Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 19, 20185 min read
Learning from The Beatles: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
"Do You Want to Know a Secret?" I love The Beatles. I can’t get enough of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. If you “Drive My Car,” you’ll...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 18, 20182 min read
Be Real About Your MPRE Score
Along with LSAT scores, law school performance, and grit, first-time MPRE scores are also generally a good predictor of a bar applicant’s...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 10, 20182 min read
“How Do I Study for the Essays?
Many students have asked: “How do I study for the essays? There are so many essay subjects on the bar exam, and I haven’t even taken some...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 4, 20181 min read
Future Bar Exam Dates
Most bar exams are administered twice yearly: on the last Tuesday and Wednesday in February, and again on the last Tuesday and Wednesday...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Dec 5, 20171 min read
Examiners Re-using Bar Exam Essay Questions
A Twitter user recently tweeted out that eight out of the 16 questions in legal ethics that appeared on the recent Philippine Bar Exam...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Dec 4, 20171 min read
Past Bar Exam Questions
Many state boards of law examiners release essay questions that have appeared on prior exams. Some even release model or representative...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 27, 20172 min read
North Carolina Becomes 30th UBE Jurisdiction
This news seemed to have flown under the radar. On November 17 (the Friday before Thanksgiving), the North Carolina Board of Law...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 16, 20164 min read
Learning from My Half Marathon Mistakes
Last weekend, I ran the Mercedes-Benz Half Marathon in Birmingham, Alabama. I finished it, in fact. It wasn’t pretty, but I finished...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 24, 20151 min read
The Story Behind the Crazy Pants
I’m sure people have wondered why would a self-respecting law professor voluntarily wear outrageously colored and patterned pants by...