I've started doing MBE subjects, for which I have audio PMBR lectures, and I have to say that this goes much easier than trying to read through the outlines or read the BarBri lectures. Even though its the same content, it's harder for the mind to wander when there is a man in my computer telling me about how Miss Cleo was his former secretary (yes, this actually happened towards the end of the PMBR crim law lecture). If I had to do it again (which better not actually happen), I would get some sort of audio lecture program, like Ameribar, for Maryland. My friend who is doing Ameribar says that the Ameribar lectures are very dry, but even an outline read to me is better than me trying to read it myself, and then thinking about my next grocery shopping trip instead. Because really, everything else on the planet is more interesting than studying for the bar exam.
Note on Ameribar: apparently in the essay books they do not include the statutory extracts that are provided to you on the exam. BarBri materials do. These extracts are very nice in helping to answer questions in sales, secured transactions, commercial paper, and civ pro without having to remember stuff. Ameribar gives you citations to the Maryland code, but BarBri and the actual exams give you the extracts themselves. I guess if you do Ameribar you will be pleasantly surprised when there are statutory extracts on your exam, but you will have wasted precious brainpower trying to remember how many days you have to file a motion to revise a verdict, when the examiners give you stuff like that.
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