Quick Tip: Lionel "Messy"?
Lionel Andrés Messi, also known as Leo Messi (pronounced like “messy”), recently joined Inter Major League Soccer’s Miami CF. The MLS is...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 14, 20231 min read
"Barbenheimer" and Subject Combinations on the MEE
Summer movie season is in full swing, with the seventh installment of Tom Cruise's “Mission: Impossible” franchise being released this...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 13, 20233 min read
Breakfast at Wimbledon … and the Bar Exam
If you follow tennis, then you know one of the sport’s most prestigious tournaments—The Championships, Wimbledon from the All England...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 10, 20233 min read
“There Will Rarely, If Ever, Be One Correct Answer"
I previously discussed several tips offered by a state board of law examiners to assist bar examinees on the written portion of the bar...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 7, 20235 min read
Red, White & Blue: How Colorful MEE Questions Test Parol Evidence and Agency Principles
It’s the Fourth of July, so it’s time for fireworks, hot dogs, and Miley Cyrus singing "Party In The U.S.A." If you’re preparing for the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 4, 20233 min read
"Fifteen" + "Seven" = "22": Learning More from T-Swift's Songs
If you’ve been studying for the bar exam over the past several weeks, then it’s been a “Cruel Summer.” ("Don't You" wish it were "Forever...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 1, 20236 min read
What Bar Examinees Can Learn from Today's Affirmative Action SCOTUS Decision
I’ve been a beneficiary of affirmative action in higher education. I went to a state law school that had allocated millions of dollars to...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 29, 20234 min read
MLB's Perfect Game, and a Reminder About Perfection on the Bar Exam
Last night witnessed just the 24th perfect game in Major League Baseball history—and the first in almost 11 years. The New York Yankees’...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 29, 20234 min read
Trump's Tape: Reviewing Statement by an Opposing Party and Statement Against Interest
Yesterday’s big news was CNN’s release of a 2021 audio recording of Donald Trump in which he discussed holding secret documents he did...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 28, 20233 min read
Minnesota Board of Law Examiners Looking into Adopting NextGen Bar Exam and Licensing Alternative
Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea delivered some bar exam-related news during her 2023 State of the Judiciary...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 27, 20231 min read