If I Don't Pass the Bar I'll Die: 73 Ways to Keep Stress and Worry from Affecting Your Performance on the Bar Exam [Paperback]

Rosemary La Puma (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2002

Taking the Bar Exam?

*Have you ever finished reading a test question only to find that you have no idea what you just read?

*Have you ever been so worried about finishing a test in time that you wrote gibberish?

*Have you ever put off studying for exams until the last minute?

*Have you ever been unable to answer a question and had it dog you for the rest of the test, interfering with your concentration?

*Have you ever marked an unintended multiple-choice response or written an exam answer in the wrong booklet?

If you answered YES to some or all of these questions, then stress and worry have affected your academic performance in the past and will likely affect your performance on the bar exam.

This book can prevent that from happening.

This book is the only book that addresses the psychological aspects of taking the Bar Exam. The book provides practical suggestions for dealing with stress and worry and their relatives: distractive thoughts; procrastination; and poor habits in planning, managing time studying and test taking.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Rosemary La Puma is the founder and owner of Rosemary's Review-A Comprehensive Bar Tutorial. She has been leading bar tutorials and helping students pass the California bar exam for eight years. She has taught hundreds of students her simple but effective techniques.

Rosemary's interest in the effects of stress and worry on academic performance started with her own California bar exam experience. This book is a compilation of the techniques Rosemary has used to help her and her students master their stress and worry.

Ms. La Puma is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco Law School and Golden Gate University Law School where she teaches legal writing courses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 107 pages
• Publisher: Rosemary's Review - A Comprehensive Bar Tutorial (December 15, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0972489207
• ISBN-13: 978-0972489201
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,893,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read This Before the Bar!!!, May 2, 2005

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Sarah Stevenson (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If I Don't Pass the Bar I'll Die: 73 Ways to Keep Stress and Worry from Affecting Your Performance on the Bar Exam (Paperback)

As a law student about to start my bar studies, I loved this book because it goes where many bar-related books don't - into the mental obstacles that tend to go hand-in-hand with the bar exam, in particular, doubting your own capabilities. The book is like having a mini psychologist, giving you the tools to deal with stress and that annoying instinct to freak out.

It's a really easy read; full of pictures and drawings, and will probably only take you about 45 minutes on the elliptical trainer at the gym. Also, it's interspersed with great little stories about other people's stress (including the author's), which reminded me that every law student is dealing with the same fears that I am. The successful ones are those who manage these fears the best. But the book is more than about stress management. It also gives you practical study skills for improving your writing and multiple choice skills, and even contains a study schedule to help keep you on track.

I realized that I needed to listen to my angst over the bar exam instead of avoiding it, hoping that it would go away. It's tough to see your fears on paper, in this book, but somehow the author knows all of them, and gets you to confront them. WELL worth the $16 or so off of Amazon.