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Why We Entered the Oregon Market - Why did Rigos Enter the Oregon Market? We received numerous complaints from students who took our other courses and then moved to Oregon to find their only choice was a foreign corporate monopoly. One such statement was as follows:
"This is a limited review of Rigos' Washington Bar Review program. They offer other professional exam prep courses, but I only took the one.
Taking the Bar exam is Just No Fun. Its stressful, miserable, and a sad way to spend a summer. However, I have a renewed appreciation for Rigos' program since I am taking Oregon's bar exam this summer and using the Competition's
materials.
By comparison Rigos has a far superior Bar Review course. Material is excellent, extremely well-tailored to the Washington exam and very
managable. I entered the exam feeling relaxed and prepared, and I passed with no problems. Rigos uses all past bar exams to create frequency charts of the issues tested on the Bar and then teaches you precisely what you need to know to pass.
Other Bar review programs (from my experience this summer) are not
even comparatively worthy of your money or time. The materials are not tailored to the exam, learning of the materials is haphazard given their teaching structure, and you are generally just overwhelmed with resources that are entirely unnecessary. I love Rigos' course and I wish it were offered everywhere, but if you're stuck taking the bar in Washington, it is the VASTLY superior choice.
Good Luck to you test takers."
Page Contents - This page contains basic information concerning our July 2010 Oregon Bar Review live and self-study review programs classes which begin on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. We are preparing for the Summer 2010 Oregon bar exam that is weighted 50% each day as follows:
Tuesday - 9 Oregon 35-minute essays and one 90-minute Multistate Performance question.
Wednesday - 200 multiple-choice Multistate questions (MBE) over two 3-hour sets.
Better Schedule - We are using a better sequencing learning paced schedule than brand B. By stretching the learning out at a relaxed two class a week pace, there is less student anxiety and stress. Of more import is that this allows more time for the stdent to create Magic Memory Outlines and master the unique MBE characteristics including tricks, nuisances, red herrings, and seductive distracters. The multiple-choice questions are generally not too familiar to students and take time to master beyond understanding the law. So what we are doing is scheduling the MBE subjects for the first half of the class cycle.
MBE Questions - Students must work a ton of the MBE styule of questions. Our books have over 1,700 questions with full answer rationales that will reinforce the law and get you familiar with the question structure and tricks. Within the chapters, the first third are "learning questions" that are designated right in the text. They are generally easier than the actual MBE. The final two-thirds in every chapter are as, or more, difficult than the MBE, and yhou will need to read all the rationales. If you struggle with the hard ones, and you will, the actual exam itself will seem easy. Our Magic Memory Outlines have Question Maps so you can easily cross-reference the law to the questions as you work through the outline.
Essay and Performance Subjects - Halfway through the course we turn to the essay and performance subjects. This sequence allows more time for the students to master the essay writing style with timely feedback from our grader-mentors. The online electronic essay writing program includes the Performance questions. Our students attribute the real-time essay grading service as one of the most important reasons they passed with confidence.
Aspen - Emanuel Continuous Improvement - Our texts are the Aspen-Emanuel 2010-2011 edition. Our course has a regular system of continual improvements where we take input from virtually anyone - Aspen's reviewers, our own instructors and students (who usually produce very helpful suggestions and many of the hundreds of acronyms-mnemonics in the books) all contribute to the high quality and accuracy. So you are working from the most current material available and any of your suggestions for improvements will be appreciated.
FREE Orientation - The Free orientation class will cover everything you need to know. The morning will be focused on the exam, how we approach it, and how you can schedule your time and prepare your own Magic Memory Outlines using our software. The afternoon will cover question characteristics, writing style, and we will work through the Performance book which, like the MBE, is the Aspen-Emanuel 2010-2011 edition. You will leave the class with your first week's preview assignment for criminal law and a Performance question that you will submit electronically to our grader-mentors.
Organized Structure - If you stick with our organized, structured paced program, it is hard to fail. Even if you are doing self-study or blended (which is quite popular), stay with our class schedule for grading efficiency.
Recorded Lectures - All lectures are recorded and available for downloading for make-up, reinforcement, blended, or totally self-study programs. Please contact Jim Rigos with any questions at jim@rigos.net or 800-636-0716.
