Steven Alan Childress

NEW 2022 EDITION of the best-selling notary prep guide to the difficult Louisiana exam. The Louisiana Notary Exam has a 20% pass rate. The Notary Exam has an official Study Guide you use during the exam. But the Study Guide has no index, no big picture, no study strategies, no exam-day tips, not enough cross-references . . . and few of the forms notaries use that they test. It's notoriously hard to follow. It doesn't explain most-tested subjects, past exams, or recent changes. It's got the law and notary rules, but it's missing essentials for any such textbook. The Sidepiece has all that-and much more that anyone contemplating the exam should read. It even includes crucial information about notary practice for the newbie notary, and is useful to experienced notaries for its expanded cross-references, complete index, and summary lists. Basically it's the rest of the official Study Guide they somehow omitted. Why would they leave out the index, of all things? Reminder: a 20% pass rate. Previous editions of this resource earned 150 5-star ratings and comments that it's "essential" and "invaluable" to passing the exam, whether or not you take a prep class too. Read the reviews to get the scope, coverage, and necessity of adding this book into your study program. "The author's tips on what to expect on test day were worth the cost of the book alone. Get. This. Book." As a senior law teacher and member of two state bars, Professor Childress still needed to pass the Louisiana Notary Exam to practice as one. It's a challenging exam for everyone, yet he found in the 'Study Guide' lots of trees but little forest-and even less real guidance. Determined that current test-takers can do better with more real help, he wrote this book and geared the page numbers-including an index, cross-references, lists, and illustrated explanation of successions, community property, and authentic acts-to the latest edition of the state's official text, Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice. An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books, this book actually pays for itself with its 'one weird trick' saying how to save $65 in fees in the notary qualification process.

Louisiana civil law notaries enjoy functions, responsibilities, and earning potential unmatched in any other state - and reserved there to attorneys. Louisiana notaries wield the power not just to verify signatures but also to create the legal papers they notarize, including affidavits, donations, powers of attorney, and even wills and trusts. And so much more, with no educational requirement beyond high school ... but a state exam that is famously challenging. The entire process to become a notary is difficult, and wrapped in some mystery. This book is helpful if you're in the beginning stages of becoming a notary public. Or just thinking about joining the profession. It's about the process of registering to be a notary, and why you'd want to. It's about the classes, resources, and options available to prep for the exam. It's not a study guide to the test's content itself. Other books do that, including the best-selling Sidepiece guide also by Prof. Childress of Tulane. But it does explain the format of the exam and the structure of questions so that a candidate knows how to start studying. Previously, no one had offered a guide to the preliminary but confusing steps you take to be eligible for the exam - or rules and tips you'd want to know right away about the exam process and its "open book." Website information can be unclear and incomplete, without disclosing the realities. This book is about "what I wish someone told me from Day One when I was considering becoming a notary in Louisiana." An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books, now in a widely available trade paperback edition.

NEW 2021 EDITION in hardcover of the best-selling notary prep guide to the difficult Louisiana exam. (NOTE: If you're using the red 2020 Fundamentals on the Feb. 2021 state exam, this edition is NOT for you; instead, get the 2020 Sidepiece with red cover. This new edition is keyed to the blue 2021 text.) The Louisiana Notary Exam has a 20% pass rate The Notary Exam has an official Study Guide you use during the exam. But the Study Guide has no index, no big picture, no study strategies, no exam-day tips, not enough cross-references . . . and few of the forms notaries use that they test. It doesn't explain most-tested subjects, past exams, or recent changes to the Guide. It's got the law and notary rules, but it's missing essentials for any such textbook. This book has all that-and much more that anyone contemplating the exam should read. It even includes crucial information about notary practice for the newbie notary, and is useful to experienced notaries for its expanded cross-references, complete index, and summary lists. Basically it's the rest of the official Study Guide they somehow omitted. Why would they leave out the index, of all things? Reminder: a 20% pass rate. As a senior law teacher and member of two state bars, Professor Childress still needed to pass the Louisiana Notary Exam to practice as one. It's a challenging exam for everyone, yet he found in the 'Study Guide' lots of trees but little forest-and even less real guidance. Determined that current test-takers can do better with more real help, he wrote this book and geared the page numbers-including an index, cross-references, lists, and illustrated explanation of successions, community property, and authentic acts-to the latest edition of the state's official text, Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice. An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books, that actually pays for itself plus, with its 'one weird trick' saying how to save $65 in fees in the notary qualification process.

