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Bar Exam Study Tips & Resources

The document provides tips for studying for the Philippine Bar Exam, including suggested reading materials and study schedules. It recommends first reading materials from May to August, focusing on one subject per month. The second reading takes place from September to October, reviewing one material per subject. It also provides tips for pre-week highlights and notes, and recommends an 8 hour per day study schedule from 11am to 8pm with breaks, studying with law school classmates or in coffee shops. It advises watching TV or shopping online after study sessions and going out on weekends, while eating healthy and exercising. For the bar exam, it recommends checking the number of questions and tracking progress each hour, and providing categorical answers when requested.

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Bar Exam Study Tips & Resources

The document provides tips for studying for the Philippine Bar Exam, including suggested reading materials and study schedules. It recommends first reading materials from May to August, focusing on one subject per month. The second reading takes place from September to October, reviewing one material per subject. It also provides tips for pre-week highlights and notes, and recommends an 8 hour per day study schedule from 11am to 8pm with breaks, studying with law school classmates or in coffee shops. It advises watching TV or shopping online after study sessions and going out on weekends, while eating healthy and exercising. For the bar exam, it recommends checking the number of questions and tracking progress each hour, and providing categorical answers when requested.

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BAR TIPS

BY: IVANNE D’LAUREIL I. HISOLER


SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS
(FIRST READING)
Note: Use what you’re comfortable with, preferably those you’ve used already in Law
school. Do not sacrifice quality for quantity. More does not always mean better.
POLITICAL LAW (15%)

• Nachura for Consti


• Largo for LGL
• Bernas for PIL
• Notes for the rest
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
LABOR LAW (10%)

• Chan
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
CIVIL LAW (15%)

• Monteclar for Persons


• Jurado for the rest
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
TAXATION LAW (10%)

• Ingles
• Beda Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
MERCANTILE LAW (15%)

• Sundiang
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
CRIMINAL LAW (10%)

• Boado
• Judge Inovejas notes
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
REMEDIAL LAW (20%)

• Riano
• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
LEGAL ETHICS (5%)

• UP Memory Aid
• Batch Digests
SECOND READING

• Choose (ideally) only one material for each subject from what you read during your first
reading.
• Beda Red Book (syllabus-based) for all subjects
PRE-WEEK

• Red Book highlights


• Pre-week notes (Beda and UP)
STUDY SCHEDULE
Note: Know your pace. Take breaks when necessary.
• 1st Reading • 2nd Reading
• May – Poli (15d), Labor (10d) • Sept – Ethics, Rem, Crim, Merc
• June – Civil (15d), Tax (10d) • Oct – Tax, Civil, Labor, Poli
• July – Merc (15d), Crim (10d)
• Aug – Rem (20d), Ethics (5d)
• Around 8 hrs per day (11am-8pm) with breaks for lunch, snacks and dinner
• In condo with roommates (law school classmates)
• Sometimes in coffee shops for a change of scenery
• Review center doesn’t matter (I didn’t attend any classes, read some of their handouts)
• Watched TV series/movies almost every night after finishing daily readings or shopped online
• Went out every weekend
• Eat healthy. Exercise if you can. Don’t pressure yourself too much. Rest when needed.
THE BAR
• Before answering, I checked the number of Qs and divided them into 4 sections so I
could track my progress after every hour.
• If Q calls for categorical A: categorical answer, rule, analysis, conclusion
• Answer as necessary. Do not give what is not asked.

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