New York Bar Prep Courses in Dublin

Wheely

Hi All

Im gonna be sitting the New York Bar exams in February and was wondering if anyone has any info on Prep courses in Dublin.n Has anyone done one? Whats the best? Prices etc....



Any info is much appreciated!

Dante09

howya, read your post on the other thread. are you with a big 5? my app'ship isnt starting till next year but interestingly my firm dont particularly want me doing it though i still think ill give it a go. was told its being oversold to graduates and is of no substantial benefit unless you go to practice in the US but the employment situation is dire there at the moment also.
the best prep course is friary law-about 5k. alternatively you can buy the barbri books online and study yourself-probably what ill do if i decide to sit it.
i think griffith and independent to prep courses too-dont know much about them-check out the websites

Wheely

Yup with a big 5 firm. I dunno, I'm def doing it anyway, i actually wanna live/practice in the states for a few years and in any case it absolutely can't hurt. Plus I LOVE doing exams........:rolleyes:

Mayuki

Apparently the Independent Colleges NY Bar Course had a 100% pass rate in this February's exam, and all but one of the candidates were taking it for the first time.

gramarian

Hi,

I was wondering about the New York Bar exam, too. I have heard that a couple of places offer courses like Independent Colleges, Friary and Griffith College, but I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. I hear through the grapevine that Friary didn't have such a great pass rate and I was hoping that someone might have done the course and exam and could offer some advise.

Any information would be appreciated!

legal eagle 1

Just wondering if anyone is currently studying for these items and how hard they are finding it? Is the course very broad? Honestly how hard is it, would people consider these exams to be much harder than the FE1's etc.??

Dante09

The pass rate for foreign students is 77% or there abouts. Its the Yanks who fail it the most. (no surprises there)

legal eagle 1

Not too bad i suppose!

Lone Starr

Dante09 wrote: »

The pass rate for foreign students is 77% or there abouts. Its the Yanks who fail it the most. (no surprises there)

Foreign Students (overall) had a pass rate of 54.8% compared to 85.1% for Amercian Bar Assocciation approved U.S. schools as of July 2008.

New York Bar Examination Pass Rates - July 2008

C1: July 2007 C2: Jul 2009 C3:% Change
All Candidates 70.6% 74.7% 4.1%
First Time Takers 79.1% 83.2% 4.1%
ABA Graduates 81.4% 85.1% 3.7%
ABA Graduates - First Time Takers 87.0% 90.5% 3.5%
New York ABA Law Schools 82.0% 85.1% 3.1%
New York ABA Law Schools - First Time Takers 88.2% 91.0% 2.8%
Out of State ABA Law Schools 80.6% 85.2% 4.6%
Out of State ABA Law Schools - First Time Takers 85.7% 90.0% 4.3%
Foreign Educated 37.0% 44.9% 7.9%
Foreign Educated - First Time Takers 45.6% 54.8% 9.2%

See http://www.nybarexam.org/press/1108%20press%20release.pdf

In response to the Original Post, just get the notes off someone that's did it before, do plenty of practice exams and set outself on a good disciplined course of study for a couple of months and save your money. Its hard (given the little differences) but as the stats show - more than managable.

Dante09

huh...interesting...well i was told 77% by friary law...maybe they meant 77% of foreign students whose first language is english...maybe the 34% represents those whose first language is something other than eng

legal eagle 1

huh...interesting...well i was told 77% by friary law...maybe they meant 77% of foreign students whose first language is english...maybe the 34% represents those whose first language is something other than eng

Or maybe ur wrong

Oooh 54% is not great :O
Has anyone here done them or is studying for them yet???

Lone Starr

Has anyone here done them or is studying for them yet???

Got it last July - hard exams but I did them after a couple of months studying and when working full time (and I'm no genius).

If you have the notes I don't see what paying decent money for one of the taught courses adds other than discipline and if you're easy on yourself at all I suppose they would be something you should look at.:pac::pac::pac:

legal eagle 1

Lone Starr.......what have you done since you passed the exams.....are you trying to practice over here now??

Spaulding

hi all,

i was wondering if someone would be able to give me a list of the Barbri books and others that i would need to help me pass the new york bar exam. i have decided to have a go off it without doing one of the prep courses. there seems to be quite alot of these books for sale on ebay and amazon but i dont have a clue which ones i really need. there seems to be so many. i would really appreciate any suggestions.

thanks in advance!!

a-ha

legal eagle 1 wrote: »

Or maybe ur wrong

Oooh 54% is not great :O
Has anyone here done them or is studying for them yet???

The Independent Colleges had a 100% pass rate in February 2009.

Overall the statistics say that 37.1% of foreign educated students passed the exam in New York. So you're better off taking a preparatory couse.