expert overnight. The point is to use the sports as a simple way to remember what each subject feels like on test day, what it rewards, and what usually causes people to lose points. Civil Procedure = Curling Curling is the sport that looks like “shuffleboard on ice.” Two teams slide heavy granite st

Tommy Sangchompuphen

Feb 77 min read

“Six–Seven!” for Bar Takers: Why Some States Use 6, Others 7, and Why It Doesn't Matter

If you’ve heard Generation Alpha chanting “six–seven,” which Dictionary.com recently named its 2025 Word of the Year , then congratulations: You’re now holding the perfect icebreaker for explaining bar‑exam scoring to anyone. On the written portion of the Uniform Bar Exam (the six Multistate Essay Exam essays and the two Multistate Performance Test questions), jurisdictions don’t all use the same raw scale. Although a majority of UBE jurisdictions grade your answers on six

Tommy Sangchompuphen

Nov 1, 20252 min read