Tommy Sangchompuphen
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Happy Constitution Day (and a Reminder about Recent SCOTUS Decisions on the Bar Exam)
Happy Constitution Day ! As we celebrate the U.S. Constitution’s role in shaping our government and laws, it’s a good time to remind bar...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Aug 18
- 3 min
Seeing the Sweetness in Every Challenge
Recently, I found myself drawn to a display of delightful ube chiffon cakes, each one adorned with an adorable panda face. As I admired...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Feb 12
- 2 min
Back-to-Back: Chiefs' Super Bowl Wins & UBE Subject Repetitions
The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl 58 last night in overtime, becoming the first team in 19 years to win back-to-back American...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Oct 26, 2023
- 3 min
Surprising Updates to the NextGen Bar Exam
The National Conference of Bar Examiners made a few surprising announcements yesterday about the development and implementation of the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Apr 3, 2022
- 7 min
NCBE's New Content Scope Outline: What's New and What's No Longer Being Tested
The National Conference of Bar Examiners recently published its preliminary Content Scope Outlines for the next generation of the bar...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Major Changes Coming to the Tennessee Bar Exam
Read the cover story to the April 2021 issue of DICTA, the monthly publication of the Knoxville Bar Association. In the article, I...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Oct 23, 2019
- 3 min
Comparing In-state and Out-of-State Examinee Performance on the New York Bar Exam
The New York bar exam results came out today. Congratulations to everyone who passed—all 6,536 of you! The overall pass rate on the July...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- May 9, 2019
- 4 min
The UBE Impact on Tennessee Bar Passage Rates
Tennessee administered the Uniform Bar Exam for the first time in February 2019. Several of my students have asked me what impact did the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Preparing for the MEE: NCBE Analyses v. Actual Applicant Responses
More than 40 jurisdictions administer the Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) as part of their bar examinations. This includes the 35 or so...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
- Oct 10, 2018
- 4 min
... And Texas Could Make 35
Over the past six months, several states announced the adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam, with another state, Texas, recently announcing...