Cheer the Losses? The Pacers, “Tanking,” and Why It's Okay to Miss Practice MBE Questions
If you’re not a basketball person, this is going to sound backwards: Sometimes fans root for their own team to lose. That’s where some Indiana Pacers fans found themselves this season. Last year, Indiana made a surprise run all the way to the NBA Finals and pushed the Oklahoma City Thunder to Game 7, but ultimately lost the series. And in the gut-punch moment that made it feel even crueler, Tyrese Haliburton went down with a torn Achilles early in that Game 7. It was an inju
Tommy Sangchompuphen
23 minutes ago4 min read
The Final 48: Protect the Mind
At 48 hours out, you’re not building new knowledge. You’re protecting what you’ve already built. Rest is strategy. Composure is power. 🎥 Watch the short video below and give your brain the reset it deserves.
Tommy Sangchompuphen
2 days ago1 min read
The Year of the Horse and the Bar Exam Next Week: Stay in Your Lane
The Lunar New Year begins today, and it ushers in the Year of the Horse (specifically the Fire Horse). If you’re taking the bar exam next week, that timing feels almost too perfect. Horses don’t win by darting all over the track. They win by staying controlled, conserving energy, and moving forward with purpose. That’s exactly what the bar exam rewards too, especially at this stage. Here’s the theme for the remaining few days of your bar preparation: Stay in your lane . And
Tommy Sangchompuphen
6 days ago4 min read
Don’t Misread the Stars: What Starred and Unstarred Topics Really Mean on NextGen
As the NextGen UBE gets closer, I'm seeing a very common misunderstanding about the star symbols in the NCBE’s NextGen UBE Content Scope Outline . The NextGen UBE is the NCBE’s redesigned bar exam, created to better measure foundational lawyering skills (reading, analysis, reasoning, writing, and using legal materials) while still testing a defined set of doctrinal concepts. The exam is designed to feel more like the work lawyers actually do, often with a mix of what you know
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 102 min read
If MBE Subjects Were Winter Olympic Sports
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are currently underway. I thought it would be fun to imagine the MBE subjects as Winter Olympic sports. The point isn't to become a sports expert overnight. The point is to use the sports as a simple way to remember what each subject feels like on test day, what it rewards, and what usually causes people to lose points. Civil Procedure = Curling Curling is the sport that looks like “shuffleboard on ice.” Two teams slide heavy granite st
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 77 min read