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MT Bar · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 8 hours per week

Week 1

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)

  • Map the seven MBE subjects to their tested rule categories and assign study blocks by published subject weight, starting with Civil Procedure and Torts.

  • Complete 90 timed MBE questions in three 30-question sets, recording subject, subtopic, and error cause for every miss.

  • Build a one-page flowchart for personal jurisdiction, subject-matter jurisdiction, and venue, then recite it from memory twice.

  • Create 60 spaced-repetition cards covering intentional torts, negligence elements, and strict-liability defenses.

Your checkpoint

An error log covering 90 questions plus a verified one-page jurisdiction and venue flowchart.

Week 2

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)

  • Outline contract formation, Statute of Frauds categories, and remedies, then answer 40 contract questions in 50 minutes.

  • Diagram Evidence rules for relevance, hearsay, and impeachment, converting each hearsay exception into a fact trigger.

  • Complete 60 mixed MBE questions and redo every missed question after a 24-hour delay.

  • Memorize the elements of the seven intentional torts and the negligence standard using flashcards, self-testing to 90% accuracy.

Your checkpoint

A hearsay-exception trigger sheet and a cumulative accuracy report by MBE subject.

Week 3

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) & Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

  • Complete two timed MPT tasks, one objective memo and one persuasive brief, in 90 minutes each using a fixed four-step workflow.

  • Score each MPT against the task memo for formatting, legal accuracy, and fact use, then rewrite the weakest section.

  • Answer 80 mixed MBE questions focused on Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure, logging every due-process and search issue.

  • Build a one-page MBE timing plan at roughly 1.8 minutes per question and practice two 33-question timed blocks.

Your checkpoint

Two graded MPT answers with a written rewrite of the lowest-scoring section.

Week 4

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)

  • Sit a 200-question timed MBE simulation in two 100-question blocks, then spend at least three hours reviewing every answer.

  • Rank the seven MBE subjects by accuracy and create a remediation list for the two weakest subjects.

  • Recite the elements of the ten most frequently tested MBE doctrines from memory in a 30-minute self-quiz.

  • Rewrite 20 missed MBE questions in a one-page rule-plus-trigger format.

Your checkpoint

A scaled-score estimate and a prioritized remediation plan for the two weakest MBE subjects.

Week 5

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) & Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)

  • Draft four 30-minute MEE essays across Contracts, Torts, Civil Procedure, and Evidence using IRAC headings.

  • Self-grade each MEE essay against a rubric, listing missing rules, omitted facts, and structural weaknesses.

  • Complete 60 MBE questions in the two weakest subjects from week 4 and redo all misses.

  • Build an MEE rule bank of 25 frequently tested rules, each paired with one fact example.

Your checkpoint

Four graded MEE essays and a 25-rule MEE bank.

Week 6

Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)

  • Draft six MEE essays covering Business Associations, Family Law, Trusts and Wills, Secured Transactions, Conflict of Laws, and Real Property.

  • Time each essay to 30 minutes and score organization, rule accuracy, and fact application on a 1-to-5 scale.

  • Memorize default rules for partnership, agency, and corporation formation using flashcards and self-test to 90% accuracy.

  • Outline the top 15 issue triggers for each MEE subject into a two-page checklist.

Your checkpoint

Six timed MEE essays with scores and a two-page issue-trigger checklist.

Week 7

Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) & Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

  • Complete three timed MPT tasks in 90 minutes each: an objective memo, a demand letter, and a client email.

  • Compare each MPT answer against the file and library for omitted facts and adverse authorities, then fully revise one answer.

  • Draft four MEE essays under 30-minute timing, mixing two MBE subjects and two non-MBE subjects.

  • Create a reusable MPT template for memo, brief, and letter formats with section headings and time allocations.

Your checkpoint

Three timed MPT answers plus a one-page reusable MPT template.

Week 8

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) & Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)

  • Take a 100-question mixed MBE set and a three-essay MEE set on alternate days, then review every miss.

  • Recite the 20 highest-frequency rules across all MBE and MEE subjects in a 45-minute oral drill.

  • Re-draft the two lowest-scoring MEE essays from weeks 5 through 7 without notes.

  • Assemble a one-page exam-day checklist covering timing, issue-spotting order, and essay structure.

Your checkpoint

A final mixed-set score report and a completed one-page exam-day checklist.

Milestones

Week 2: At least 250 cumulative MBE questions logged with subject-level accuracy and a completed hearsay trigger sheet.

Week 4: Timed 200-question MBE simulation completed with a scaled-score estimate and a written remediation plan for two weakest subjects.

Week 6: At least 10 timed MEE essays graded against rubrics with recurring error patterns documented.

Week 8: Final mixed MBE and MEE scores recorded, all required re-drafts complete, and exam-day checklist finalized.