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Exams are undoubtedly the most difficult time in a law student s career in law school. Exams for first-year students are typically asked to analyze concisely written hypothetical stories with general knowledge of the law. Exams concentrate on the overall big picture of the course, and most details in cases briefed in class are ultimately considered worthless, except to prepare for class (http://allsands.com/College/firstyearlaw_rlh_gn.htm). Most students make outlines of each class in order to understand fully the summary of the course for the exam. Moreover, students prepare study groups, usually consisting of 3-4 people (http://allsands.com/College/firstyearlaw_rlh_gn.htm). Study groups help to demonstrate all points of view about a case, which helps a student to correctly analyze the broad questions given on exams. As much as law students like to speak in class, they are stressed to listen attentively to other students, and recognize their professor s reactions (http://allsands.com/College/firstyearlaw_rlh_gn.htm). This method of learning helps students to learn how the professor thinks. Since the professor grades exams, it is important to know how he/she analyzes cases in order to do well on any exam in law school.

Upon graduation, students are not licensed to practice law unless they pass a state bar examination (Neubauer 128). The bar examination represents an effort to improve on the loose, easy admission to the bar that characterized the nineteenth century (Neubauer 128). Without it, easy admission would allow the licensing of dishonest and incompetent lawyers, as well as more lawyers into the field than there is available legal work (Neubauer 129). Thus, all licensed attorneys are required to pass the state bar examination before beginning their practice of law. The bar examination is composed of multiple choice questions and essays, covering basic legal material, specific knowledge about the law of that specific state, and legal ethics (Neubauer 129). Most states use the multi-state bar examination, which consists of 200 multiple-choice questions. Law school graduates usually attend review courses in order to help them prepare for the bar examination (http://allsands.com/College/firstyearlaw_rlh_gn.htm). Generally, three out of four law school graduates pass the bar examination every year, although the success rate is different for every state. If a student fails one section of the exam, he/she can retake just that part. After the passing of the bar exam, a licensed attorney may not always be permitted to practice in another state (Neubauer 129). Some states require such attorneys to take the bar examination in that state to practice law, while others are permitted by experience alone.

From application to law school to passing the bar examination, law school carries students a long way in their pursuit of the practice of law, transforming the way they think through a long, rigorous process of learning, cramming, and test taking. Any aspiring law student should realize that law school requires tremendous effort and time, no matter what law school into which they are accepted. The practice of law has changed significantly from that which was considered in colonial times, where students of law (perhaps unqualified) could easily be licensed to practice. This transformation of the legal system has strengthened our trust in American law, and continues to challenge honest, qualified lawyers around the nation.

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