Surefire Formula To Do Well in the Bar Exams

Last year, I was able to obtain a copy of a Powerpoint presentation entitled "Doing Well in the 2007 Bar Examinations" by Dean Cesar L. Villanueva. For the record, I have not known anyone who has religiously followed these tips because of sheer difficulty. But It'll probably work, considering that CLV placed No. 2 in the 1981 Bar. Here are some snippets:

Nature of the Bar Exams:
They are not quizzes, personality tests, beauty pageants, tests of religion, nor tests of the highest and most difficult issues on law.

The Bar exams are eight tests on basic, fundamental rules and principles.

Who are qualified to take practice law?
Those who can demonstrate "working knowledge" on the applicable rules and provisions in the eight chosen fields of law.


What is working knowledge of the law?
Knowledge of statutory provisions, doctrines and principles on general fields of law.

THE BAR EXAMS ARE EXAMS ON BASIC RULES AND PRINCIPLES, NOT ON SPECIALIZED NOR ESOTERIC LEGAL PROVISIONS.


Three main difficulties in the bar exams:

1. Too large a field to cover for each subject
2. Too short a time to prepare
3. Too closely spaced together are the 4 days of examinations

WHAT IS THE SURE FORMULA “TO DO WELL” IN THE BAR EXAMS?

If you accept both intellectually, psychologically and morally that the Bar Exams are an exam on your comprehension of fundamental rules and principles, but that the fields are just too broad and expansive, then the sure and tested formula is simply this:

A) FIVE READINGS FOR EACH BAR EXAMS SUBJECT

B) SHOT-GUN METHOD IN ANSWERING THE BAR EXAMS QUESTIONS.

YOUR ONLY TRUE ENEMY AT THAT POINT IS Simple Bad Luck

Five readings#@&$?!?!

Yes, five readings.

Four readings, for those who are “lazy.”

PROVEN DEVELOPMENT STAGE IN READINGS

FIRST READING - Hazy recall, if any; no comprehension; like wasting too much time for so little benefit.

SECOND READING - Sparks begin to happen, light is becoming better, certain things start to become clear.

THIRD READING – Certain things begin to stick, many things begin to fall in place, and even when you do not want to nor intend to, you begin to comprehend.

FOURTH READING – Against everything you expected or ever thought, ideas and concepts begin to stick life glue in your mind; definitions and enumerations just seem to fall in place.

FIFTH READING – Everything you read has now become almost “absolute” in terms, as though you have photographic memory.

BUT FIVE READINGS !&@%?!!!

Today, I tell you it can be done.

The key is simply quantitative, not qualitative aspect.

Mechanically do five readings for each Law field, and the “formula will work”, whatever is your aim for the Bar Examinations.

DO A SCHEDULE OF READINGS

DIVIDE EACH DAY INTO THREE:

(A) ONE BOOK FROM 7:30 TO 12:00

(B) SECOND BOOK FROM 1:00 TO 6:00

(C) THIRD BOOK FROM 7:00 TO 12:00

FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS ONLY TWO READING SESSIONS