Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we're here with Mihal Ansik, one of our expert California bar exam tutors, walking step-by-step through a real California bar question and discussing how to effectively read the facts. This one is extra long, but worth it!

In this episode, we:

• Discuss how to effectively and efficiently read a bar question with an eye for the facts.
• Provide paths to avoid common mistakes in reading fact patterns, including some unconventional tricks for overeager essay writers.
• Attack a real California bar exam essay question, while Mihal gives us her tips to figure out which facts matter (hint: all of them!) and how to use them.
• Talk about organizing essays and how to handle an issue that comes up repeatedly in the same fact pattern.

Resources:

• Past California Bar Exam Question (http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/July2017CBX_Questions_R.pdf)
• Becoming a Facts Expert (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-study-tip-bar-exam-essays-you-must-become-an-expert-at-reading-the-facts/)
• Top 5 Bar Exam Essay Writing Tips (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-10-top-5-bar-exam-essay-writing-tips-w-ariel-salzer/)
• Brainy Bar Bank (https://barexamtoolbox.com/brainy-bar-bank/)

Episode Transcript: Download Episode Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-20-reading-the-facts-with-guest-mihal-ansik/)

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Alison & Lee