NOTE: Now superseded by a newer version. This one's the 2020 edition keying page cites to the 2020 state study guide. Please look for our current edition, available on this website.] ... By the author of the Sidepiece book: Questions and answers in four separate tests-plus detailed explanations for each right and wrong answer, keyed to the page of the official study guide-help coach students for the difficult exam. This unofficial resource at last takes notary prep to the next level by revealing the tricks of questions and formats, tactics for the test, and notary law behind it. Louisiana civil law notaries have unmatched functions, responsibilities, and opportunities-but the exam has a 20% pass rate. Candidates need all the help they can get. The best prep classes and study groups recommend multiple practice questions to understand the format, content, and coverage of the actual exams the Secretary of State administers each year. Yet even the best workbooks and study aids are costly but barebones in the answers they provide. Their questions help, but students are left matching answers to page numbers. There's no guidance on why they're right-and even less about why other good options aren't "best." This book fills that void with 130 questions and detailed clarifications, plus tactics illustrated by specific formats and options. Explanations are keyed to the 2020 state study guide (with a red cover). Professor Childress, author of Louisiana Notary Exam Sidepiece to the 2021 Study Guide (a book decoding the state text) and teacher of Tulane's academic course in notary law, explains every twist he can think of that the examiners may try. Whether as a recommended supplement to a prep class, as spelled-out lagniappe to available workbooks, or as a new tool for self-study, this book should become standard fare for anyone contemplating becoming a commissioned notary. An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books. About the Author: Steven Alan Childress is a law professor at Tulane and teaches a notary law class for paralegal studies. He earned a JD from Harvard and a PhD from Berkeley; he also clerked in Shreveport for the federal court and practiced law in California. Alan is a practicing Louisiana notary public. He co-authored Federal Standards of Review, edited three volumes on the legal profession, and wrote Louisiana Notary Exam Sidepiece to the 2023 Study Guide.

The Louisiana Notary Exam has a 20% pass rate. The Notary Exam has an official Study Guide you use during the exam. But the Study Guide has no index, no big picture, no study strategies, no exam-day tips, no paginated cross-references . . . and few of the forms notaries use that they test your understanding of. It's got the law and notary rules, but it's missing essentials for any such textbook. This book has all that--and much more that anyone contemplating the Notary Exam should read. It even includes crucial information about notary practice that every newbie notary ought to know. Basically it's the rest of the official Study Guide they somehow omitted. Why would they leave out the index, of all things? Reminder: a 20% pass rate. As a senior law teacher and member of two state bars, Professor Childress still needed to pass the Louisiana Notary Exam to start practicing as one. It's a challenging exam for everyone, yet he found in the 'Study Guide' lots of trees but little forest--and even less real guidance. Determined that current test-takers can do better with more real help, he wrote this book and geared the page numbers--including a detailed index--to the 2020 edition of the state's official text, Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice. An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books.

NOTE: Now superseded by a much-newer version. This one's the 2020 edition keying page cites to the 2020 (red-covered) state study text. If you're using a later state textbook, please look for our edition for that year, also on this website. Buy this one if you have the 2020 state text.] ... The Louisiana Notary Exam has a 20% pass rate. The Notary Exam has an official Study Guide you use during the exam. But the Study Guide has no index, no big picture, no study strategies, no exam-day tips, no paginated cross-references . . . and few of the forms notaries use that they test. It doesn't explain most-tested subjects, past exams, or recent changes to the Guide. It's got the law and notary rules, but it's missing essentials for any such textbook. ... This book has all that-and much more that anyone contemplating the exam should read. It even includes crucial information about notary practice for the newbie notary, and is useful to experienced notaries for its paginated cross-references, complete index, and summary lists. Basically it's the rest of the official Study Guide they somehow omitted. Why would they leave out the index, of all things? Reminder: a 20% pass rate. As a senior law teacher and member of two state bars, the author still needed to pass the Louisiana Notary Exam to start practicing as one. It's a challenging exam for everyone, yet he found in the 'Study Guide' lots of trees but little forest-and even less real guidance. Determined that current test-takers can do better with more practical help, he wrote this book and geared the page numbers-including an index, cross-references, and illustrated explanation of successions, community property, and authentic acts-to the 2020 edition of the state's official and massive guide, Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice, an edition usable even for the first test they give in 2021. An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books, this book actually pays for itself many times over by its 'one weird trick' showing how to save $105 in licensing fees. Also in the series is the author's new workbook of practice exams, entitled Louisiana Notary Exam Sample Questions and Answers: Explanations Keyed to the Official Study Guide. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Steven Alan Childress is a law professor at Tulane, since 1988. He earned his JD from Harvard and a PhD from Berkeley. He clerked in Shreveport for the federal court and practiced law in California. He teaches Tulane's Louisiana Notary Law class for paralegal studies, is a practicing Louisiana notary public, and is a member of the Louisiana Notary Association. Alan coauthored Federal Standards of Review, edited three volumes on the legal profession, annotated a modern edition of Holmes' The Common Law, and, in 2020, published Louisiana Notary Exam Sample Questions and Answers.