Dr. Saccuzzo's updated predictions for the July 2017 California Bar Exam essays are now available on the CalBar Updates platform.

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We’ve just been alerted that the Windows 10 Creator operating system is not supported by ExamSoft (not compatible with ExamSoft), so as it stands now, the safest thing is to prevent it from automatically installing in your Windows 10 operating system. 

Unfortunately, Microsoft is pushing the Windows 10 Creator updates in a slow roll, with the update installing automatically in your Windows 10 operating system unless you take steps to prevent it. Even more problematic is that unlike most updates, this one becomes permanent 10 days after the update is installed, so you have limited time to uninstall it or to block it if it has not already installed.

ExamSoft has published instructions for a workaround that will enable ExamSoft to be used on a computer with Creator installed, but ExamSoft is apparently not guaranteeing any kind of on-site support on the day of the exam for anyone who has upgraded. The ExamSoft article on the workaround concludes with the statement:

"Once...

Each bar exam cycle, Dr. Saccuzzo not only releases general predictions for the essay topics on the California Bar Exam, but also some specific issues within each of those subjects to which he recommends you pay special attention.

As you know, his general predictions have already been posted on the free CalBar Updates platform. Now, he has started to roll out each of the specific-issues posts for each of those subjects. California Community Property, Professional Responsibility, and Civil Procedure were added to the platform in the last few weeks, and Agency and Partnership was posted today.

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Beginning in July of this year, the California Bar Examination will be weighted as follows:

• Multiple choice (i.e., MBE): 50% [200 items, 175 of them scored]
• Essays (non-MEE): 35.7% [Five 1-hour questions]
• Performance Test (non-MPT): 14.3% [One 90-minute test]

For those taking the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), the weighting is as follows:

• Multiple choice (MBE): 50% [200 items, 175 of them scored]
• Essays (MEE): 35.7% [Six 30-minute questions]
• Performance Test (MPT): 14.3% [Two 90-minute tests]

Our debriefs for the February 2017 California Bar Exam essays are now available. But we are releasing them a little different this time around. We are bundling them alongside Dr. Saccuzzo's predictions for the July 2017 California Bar Exam essays. They're still free, and conveniently packaged together. Sign up here to access them now.

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Dr. Saccuzzo's predictions for the July 2017 California Bar Exam essays are now available. But we are releasing them a little different this time around. We are bundling the predictions alongside our debriefs of the February 2017 California Bar Exam essays. They're still free, and conveniently packaged together. Sign up here to access them now.

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So far so good, right?  We really do not see a need to deviate much from the original predictions at this point, but perhaps we can offer a bit more focus for you.

Here is what we think you might see tomorrow:

1. Business Associations crossed over with Professional Responsibility. Professional Responsibility is less likely to appear as a full-blown essay at this point, so it will either be a crossover, or it will be on PT B. As you likely know, when it is crossed over, one of the most logical host subjects is Business Associations.
2. Crimes. Given that Criminal Procedure and theft crimes have been hit the most recently when Crimes has appeared (and it has been a little while), we think that crimes against the person, most likely homicide, is ripe for testing.
3. Torts crossed over with Civil Procedure. This would round out our predictions and leave us with a perfect mark. That does not happen every time though. That said however, we would not at all be surprised by Civil...

The State Bar of California is expected to announce this week that it will ban the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar from use for its February 2017 bar exam.

Other states have already announced their ban, which is reportedly owing to security issues the Touch Bar poses to ExamSoft's software.

Thank you for your patience. The first part of Dr. Saccuzzo's predictions for the specific issues on the essays for the February 2017 California Bar Exam is now available. The other subjects will be added to this playlist soon. To see the other videos in the playlist, click the playlist icon in the video frame.

With the deadline for registering for the February 2017 California Bar Exam rapidly approaching, a lot of people have asked us whether they should wait until July or go ahead and sign up for February's exam. The answer is that unless you perform really well on multiple choice tests, go ahead and take the February 2017 bar exam. Don't wait. This is because the weight of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) in California will be increased beginning with the July 2017 exam—with a corresponding decrease in the weight for the written portion.

"The answer is that unless you perform really well on multiple choice tests, go ahead and take the February 2017 bar exam. Don't wait."

The impact of the changes will be negative for women as a whole and positive for men. This is because the current 35/65 weight (for the MBE and written portion, respectively) actually slightly favored women. The change in weight will result in a lower percentage of women passing under the new July...