

Are You Completing Multiple-Choice Questions Correctly?
As students are getting in full swing of their bar review courses, many have asked me what else can they do? The say they’ve been...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 2, 20182 min read


Please, Students: Learn the Difference Between Its and It's
When I’m reviewing my students’ essay responses, I am sometimes lenient when it comes to errors involving spelling, capitalization,...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 18, 20182 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 19, 20185 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 10, 20182 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 5, 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
Dec 4, 20171 min read


Breakfast of (Exam) Champions
The week after Thanksgiving for law students usually brings the last full week of classes or, worse, final exams. Even if you’ve been...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 27, 20173 min read