If you are working while you are studying for the Bar Exam, your key is to fit in consistent study (even in small increments) into each day. Here's one student's sample study schedule for June and July.
6:30 am wakeup. Do 17 MBEs in 30 minutes. (PMBR materials are recommended.) Spend 1.5 hours reviewing explanatory answers, then write flashcards for rules you missed. Only read outlines for rules you do not know or understand. Better use of your time is working with material, doing practice tests, than reading long outlines.
Work 9-12
Lunch 12-1 Outline one essay. (Find a quiet place in or near your work place and go there at lunch each day.)
Work 1-5
Stay at work in quiet office space and from 5-7 pm, write out one full essay, and review and study model answer.
8-10pm listen to lectures or review materials from whatever bar review course you are taking and do workshop hypotheticals or corresponding practice exams that are assigned or that go along with lectures.
Weekends study topics you did not understand, as needed. Do a full "Bar Day" both Saturday and Sunday ---working about 9-6 with an hour for lunch and then taking off for R & R in the evenings.
NOTE: The idea is to do a little each day, and Yes, work full weekend days, but not try to work 20 hour Saturdays and Sundays and become so sleep deprived and stressed that nothing sinks in. Slow and steady wins the race!!!!
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