A Step-by-Step Guide if you Failed the West Virginia Bar Exam: Bar exam results are out. And the bar exam passage rate has been falling nationwise. You are not alone if you failed the West Virginia bar exam.
If you were one of the many examinees that failed the West Virginia bar exam, you may wonder what the next steps are. Read more
Kentucky bar exam results are going to be released today for the February 2017 bar exam administration. Update: February 2017 Kentucky bar exam results are out! See the pass list by seat number here. If you failed the Kentucky bar exam, you may wonder what to do next. In this article we tell you five steps to take if you failed the Kentucky bar exam.
A Step-by-Step Guide if you Failed the New Mexico Bar Exam: If you failed the New Mexico bar exam, you are not alone. Bar exam passage rates have been falling nationwide. You may wonder what the next step is. In this article we tell you five steps to take if you failed the New Mexico bar exam.
Update: If you failed the New Mexico Bar Exam, check out this new, excellent, and free guide on what to do if you failed the Uniform Bar Exam.
I Failed The Arkansas Bar Exam. What Should I Do?
Arkansas bar exam results have been released! If you failed the Arkansas bar exam, you may wonder what the next step is. You probably feel disappointment, anxiety, and dread at having to handle it again.You may wonder what you should do next. Below we provide you with some advice on the process of having to study and sit for the Arkansas bar exam again. However, before diving into these steps, take some time to let yourself have a break. Read this note to those who failed the bar exam. You may even want to read over this list of famous people who failed the bar exam so you know you are not alone!
5 Steps you should take if you Failed the Wisconsin Bar Exam
If you failed the Wisconsin bar exam, you are not alone. Between 85 and 90 people take the July Wisconsin bar exam each year and closer to 60-80 take the February bar exam. The number of Wisconsin bar exam takers has decreased recently and so has the passage rate. The passage rate for repeat bar exam takers in Wisconsin is very low. (In 2016, the passage rate for repeat takers was 31% on the February bar exam and 32% on the July bar exam. In 2015 the passage rate for repeat takers was 14% on the July bar exam and 50% on the February bar exam.) Read more
I Failed The Kansas Bar Exam. What Should I Do?
Let’s say it is the worst-case scenario: You’ve received your bar exam results only to learn that you’ve failed the Kansas Bar Exam. This is an incredibly disappointing moment. You may not know how to share this news with family and friends or how to proceed next. Below we provide you with some advice on the process of having to study and sit for the bar exam again.
Update: If you failed the Kansas Bar Exam, check out this new, excellent, and free guide on what to do if you failed the Uniform Bar Exam. Read more
Should I Take Barbri Twice?: The short answer to this question is no! Treat it like anything else you would treat in life. If it didn’t work out the first time, why do it again and risk the exact same result? We see many people who are unsuccessful with the bar exam and yet they stick to their same approach over and over again. Finally, after multiple attempts and lots of lost time, they decide to do something different. Usually they are successful after they change their approach. So, the long answer to the above question is to change up your approach to the bar exam. In other words, don’t take your commercial course over again.
Note: If you truly didn’t “take” your commercial course this doesn’t apply. Like, if you signed up for Barbri (or Kaplan or whatever course) but didn’t complete the work then it might be worth it to consider trying this approach. This article assumes you actually completed all the work!
Click here for our post on how to change your approach the second time you take it.
Let’s say it is the worst-case scenario: You’ve received your bar exam results only to learn that you’ve failed the Iowa Bar Exam. This is an incredibly disappointing moment. You may not know how to share this news with family and friends or how to proceed next. Below we provide you with some advice on the process of having to study and sit for the bar exam again.
Update: If you failed the Iowa Bar Exam, check out this new, excellent, and free guide on what to do if you failed the Uniform Bar Exam. Read more
Updated for the 2019 Illinois bar exams and beyond. Illinois bar exam results are out! Let’s say it is the worst-case scenario: You’ve received your bar exam results only to learn that you’ve failed the Illinois Bar Exam. This is an incredibly disappointing moment. You may not know how to share this news with family and friends or how to proceed next. Below we provide you with some advice on the process of having to study and sit for the bar exam again.
8 Things I Wish I Knew Before The Bar Exam8 Things I Wish I Knew Before the Bar Exam: The following post is a list of wishes a student who passed the bar exam on her fifth try came up with. Use them as guideposts to make sure you are fully ready before the bar exam!
How I Passed The Bar Exam On My Fifth TryA student who recently passed the bar exam in Michigan on her fifth try wrote this post. Below, she details what she changed to get her passing score! So, if you have failed the bar multiple times, there is always hope!
How I Designed My Perfect Swearing In Ceremony The following is a testimonial from one of our students who recently passed the bar exam. She describes how she structured her swearing in ceremony to make it as special an occasion as possible!
A short story for those who failed the bar exam. This story was re-purposed. The original story is by Gerry Shishin Wick – (reprinted here).
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Failing the Bar Exam: 5 Important Things to Remember & Lessons Learned – by Someone Who Failed the Bar ExamNote to reader: The author of this guest post failed the bar exam. The author shares their five most important lessons learned from failing the bar exam:
There are either two outcomes for students who take the bar exam. They will either pass or fail it. If you happen to have failed the bar I hope you realize that this particular failure will not destroy you. Failure matures you. Failure has the ability to shatter hope. However, failure can also help an individual to re-piece his or her identity. By embracing failure, and accepting it as a part of life, one can became lighter, stronger, and wiser. When we fail, especially at something we tried exceptionally hard to achieve, it feels like a small death. However, this small death can give rise to new growth and new life. Thus, we must learn from our failures in order to grow.
July 2016 New York Bar Exam Results Released! The July 2016 New York Bar Exam results were released today–on Friday, October 28, 2016. The overall passage rate is 64% (which is an increase from 61% last year). First time takers had a 73% passage rate. You can see the press release here. Read more
