If you failed the California Bar Exam, you are not alone! The pass rate in California has been consistently low. Here, we provide advice for what you should do if you failed the California bar exam!
Below we provide our top five study tips for the California Performance Test. Students often tend to wait too long to begin practicing performance tests. Because the California Performance Test is valued the same as two California essays a strong performance test score can provide a buffer for you if you struggle with a California essay (and students often report encountering at least one essay that tests issues they didn’t expect!). In fact, the performance test accounts for 20% of your written score. Therefore, we recommend starting your review of the performance test during your first or second week of bar preparation.
How to Become a Lawyer like Kim Kardashian: A 2-Minute GuideKim Kardashian has recently made the news for declaring her intent to become a lawyer in California. She is currently studying for California’s “baby bar” exam and plans on taking the California bar exam in 2022. How can she do this without a law degree — and yet alone, without a college degree? Here we tell you how to become a lawyer like Kim Kardashian plans to! Read more
If you are taking the California Bar Exam, you may wonder exactly what the California Bar Exam format is like. Here, we tell you what to expect on the California Bar Exam!
How Is The California Bar Exam Scored?: If you are preparing to take the California Bar Exam, you may be wondering how the exam is scored. In this post, we break down how California scores the bar exam!
UPDATE: California passed an order on January 28, 2021 that allows examinees who narrowly passed the California Bar Exam between July 2015 and February 2020 to be admitted to the state bar after completing 300 hours of supervised legal work (no second bar exam is required).
As per usual, the February 2019 California Bar Exam essays had quite a few racehorse questions! We were not surprised to see this given the difficulty of the California bar exam generally. Here are our general thoughts about what appeared on the February 2019 California Bar Exam essays. Read more
Welcome to our MBE tip of the day series. This “MBE tip of the day” post focuses on evidence.
You will see 25 scored evidence MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. In this post, we will review an evidence question together. Note that we have posted several MBE tips (which you can find links to at the bottom of this post) that focus on a specific multiple-choice question that many students answer incorrectly. If you can master these questions, it could increase your MBE score by that many points if you see any of these issues tested again (which, by the way, you will!). These posts of MBE tips and tricks will not only cover substantive law but also strategy. So each “MBE tip of the day” post covers one highly-tested area of substantive law as well as an important MBE strategy. Finally, you can sign up to receive these posts directly to your inbox for the upcoming administration at the bottom of this page.
Welcome to our MBE tip of the day series. This “MBE tip of the day” post focuses on constitutional law.
You will see 25 scored constitutional law MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. In this post, we will review a constitutional law question together. Note that we have posted several MBE tips (which you can find links to at the bottom of this post) that focus on a specific multiple-choice question that many students answer incorrectly. If you can master these questions, it could increase your MBE score by that many points if you see any of these issues tested again (which, by the way, you will!). These posts of MBE tips and tricks will not only cover substantive law but also strategy. So each “MBE tip of the day” post covers one highly-tested area of substantive law as well as an important MBE strategy. You can sign up to receive these posts directly to your inbox for the upcoming administration at the bottom of this page.
Welcome to our MBE tip of the day series. This “MBE tip of the day” post focuses on constitutional law.
You will see 25 scored constitutional law MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. In this post, we will review a constitutional law question together. Note that we have posted several MBE tips (which you can find links to at the bottom of this post) that focus on a specific multiple-choice question that many students answer incorrectly. If you can master these questions, it could increase your MBE score by that many points if you see any of these issues tested again (which, by the way, you will!). These posts of MBE tips and tricks will not only cover substantive law but also strategy. So each “MBE tip of the day” post covers one highly-tested area of substantive law as well as an important MBE strategy. You can sign up to receive these posts directly to your inbox for the upcoming administration at the bottom of this page.
Wondering when the February 2019 bar exam results will be released in your state? In this post, we tell you:
Welcome to our MBE tip of the day series. This “MBE tip of the day” post focuses on torts.
You will see 25 scored torts MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. In this post, we will review a torts question together. Note that we have posted several MBE tips (which you can find links to at the bottom of this post) that focus on a specific multiple-choice question that many students answer incorrectly. If you can master these questions, it could increase your MBE score by that many points if you see any of these issues tested again (which, by the way, you will!). These posts of MBE tips and tricks will not only cover substantive law but also strategy. So each “MBE tip of the day” post covers one highly-tested area of substantive law as well as an important MBE strategy. You can sign up to receive these posts directly to your inbox for the upcoming administration at the bottom of this page.
Welcome to our MBE tip of the day series. This “MBE tip of the day” post focuses on contracts and sales.
You will see 25 scored contracts and sales MBE questions on the Multistate Bar Exam. In this post, we will review a contracts and sales question together. Note that we have posted several MBE tips (which you can find links to at the bottom of this post) that focus on a specific multiple-choice question that many students answer incorrectly. If you can master these questions, it could increase your MBE score by that many points if you see any of these issues tested again (which, by the way, you will!). These posts of MBE tips and tricks will not only cover substantive law but also strategy. So each “MBE tip of the day” post covers one highly-tested area of substantive law as well as an important MBE strategy. You can sign up to receive these posts directly to your inbox for the upcoming administration at the bottom of this page.
Four Effective Bar Exam Study HabitsWhile there is no perfect way to study for the bar exam, there are certainly ways that help your chances of passing – and ways that hinder your chances. Having effective bar exam study habits is the best way to ensure you are as prepared as possible for the bar! In this post, we go over four bar exam study habits that will ensure you are studying effectively for the bar exam. Try to work on incorporating these habits and strategies into your bar prep early on so you are making the most of your study time!
MBE Time Management: Develop an MBE Scantron StrategyMBE time management is a struggle for many students. It is important to manage your time on the MBE for two reasons:
We have some great strategies on MBE timing tips here. In this post, we simply focus on developing MBE time management using an MBE scantron strategy. Read more
How to Write Bar Exam Issue StatementsThis advice is not something you will hear from a commercial bar exam course but we strongly believe in it based on the thousands of graded bar exam essays we have read from Uniform Bar Exam states, Multistate Essay Exam states, and states that do not administer either exam. In this post, we tell you how to write bar exam issue statements that are effective and that maximize your points on a bar exam essay answer! Read more
