Pass the Bar Exam
So you find yourself in an unbelievable situation: You failed the bar exam.
Reality is undeniable. You dust off your tears. It’s time to take action.
You wonder: What’s the next step?
Should you retake your bar prep course? What’s the alternative?
Continue reading “What If You Failed the Bar Exam? Should You Retake a Bar Review Course?”Studying for the bar exam is no easy feat regardless of your situation. It takes a lot of time, energy, and focus to make it happen. But when you’re juggling a full-time job on top of all that studying, it can feel even more overwhelming.
Preparing for the bar exam is costly not just in time but also financially (and mentally, and emotionally, and…). If no one else is supporting you or your family, then you’re probably working and cramming your studies, if you even have the energy left.
But other bar takers have done it. And they were able to blow the exam out of the water.
How did they balance work and studying for the bar exam? It’s not impossible to do both at the same time, but it does require some creativity and discipline.
The first thing to keep in mind is that constraints force you to get creative and focus on what moves the needle. You’re not going to have time or attention to waste on stuff like sitting still like a statue while the lecturer rambles for 4 hours. So you gotta make efficient use of your time.
This can be a blessing in disguise because you won’t be wasting time. Let me share some tactics for studying efficiently while working full time, with examples.
Continue reading “Work AND Bar Prep at the Same Time? Just Remember This One Thing…”It seemed so far away when we first came here. Well, that’s what a journey is.
Preparing for the bar exam forces you to cycle through various emotions over weeks and months.
One moment calm, feeling like you’ve done all you could. Panic and anxiety the next moment. Frustration. Utter confusion. Overwhelm. Back to relief.
Rinse and repeat.
Your heart is beating uncontrollably, your thoughts are becoming irrational, and your palms are sweaty! 🥵 You’re feeling HOT!
Go from hot ⤵
To cool
When you’re in trouble, breathe, and go back to the fundamentals.
Reality can betray the most reasonable of your expectations and daydreams at whim, coloring the past with regrets and the future with despair.
It can also present us with gifts if you look carefully, even if some days you have to look much harder than other days.
But if life only gives you lemons, you weren’t looking out for the oranges.
Here are five philosophies you can apply right now to mentally reframe how you feel about the bar exam:
Continue reading “5 Reframes to Power Up Your Mind and Emotions for the Bar Exam Right Now”How often do you see motivationals like this?
But what do you do to pick yourself back up in your most defeated moments when you don’t believe you got this?
I wanted to pass the bar exam.
So instead of actually preparing for it, I made an image of a bar license card with my name on it using Microsoft Paint. You know, for visualization and manifestation like random people suggested online.
I’m not even kidding. Look and cringe:
Continue reading “Tired of Bar Prep? Guarantee Motivation to Beat the Bar Exam with These 5 Reminders”Katherine passed the North Carolina UBE with flying colors. She had only three weeks of leave from biglaw to work with, while managing health issues.
Katherine is yet another double passer who also passed the California Bar Exam on her first try. (Like Doreen who passed CA then NY, and James who passed CA then IL)
Clearly she knew what she was doing.
What could we learn from someone who had health issues, a full-time job, and not much time to dedicate full-time prep?
What worked for her? What would she change?
Continue reading “How Katherine Scored 314 on the UBE While Working in Biglaw (After Passing the California Bar Exam)”