How to Pass the Bar Exam While Working Full Time
How to Pass the Bar Exam While Working Full Time
A lot of examinees do not have the privilege of taking time off to study for the bar exam. This is especially true for non-traditional students and for those who find themselves retaking the bar exam.
Here, we give you some great tips on how to pass the bar exam while working full time. The key is to make the most of your time to ensure you are studying as efficiently and effectively as possible.
How to Pass the Bar Exam While Working Full Time
Twelve best tips for working and studying for the bar exam
In this post, we give you our 12 best tips for working while studying for the bar exam. These include:
- Starting your bar prep study schedule early
- Talk to your boss about your expectations while you study
- Seek help from those around you
- Be creative about when you study
- Study efficiently
If you are working full time while you study for the bar exam, these 12 tips are critical to your success.
How to study efficiently for the bar exam
If you are working while studying for the bar exam, you cannot afford to study inefficiently or waste any time! Studying efficiently is a good idea for everyone but it is especially important for full-time workers.
- In this post, we give you five tips on how to study efficiently for the bar exam. This includes tips on how to avoid common mistakes that we see bar exam takers make.
- We also have a post on 25 highly effective bar exam tips from someone who scored a 180 on the MBE. These important to review to make sure you start bar prep on the right foot!
Tips for talking to your boss and seeing how you can make working an advantage!
We have a few different posts on talking to your boss that may be beneficial to you. Working full time might seem like a disadvantage, but you can find some benefits to it—like perhaps your boss is willing to pay for part of your bar prep or give you some time off.
These posts will help you communicate effectively with your boss:
- Should I ask my boss to pay for bar review?: It is not always appropriate to ask your employer to pay for bar review. But sometimes it is. Here, we give you some guidance on whether it is a good idea to ask your boss to pay for bar review.
- How to ask your law firm to pay for bar prep: You may be surprised to hear that many firms are willing to pay for some bar prep costs. Here is how you ask your boss to pay for bar prep.
- How to tell your boss you failed the bar exam: if you are starting anew with the bar exam study process, here is how you should tell your boss you failed the bar exam.
Go to the next topic, Step 8: Learn How to Mentally Prepare to Retake the Bar Exam.
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