Reddit reviews Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2017 and 2018 Edition (Supplements)

I've posted this elsewhere but will re-post here for your convenience:

The first time I took the MPRE I used Kaplan and I failed by 8 points. Granted, I barely studied because I had just finished my professional responsibility course a few weeks prior and was under the belief that the course would prepare me (spoiler alert: it didn't). The second time I took the MPRE I used Themis and passed. I only studied 4 hours a day for two days and my score increased by 12 points. I'm not a video lecture person, so I just read the outline a few times and stuck to practice problems and explanations. There's just something about Themis that makes it more effective. I feel like they provide just the right amount of material in short, narrow doses that are easy to comprehend. Kaplan and Barbri tend to overload you with too much information, ultimately forcing you to pick and choose what's important and leaving you with a broad and weak understanding of the material. In addition to using Themis, I also found my PR supplement to be really helpful. The supplement has multiple-choice practice problems in the back of the book that are very similar to the questions on the actual MPRE (they might even be real problems from past exams; I'm not sure). I also read the comments to the rules, which were enormously helpful. In the days leading up to the exam, I kept the supplement by my toilet and skimmed the comments as "bathroom reading material." I noticed that many of the situations posed in the comments to the rules ended up appearing on the actual exam. Finally, when taking the MPRE, I used the "What Would Jesus Do? Minus 1" [WWJD-1] method for questions that I had to guess on. This method basically requires you to identify the most pious, ethical answer and then choose the answer that is the 2nd most ethical to that one. Only use WWJD-1 in situations where you REALLY do not know the answer. If you have even a small inclination that you might know the answer, then go with your gut. If I had to go back and take the MPRE again, the only thing I would change would be to spend a little more time learning the rules for judges (e.g., whether they can run for office, accept gifts, write letters of recommendation, etc.). I skimmed over the rules on judges because all of the courses made it seem like there would only be a handful of questions on the topic, but I felt like there were a ton of questions regarding judges on the actual MPRE. Best of luck!