Top Blog Posts of 2022
As the year winds down, here are the Top 10 most visited blog posts in 2022:
1. Bardle Archive (March 19, 2022)
Excerpt: “Because I've been hooked on Wordle and all the different variations out there, I decided to create ‘Bardle’— a word puzzle for those studying for the bar exam. Use letters to guess bar exam-related words and concepts.”
2. Abortion Rights on the Bar Exam (May 10, 2022)
Excerpt: “A student recently asked how the U.S. Supreme Court’s leaked draft court opinion that would toss out longstanding abortion rights would impact how examinees would need to answer abortion questions on the bar exam.”
3. How Do February 2022 Results Compare with February 2021 Results (so far)? (April 9, 2022)
Excerpt: “Tennessee bar results for the February 2022 exam came out yesterday. The February 2022 results were considerably lower than the February 2021 results.”
4. Completing MBE Practice Questions Online and On Paper (May 21, 2022)
Excerpt: “As you’re working through your commercial bar review course and completing multiple-choice questions, vary how you’re completing those questions.”
5. Pay Attention to the Memo Caption on the MPT (July 5, 2022)
Excerpt: “Below are the last 10 MPTs that have asked examinees to draft an objective memorandum, along with the names of the individuals who drafted the instructions in the Task Memo. Notice how some of the names aren’t always the most common way to spell the names (e.g., ‘Joann’ instead of ‘Joanne’ and ‘Isabel’ instead of ‘Isabelle’)."
6. Free (yes free!) MPRE Courses (August 25, 2022)
Excerpt: “Many commercial bar review companies give away their MPRE programs—including questions, outlines, and online lectures—for FREE as a “loss leader” in hopes that you will sign up for their full-service bar review course.”
Excerpt: “A comparison of the NCBE’s preliminary Content Scope Outlines with its current MEE Subject Matter Outline and MBE Subject Matter Outline reveals topics within the eight subjects that will be tested on the new exam as well as topics on the current exam that won't be tested on the new exam.”
8. How Do July 2022 Results Compare (so far)? (October 1, 2022)
Excerpt: “While the NCBE has previously announced that the national mean scaled MBE score remained steady from the July 2021 to July 2022 bar exams, the first-time bar pass rates haven’t remained steady.”
9. The TBLE’s “Suggestions for Answering Essay Questions” (July 3, 2022)
Excerpt: “The Tennessee Board of Law Examiners provides a document with “Suggestions for Answering Essay Questions.” It lists 12 different “suggestions” for examinees to take into consideration when preparing for the Multistate Essay Examination portion of the Uniform Bar Exam. Below are the 12 suggestions along with some of my thoughts about those suggestions.”
10. Fireworks: Abnormally Dangerous Activity? (July 4, 2022)
Excerpt: “One of the major issues tested in the July 2017 MEE question—one that the NCBE determined to be worth 40% of the question’s points—was whether the public fireworks display described in the fact pattern is an abnormally dangerous activity subject to strict liability.”
