Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 5, 20224 min read
Pay Attention to the Memo Caption on the MPT
If you’re taking the bar exam in a jurisdiction where you’re asked to complete two Multistate Performance Tests, it’s likely that at...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 3, 20228 min read
The TBLE’s “Suggestions for Answering Essay Questions”
The Tennessee Board of Law Examiners provides a document with “Suggestions for Answering Essay Questions.” It lists 12 different...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 2, 20226 min read
Making the Most of the Last Three Weeks
The bar exam is a little more than three weeks away. Three weeks is a lot of time, if you appropriately plan out your next three weeks....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Quick Tip: Stay Emotionally Detached
As lawyers, we’re expected to be empathetic. Understanding clients and exercising compassion are at the heart of lawyering. So, it’s...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 29, 20224 min read
Washing, Rinsing, and Repeating Your Way to Improvement
If you’re taking a commercial bar review course, you’ve most likely already completed a 200-question simulated MBE exam. If you haven’t...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 28, 20223 min read
Improving Focus and Stamina for the Bar Exam
Wow. Just wow. I normally don't watch the first round of tennis tournaments. Upsets are rare, there usually aren't any compelling story...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 28, 20223 min read
Use “Because” Often, But Use It Correctly
The word “because” should be generously used in your essay responses because the word forces you to explain your position, argument,...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 25, 20223 min read
Cognitive Performance Effects of Sleep Deprivation
My family and I have been sick since returning from our vacation last week. Like slow-moving dominoes falling, my wife, my oldest son,...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Percentages and Percentiles
As some of you may know, my family and I spent the last week on a cruise, along with 6,200+ other passengers. Two of those passengers...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Juneteenth and Legislative History
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to take control of the...