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In addition to your four years of law office study, you should consider taking a Bar prep course to learn how to succeed at the Bar exam itself.  Bar prep courses typically offer a combination of in-person and online instruction over several weeks, and cost a few thousand dollars.  Bar prep courses boast far higher passage rates than the state averages. For example, Themis states that 75 percent of first-time test takers who completed their program passed the California bar. In July of 2014, four candidates took the California Bar for the first time after completing the four year study program. None of them passed. Of the 23 exam takers who were on their second or third attempt to pass the bar, only one passed. Once you've completed your four years of study, you can apply to take the California Bar exam by filling out the application and paying the $645 fee to take the California Bar as a general applicant.  The exam is administered in July and February of each year. If you file your application in April for the July exam, or in November for the February exam, you'll pay an additional $50 late filing fee. Anytime later, up until the final filing deadline, you can only apply if you pay an additional $250.  If you want to use a laptop for the exam, you'll pay an additional fee of $146. You should decide if you want to use a laptop when you initially file your application, because if you change your mind and decide later that you want to use one, you'll have to pay an additional $15 late laptop fee. The California General Bar Examination consists of a written section that includes six essay questions and two performance tests along with the 200 multiple-choice questions for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE).  For example, the July 2014 examination included essays on contracts and remedies, evidence, business associations and professional responsibility, criminal law and procedure, trusts and community property, and torts. The two performance tests were writing an objective memorandum and writing a persuasive brief.  You will receive an admissions ticket that includes the dates and times of your exam and the location of your assigned testing center. You also will receive a bulletin that describes the schedule for testing each day and provides a list of items prohibited at the testing center.  Carefully review the rules regarding items such as mobile phones that are prohibited in the testing center, and make sure you don't bring anything with you that isn't allowed.  The California Bar exam takes three days. Each of those days begins at 8:30 a.m. and consists of two three-hour testing sessions broken up by a lunch break. To pass the exam, you must have a total scaled score of 1440 points out of a possible 2000 points. Your result letter will include your raw scores on each of the eight parts of the exam, your total raw and scaled written score, your MBE scaled score, and your total scaled score.

summary: Study for the Bar exam. Understand that you probably won't pass. Apply to take the Bar exam. Take the Bar exam. Pass the Bar exam.


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The purpose of using the heat gun is to reheat the adhesive for easy removal. Plug in the heat gun and ensure it will reach your work area. You may need to use an extension cord. Direct the heat gun toward the adhesive. Place the heat gun as close to the adhesive as possible without touching it. Continue until you see the adhesive begin to give and melt. Use an old, but clean, towel to begin to wipe away the melted adhesive. You may want to re-heat the adhesive and wipe again. Carefully move your floor scraper over the surface of any remaining adhesive. Move gently enough to avoid damaging your floor.

summary: Locate a heat gun. Apply heat to the adhesive. Wipe the area with a dry towel. Use a scraper to lift any leftover residue.


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The less reactive you are to provocations, the more you can use your better judgment to handle the challenge. When you feel upset with or challenged by someone, before you say or do something you might later regret, take a deep breath and count slowly to ten.  This includes avoiding all forms of criticality and defensiveness. Yelling back is just another, readily available way to respond in a reactive rather than a proactive way. Being critical of the yeller or challenging what he/she is saying will provoke them further. Besides, when we are being yelled at we don’t typically think well. This is because we are being put in a state of fear. If you’re being yelled at, you are never absolutely stuck in the situation. This applies equally to strangers who lose their cool in line at the store as it does to your boss and your significant other. So, detach from the moment enough to think about whether or not you have to wait out the yelling.  You might decide that escaping the moment is not worth losing your job over, but you may want to open up other options if the yelling seems like a hopelessly recurring phenomenon, or if the person yelling is not important enough to endure. Research has shown that yelling is just as harmful and ineffective when it is done “out of love”. This means that regardless of the yeller’s intentions, you are being subject to treatment that is never ideal or even appropriate. When we are yelling, it is because we are so overwhelmed by something that we cannot come up with a way to handle it except regressing to the use of brute force.  If you gratify what the yeller is saying with a thoughtful response or rebuttal, you are affirming this type of communication. If you find yourself silently poking holes in the yeller’s arguments and complaints in your head, allow yourself to do so. This may be your way of showing yourself that you are in control and have the upper hand in the situation. But, be careful that you don’t get so focused on your thoughts that you are unable to observe. Let yourself disengage from what you’re experiencing as a way to make sure that you don’t take anything too personally. The best way to do this without losing sight of the moment is to empathize with the yeller.Focus on the pain and strain in the person's face. Rather than listening to the yeller, look at the desperation and frustration you see them experiencing.  Remember, you are not validating the yeller. You are empathizing in order to see the part of the person you can find compassion for when the time comes to respond. Project peace in any way you can, but do not put on a cheesy show of false serenity. This can further anger the yeller, who might interpret it as teasing or patronizing. A good way to project peace is to express genuine surprise at the attitude the yeller is bringing to you. This way you can show that you are somewhat blind-sighted, while sending hints that the yelling is disturbing.
summary: Resist the urge to yell back. Weigh your options. Avoid condoning the yelling. Take the focus off of you.