Strategies & Tactics for the MBE

I bought this book to help me prepare for the MA Bar examination and am so glad that I did. It offers a full length practice exam with real MBE questions. I thought the questions were a good approximation of the type of questions actually on the exam and I found the strategies section at the front of the book to be very helpful. (I appreciate Kim Alayne's sense of humor too). The answer explanations for each question offered at the end of each test were clear and concise and, in my opinion, far better than those offered by Barbri and PMBR. I bought this in addition to taking a BarBri course and using a set of PMBR books and found it to be a very valuable supplement.

I absolutely loved this book. When preparing for my bar examination, I READ the explanations on each MBE subject and completed every single question in that book. I then worked on the PMBR blue book and completed almost all of it. I scored high enough to waive into D.C. after passing the IL bar exam. It was very useful to me and I recommend it to anyone preparing for the bar exam. I believe that the PMBR questions used in addition to this book is all the MBE prep you need.

This book provided some very helpful tips on how to succeed in each of the six subjects, such as how to quickly spot and eliminate wrong answers and what tricks to expect from the test makers on each topic of the six subjects. I'm really glad I read this book and worked through its sample questions and tests!

I have yet to take the MBE, but my initial take on this book is very positive. Although I think it could do a better job of giving a more detailed summary of each of the sections of the test, it does have roughly 50 multiple choice for each section, and each answer (right or wrong) does spell out the black letter law. It also has a full 200-question MBE at the end of the book. To supplement PMBR/Barbri (or even supplant one of them), this may be the best option. For the price, I believe it's money well spent (and what's another forty on top of a hundred thousand anyway?).

This book (and the practice questions) was the singular reason I was able to increase my success on the MBE and pass the California Bar exam, as a repeater. Without a doubt, I would recommend it to anyone who is struggling with the MBE. The explanations and overview help you understand the rationale behind the questions, and point you to the correct answers. I was averaging about 60% correct on the PMBR practice questions, and after reading this book and doing the sample questions, I was averaging about 80% correct. In Crim and Torts, my averages were 88% and 90%. It makes a BIG difference and the money, for me, was well spent.