Bar Preparation Program
Students who do not fit in any of these three categories should take either of
the two courses that the Law School intends to offer during the spring 2013
semester. You will be notified later about the spring 2013 courses.
Although we believe that every student would benefit from additional
preparation, we feel that it is particularly important that students who
do
not
rank in approximately the top half of their class avail themselves of
these programs. National statistics, as well as our own data, indicate that there
is a strong correlation between law school grade point average (g.p.a.) and
success on the bar examination. The higher a student’s law school g.p.a., the
greater the likelihood of success on the bar. Accordingly, we strongly urge
students whose GPA’s do not place them at the top of their class to enroll in one
of these programs.
Suffolk has entered into a licensing agreement with the National Conference
of Bar Examiners (NCBE), the organization that creates and administers the
Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). As a consequence of this licensing
agreement, students taking bar preparation classes at Suffolk will now have
access to hundreds of actual multiple choice questions that have appeared on
the MBE, including 300 recent multiple choice questions that are consistent
with the present format and structure of the MBE. In addition to these 300
very recent questions, students will also have access to detailed explanatory
answers prepared by the NCBE.
The required $80 materials fee for the bar preparation courses is to cover the
cost of the licensing agreement. In addition to an initial licensing fee, Suffolk
is required to pay the NCBE an additional fee for every student that takes a
course in which the instructor uses the licensed materials to teach bar exam
strategies and tactics. The materials fee allows the school to cover the
considerable expense of the license while simultaneously providing students
with the most current, accurate bar preparation materials.
