Strategies & Tactics for the MBE 2, Second Edition (Emanuel Bar Review Series) 2nd Edition

Although this is a old book, but the explanation of the questions help me understand how MBE test us about the law knowledge. But it does not have the Civil Pro

Bought both of these books when studying for the PA Bar. I recommend starting your MBE studying with working through these books entirely and then moving onto bar course questions. I found the explanations in here incredibly helpful. I honestly think that these books raised my score by at least a couple points.

I passed the Michigan bar exam with a 162 in 2013. I used Themis, and this. I spent less than half what most did on bar prep and did great on an exam only 50% of people passed. Emanuel books are worthwhile.

I have both the 1st and 5th additions of these guides. The 1st and 5th are better in that they have actual questions taken from MBEs. In this version, the questions are written by Emanuel. They're just as tough as other questions, but they're not actual MBE questions. The major thing that is both a pro and a con (depending on personal preference) is that the answers are immediately below the question. This is great because there's no flipping back and forth. This is not good because there's really no reason to use answer worksheet in the back to record answers, since most of the time, my eye automatically goes to the answer when I flip the page. I really don't like that set up. I have to use a folded sheet of paper and kind of divert my eyes when I turn to a new page and then slide the paper down to the end of answer D just so I don't see the right answer before analyzing the question on my own.I think this is a good first book to start with. You learn a lot about the law in the answer explanations. With this book, I go through each question and the answer explanation before moving on to the next. After you're done with this book, then go on to the 1st or 5th edition, and use the answer sheet and go through 5-10 questions of the same subject, analyze them, and then go through the answers.These are great study guides to the Bar and have really given me some confidence for the MBE. Also, there are cards included that allow you access to a bank of Civ Pro questions online since this version was written before those were on the MBE. Thank you Emanuel for that!

Not as great as S&T 1 but still very througout and helpful. The other reviewers are correct about the answer being right after the question and it being a little bit annoying because you can't help see it even before reading the question. So what I did was cover the answers with sticky notes ahead of time and take them out once I had answered the question. I know some people may think it's annoying, but it's worth it to have the extra practice.

This one is good as well, although I don't like the format. To be more helpful, it should be outlined like the 5th edition (questions in one section, answers in the other). That is my only "complaint!"

I finally passed the MPRE after using this book. My score increased by 10 points!

It is a must for those who want to take the bar exam.