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News is coming out of Los Angeles that the bar takers presently taking the bar exam in Los Angeles were affected by yesterday's earthquake. The quake struck shortly before noon, during the morning session of the exam's first day. The State Bar of California is in the process of gathering information about the disturbance, and how the quake may affect test scores. Read More ...

Check out this hilarious YouTube video made by the law students at NYU. It is a parody of the song, "Barbie Girl", from the Danish dance group, Aqua. Read More ...

We are only two months away from the bar exam. If you are looking for bar exam materials in the Heafey Law Library please read our research guide. It contains links to bar exam materials/resources, a list of study materials, and other information about the exam. Read More ...

The bar exam is just four weeks away, which means we have a lot of graduates putting in long study hours in the library. For those seeking to minimize distractions from environmental noise in the library, we have a few suggestions. Read More ...

With the proliferation of free blogging software, it seems like everyone has a blog devoted to their personal trials, tribulations, and triumphs. The singular experience of preparing for and taking the bar exam is a particularly popular blog topic, and for those of you steeling yourselves for the next two months of bar prep, we've prepared a mini-guide to blogs about the bar exam experience. Read More ...

It's that time again! Exams begin in less than two weeks, so I thought it would be a good idea to provide some helpful law school exam prep info on Heafey Headnotes. Read More ...

The MPRE is coming up in mid-March, and we’re starting to get questions about MPRE study aids at the reference desk.  Our research guide, Guide to Bar Exam Resources, can be found online on our ClaraNet Page, and it has a section on Heafey’s MPRE study resources.  As noted in the research guide, we have a copy of MPRE Sample Questions V and MPRE Sample Questions VI (the latest set of sample questions from NCBE) in the Stauffer Collection.  You can also register to access a free online copy of an MPRE sample exam with an answer key at the NCBE website.  Good luck to everyone who is taking the MPRE on March 11!

The New York Times reported yesterday that BAR/BRI, a subsidiary of the Thomson Corporation, has been sued.  The complaint (thanks to En Passant and TaxProf Blog for the link) alleges several different antitrust violations, including operation of an illegal monopoly and illegal agreements with competitors that call for competitors to cease offering bar preparation classes.  To read the growing number of blog posts on the lawsuit, go to Technorati, a blog search engine, and enter "BAR/BRI lawsuit" in the search box.