Registration Guide 2012-2013

Bar Preparation Program Students who do not fit in any of these three categories should take either of the two courses that the Law School intends to offer during the spring 2013 semester. You will be notified later about the spring 2013 courses. Although we believe that every student would benefit from additional preparation, we feel that it is particularly important that students who do not rank in approximately the top half of their class avail themselves of these programs. National statistics, as well as our own data, indicate that there is a strong correlation between law school grade point average (g.p.a.) and success on the bar examination. The higher a student’s law school g.p.a., the greater the likelihood of success on the bar. Accordingly, we strongly urge students whose GPA’s do not place them at the top of their class to enroll in one of these programs. Suffolk has entered into a licensing agreement with the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), the organization that creates and administers the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). As a consequence of this licensing agreement, students taking bar preparation classes at Suffolk will now have access to hundreds of actual multiple choice questions that have appeared on the MBE, including 300 recent multiple choice questions that are consistent with the present format and structure of the MBE. In addition to these 300 very recent questions, students will also have access to detailed explanatory answers prepared by the NCBE. The required $80 materials fee for the bar preparation courses is to cover the cost of the licensing agreement. In addition to an initial licensing fee, Suffolk is required to pay the NCBE an additional fee for every student that takes a course in which the instructor uses the licensed materials to teach bar exam strategies and tactics. The materials fee allows the school to cover the considerable expense of the license while simultaneously providing students with the most current, accurate bar preparation materials.