Look around you. Are there people in your life you doubt really care if you pass. Or, worse, are there people who hope you will fail the bar exam???
Be honest. Figure out who they are, and do what you can to get as far away as possible from anyone who doesn't fully support your passing the bar exam this July. (Don't try to confront or argue people out of such positions now. You don't have the energy. Your focus needs to be on passing. Just identify the "suspects" and distance yourself from their negative energy.)
This may be easy.
It may be as simple as deleting texts or not reading emails from the competitive study partner who is driving you crazy telling you how many hundreds (thousands) of MBEs that person has already done. That person may say he or she hopes everyone from your school passes, but if you really sense that person is just dying to gloat the she passed and you failed, let her go. You can walk away from such people at bar review, or just not sit with them in the lecture hall.
It may be saying "No thanks" to "friends" who are not high-achieving at the moment and are repeatedly asking you to hang out and do stuff with them. You may have to cut such people loose altogether, or you may find a way to tell them you are simply gone until August. Either way, eliminate the influence of (or at the very least, dilute the effect of) such people, starting right now.
But this may be tricky, especially if a person you live with or someone you love is sabotaging you --impliedly or expressly.
Too many people belatedly put together a pattern of a spouse picking fights on the eve of final exams all through law school. If this is you, don't turn a blind eye. See it. Acknowledge it, at least to yourself, and decide what to do about it. In the case of a spouse or partner, if the person is abusive (or just not nice about it), or you know the relationship is ending, you may well choose to put as much distance as safely possible between yourself and that person from now through the end of July. Period. Then, get the help you need and deal with the issues in August.
If someone you know has not been supportive during law school, there is a likelihood that person will not be someone who supports you this summer. Be very careful. Find ways to study away from your home. And, plan to stay in a hotel near where the exam will be given.
Some spouses, partners, boyfriends, girlfriends, even close friends are, however, just scared that they will "lose you" when you become a lawyer. That person may need to be reassured. They will "lose you" temporarily, for many hours each day when you are studying, so be available each day for at least some dependable time. Plan perhaps on every night eating dinner with your spouse, even if it's just one hour, make it reliable. It's a good break for you from studying and a good way to keep your partnership on track. You can also plan a special vacation for you and your spouse, partner, or family for when you finish, in August. That's a great way to reassure the people who love you that your studying intensively does not mean you are gone for good. And be sure to say "Thank You" to those who are sacrificing for you to be able to study --whether it's someone doing more than his share of household chores so that you can be in bar review, or someone helping to pay your bills.
The person "sabotaging" you may be a parent (or parental figure) who really thinks you should have pursued another career and doesn't approve of your becoming a lawyer. In some cases, it's a parent who doesn't want you to have a career at all. If this is you, stay strong. You have invested too much to turn back now. And, if you didn't want this, you would have changed course after One L. You graduated from law school. You already made the choice. And, you don't need anyone's approval now. End of story.
Watch out for people pulling you into family commitments this June and July. Yes, you know it's Aunt Mary's 80th birthday, but you cannot be there. You must be studying.
It will get easier after the first, "No." And, yes, while people may be annoyed with you at first, they will eventually get over it.
And, keep this in mind: they are not sitting for the bar exam; you are! Protect yourself and protect your time.
