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A Reply To The National Conference Of Bar Examiners: More Talk, No Answers, So Keep On Shopping, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Sep 2017

A Reply To The National Conference Of Bar Examiners: More Talk, No Answers, So Keep On Shopping, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

In Let the Games Begin: Jurisdiction-Shopping for the Shopaholics (Good Luck With That) Mark Albanese defends the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ grading practices as essential to assuring reliability given the variability in grading between UBE jurisdictions. In addressing the claim that it is possible to achieve different outcomes on the same test by the same candidate if taken in different UBE jurisdictions, he describes how NCBE monitors jurisdiction variation to ensure grading consistency. Those of us concerned, however, with the possibility that the jurisdiction in which a candidate takes the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) may make the difference between …


Ube-Shopping: An Unintended Consequence Of Portability?, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Sep 2016

Ube-Shopping: An Unintended Consequence Of Portability?, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Preparing for the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) may require more than just learning the law; it also means learning in which jurisdiction you should take it. While there is not much that is new about the UBE’s individual components – the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) – what is new is that where you take the UBE may make the difference between passing and failing. This is possible because of the convergence of bar exam test practices of “portability,” “relative grading,” and “scaling” of scores. By adopting the UBE, jurisdictions …


A Comparison Of The New York Bar Examination And The Proposed Uniform Bar Examination, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus, Mary Campbell Gallagher Sep 2015

A Comparison Of The New York Bar Examination And The Proposed Uniform Bar Examination, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus, Mary Campbell Gallagher

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

The New York Board of Law Examiners (BOLE) proposes adopting the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), substituting it for the current New York Bar Exam (NYBE). The BOLE proposal is currently under active consideration, and it is the subject of public hearings. This article examines some of the issues the proposal raises. First, we look at the history of the proposal, and at the differences between the UBE and the NYBE as it is currently administered. Then we look in detail at the proposal for New York: a combination of the UBE plus a stand-alone one-hour multiple-choice New York test. Finally, …


It's Not Just A Writing Problem, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Dec 2011

It's Not Just A Writing Problem, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


Making Irac Visible, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus, Nancy Ellen Chanin Dec 2011

Making Irac Visible, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus, Nancy Ellen Chanin

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


A Response To The Society Of American Law Teachers Statement On The Bar Exam, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Feb 2011

A Response To The Society Of American Law Teachers Statement On The Bar Exam, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


Incorporating Bar Pass Strategies Into Routine Teaching Practices, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Feb 2011

Incorporating Bar Pass Strategies Into Routine Teaching Practices, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


Teaching Irac To First-Year Students, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Dec 2005

Teaching Irac To First-Year Students, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


Developing A Student’S “Thought Monitor”, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Dec 2005

Developing A Student’S “Thought Monitor”, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


Dissecting Problems Areas With Answering Multiple-Choice Questions, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Dec 2004

Dissecting Problems Areas With Answering Multiple-Choice Questions, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


How I Compete With “The Donald” And Teach Them To Write: The Forensic Irac, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Dec 2004

How I Compete With “The Donald” And Teach Them To Write: The Forensic Irac, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.


Why I Teach, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus Dec 2001

Why I Teach, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.