Secretary Mehol Sadain

Preparation 1. Take and keep notes.

2. Answer entry-level questions.
Similarities Between Bar 1. Subject or topic is the LAW.
Exam and Law School Exam 2. Master English language.
in Class 3. Write legibly.
4. Organize ideas.
5. Time constraints.
Differences Between Bar 1. Law school exams ask questions discussed in class; bar exams
Exam and Law School Exam do not.
in Class 2. Law schools have more leeway in answering; bar exams want
straight forward answers for entry-level questions.
3. In law schools, you know the teacher; in bar exams, you don’t
know the examiner, especially about his style of checking.
Statistics 1. You are only given only around ____ minutes to impress the
examiner.
2. The allotted points should indicate how long an answer is
expected; how long you should devote to a question.
3. If you have to skip a question or sub-question, allot one page
for each question or sub-question that is not answered.
Bar Examiner’s Perspective 1. Help your examiners! How?
a. Write for his eyes so as to make examiner more
sympathetic to you. Write well and organize answers
well. Improve handwriting. Script should neither be
small nor big. Maintain margins on each page. Use
paragraphs. Put space between paragraphs.
b. Write for the mind. Improve grammar and syntax.
Structure your answers as simply as possible: subject-
predicate rule. Be concise. Write the text of law and
supported and explained by jurisprudence or
commentary. Don’t complicate the questions.
Why is there a need to a. Examiners want to see your ability to analyze facts, how to
organize answers well? apply laws and jurisprudence, and how to be able to arrive at
sound conclusions.
b. Answer with explanations, even if not expressly required.
c. When examiner is in a hurry, he’s looking for key words in your
answer. This is to satisfy the examiner. Study tip: identify the
keywords.
Summary 1. Read well and understand the question/s. What do they want
to elicit? How many are they?
2. Determine how many points per question and match length of
answers with the points.
 3. Write legibly. Be grammatically correct.
4. Organize answers well.
5. Your answers must be based on fundamentals, supported with
jurisprudence, provisions and arguments.
6. Use key words in answering.
7. Go back and review answers.
Justice Magdangal de Leon
1. Discipline yourself.
2. Do not answer immediately. Read all questions first. Mark each
question which deserves more or less time.
3. Spend half page or half page for easy questions. Those
questions call for less points.
4. Be concise and direct to the point.
5. Use keywords.
6. Do not leave any questions blank. If you have no idea what the
answer is, use common sense.
7. Master grammar.
8. Answer what is being asked.
9. Write legibly. Improve handwriting.
10. Analyze. Sieve relevant from irrelevant facts.
11. IRAC Method is applicable in law school, but in the bar,
conclude right away. IRAC Method may not necessarily be apt
for the bar.
12. Schedule review period. Remedial law to political law, then
back again to remedial law to political law. Sleep regularly.
Wake up early. Sleep early.
Justice Contreras
How To Excel in Legal 1. Commitment to Work, Profession.
Profession 2. Build good work ethics.
3.