In this podcast, I discuss the upcoming changes to the California bar exam (effective July 2017).

I also discuss some awesome tools and study aids you can use to help you pass the California bar exam.

For links to all the tools and study aids discussed in the podcast, go to BarExamMind.com/california.

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What is hiding out there? Must be something….

This podcast is a bit off topic, but I think can be very helpful for many of you.

In the show, I discuss the cynical and skeptical lawyer personality and how it can help you as a practicing lawyer, but can sabotage you while you prepare for the bar exam and live your daily life.

Do you agree with the statistics in this show about the lawyer personality?

Are you a cynical lawyer?

Do you disagree with anything?

Let me know in the comments.

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LINKS:

“In it together?” from May 2015 Oregon Bar Bulletin (unfortunately, the sidebar referenced in the podcast does not appear on the website).

The lawyer brain blog

In this episode of the podcast, I discuss common bar exam problems that can lead to bar exam failure.

The problems I discuss are issues I have noticed with bar exam coaching clients, from bar exam repeaters I’ve chatted with via email, and by reading posts by bar exam repeaters discussing what they had to change in order to pass.

The problems discussed are:

The discussion of common bar exam problems you will hear is taken from the BarExamMind.com Bar Exam Self-Evaluation Audio Program. The Program is designed to help bar exam repeaters diagnose what went wrong with the prior bar exam(s) and to correct those problems.

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If you are like most bar examinees, you will be taking the written portion of the exam using a laptop computer.

Listen to this podcast episode for some tips on what to do before the exam to make sure that your computer is as ready as possible so it won’t let you down during the exam.

This is important.

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In Episode 012 of the Bar Exam Mind podcast, I discuss the differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and which one is best for the bar exam.

Spoiler: It’s the growth mindset.

The credit for discovering these two categories of mindset belongs to Carol Dweck, a world-renowned psychologist at Stanford University, who has spent decades researching success and achievement. She is the author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.

I also discuss how to encourage a growth mindset if you are a fixed mindset person.

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In this tenth audio blog, I read a post filled with networking stories and advice.

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In this audio blog, I read a post called “Catch the Success Virus.”

This post looks at a famous study, the Framingham Heart Study, which collected a metric sh*t ton of data about people, their health, and their social relationships.

One of the conclusions of scientists who have studied the data is that both good and bad habits are contagious.

This audio blog suggests ways to use this to your advantage as you study for the bar exam.

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In this short audio blog, I read from a post entitled, “Overcoming Bar Exam Obstacles.”

This audio blog contains a series of questions to ask yourself in order to identify external and internal obstacles to bar exam success.

Once you have identified the obstacles, you can find ways to remove them so that you can pass the bar exam with less stress and anxiety.

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