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Essential Bar Exam Study Tips

This document provides tips and recommendations for studying for the Philippine Bar Exam. It outlines a suggested breakdown of time to spend on each subject area based on their weighting. It also lists recommended study materials for each subject. For the pre-week, it suggests highlights of the Beda Red Book and pre-week notes from Beda and UP. For the study schedule, it proposes an 8 hour study day with breaks, studying in a condo with classmates or coffee shops. It also recommends watching TV/movies after study, going out on weekends, eating healthy, and resting as needed. For the bar exam, it advises checking the number of questions and dividing them into sections to track progress, and providing categorical answers when applicable

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Essential Bar Exam Study Tips

This document provides tips and recommendations for studying for the Philippine Bar Exam. It outlines a suggested breakdown of time to spend on each subject area based on their weighting. It also lists recommended study materials for each subject. For the pre-week, it suggests highlights of the Beda Red Book and pre-week notes from Beda and UP. For the study schedule, it proposes an 8 hour study day with breaks, studying in a condo with classmates or coffee shops. It also recommends watching TV/movies after study, going out on weekends, eating healthy, and resting as needed. For the bar exam, it advises checking the number of questions and dividing them into sections to track progress, and providing categorical answers when applicable

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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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