Conclusion

• Author: Sara J. Berman
• Profession: Concord's Assistant Dean of Bar Support Programs and is also the Assistant Dean of Academic Support and Bar Support at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, California
• Pages: 67-67

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CONCLUSION

As will be clear from reading the student text, Pass the Bar Exam, I believe the bar

exam can be a most empowering experience. It needlessly feeds defeatism to hold the

bar exam out as some sort of torture. In this Teacher’s Edition, I have tried to show

how “teaching moments” arise in bar support, from the rst time a student hears about

the exam until the last “time” is called by exam proctors (and often well beyond). Pre-

paring for and succeeding at something this challenging provides striking parallels to

the daunting tasks many lawyers face each day. I hope the text and this companion

teacher’s guide will help you to help your students seize this incredible opportunity.

And, as I noted in the Introduction, I hope to have added to the critical ongoing dia-

logue on how to more eectively serve our students and prepare them to serve others.17

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