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Bar-in-a-Box contains Multistate Bar Examination lectures on DVD format with accompanying PowerPoint presentations, six complete subject outline books, a 200-question self-assessment test and a mini-outline for last minute study. All materials were created in 2008 so they are up to date, officials noted. Kaplan expands Kaplan Inc. through its Kaplan PMBR unit had long offered students help with the Multistate Bar Exam and three state exams. Through its recent acquisition of The Study Group, Kaplan now covers 30 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The Study Group was founded in 1995 by Stanley Hamrick, who has more than a decade’s worth of experience with traditional classroom review courses. The Study Group’s technique offers its review program through self-directed lectures on audio compact discs or through preloaded iPods, books and other materials. It will continue to operate under The Study Group name. The Bar Exam Cafe Supreme Bar Review MBE Workshop also features DVD video lectures for all Multistate Bar Exam subjects as well as detailed outlines and practice questions. “We were the first bar review course in the nation to offer students their own personal set of DVD video lectures,” said Marc Rossen, director of Supreme Bar Review. “Our DVDs feature a unique menu-driven system in which the menu items correspond to the headings in the written outline materials, providing an easy way to cross-reference the materials.” The Ohio-based company is also launching a web-based community of bar review students called The Bar Exam Café. The new site, www.BarExamCafe.com, features advice on how to study effectively for the bar exam. — Karen Dybis Bar exam guide The July 2009 bar exam is just around the corner. The National Jurist is here to help. Below is a sampling of what is available on our web site www.NationalJurist.com. Find details on the exam days, fee and essay subjects for all 50 states. State Bar Exam Dates Final Deadline California 07/28-30/2009 6/15/09 Cost $779.00 Website www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar Essay Subjects Business Associations, Criminal Law/Procedure, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Torts, Community Property, Professional Responsibility, etc. Specialize Your Practice With an LL.M. Degree Graduate Programs to Help Your Career The John Marshall Law School Centers for Excellence offer the largest selection in the Midwest of graduate courses for practicing attorneys. Through evening and weekend classes, on a full-time or part-time schedule, attorneys can move into a specialty area of law. Our LL.M. specialties are: Employee Benefits Information Technology and Privacy Law Intellectual Property Law International Business and Trade Law Real Estate Law Tax Law For details on our 21st century curricula, with day, evening and weekend options contact Silvia Rodriguez, assistant director of Graduate Admission, at 800.276.0003 or srodrigu@jmls.edu. 315 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, Illinois 60604 February 2009 THE NATIONAL JURIST 31 http://www.BarExamCafe.com http://www.NationalJurist.com http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar http://www.jmls.edu/ http://www.jmls.edu/

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National Jurist - February 2009 Contents Entertainment: Get Organized! The Firm Report: The Part-Time Lawyer News: Keeping Ethics Intact, New Law Deans, Latest Survey Findings Seattle Law Students Secure Asylum for East African Women Laptops in the Classroom Attorneys Dissect Health Law Law Students Contribute to 2008 Election Process Remembering Professors Obama and Biden Bar Exam Diaries How Well Balanced are Law Students? How to Choose a Summer Program Career Hotline Linguistic Gymnastics Disturbing the Peace

National Jurist - February 2009

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