“I Don’t Have 90 Minutes to Do an MPT” (Spoiler Alert: You Do)
Every bar exam season, I hear some version of the same line: “I just don’t have a spare 90 minutes during the week to complete a full MPT” or, as I'm beginning to hear from people taking the NextGen UBE: "I just don't have the time to do a 60-minute Performance Task." Let’s be honest. That’s rarely true. Photo by Maximalfocus on Unsplash Most of the time, it’s not that students don’t have the time. It’s that they don’t want to spend that time doing something they find overwhe
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 75 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
In the News, On the Bar Exam: A Courtroom Error and a Bar Exam Essay Writing Tip
From time to time, real-world headlines offer a natural opportunity to revisit foundational legal principles. This series draws on those...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 18, 20253 min read
Should You Use Scratch Paper During the Bar Exam?
Many bar takers say, "I need to use scratch paper to organize my thoughts." It feels familiar and comforting, especially under stress....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 5, 20254 min read