Bar Exam Preparation
Stephanie was a classic repeater of the California Bar Exam, who followed a big box course on her first try and then switched to better (more efficient and effective) learning strategies on her second, successful try.
It’s a familiar story you see all the time. Too many stories of repeaters regretting using Barbri and other cookie-cutter programs.
Here’s how she did it and the tools she used to do it:
Continue reading “Classic Repeater Story of Passing the CA Bar Exam on Her Second Try”Surprise, surprise… Barbri doesn’t work for everyone. As a foreign-trained Australian attorney, James needed a way to get a handle on the sheer volume of material and become skilled at USING it.
To do that, he also needed to understand the bar exam in the first place because there were differences in legal practice in Australia and in the U.S.
He then passed the 2022 July California Bar Exam and put together a thorough write-up in collaboration with me, linked below.
This is a rare opportunity to dive DEEP into the mind of a recent bar taker. He drops many gems on what worked for him, with commentary by me such as:
One of my readers put it this way: ‘Make the bar exam process work with your learning style, not the other way around.’“
But enough about me. This is about celebrating and empowering bar takers like you to overcome this hurdle.
My breakdown and James’s full story below:
Continue reading “How an Australian Lawyer Passed the California Bar Exam Despite the Sheer Overwhelm”Here’s someone who dedicated herself to passing the New York Bar Exam on her first attempt. She was able to achieve—in her words—freedom.
One and done.
On top of that, she only completed 30% of Themis and got a score of 295, well above the cutoff to practice in any UBE jurisdiction.
You’ll notice that many of the lessons she shares here can be linked back to what I share with you in my coaching emails and other study materials.
Key lessons and her full story below.
Continue reading “How Navi Passed the New York Bar Exam with a Score of 295 on Her First Try”2020 was an unprecedented time for bar exam takers.
They were given extra time to study (until October for the California exam). Everything went remote/online, including the exam itself. There were only 100 MBE questions, making each one count that much more.
We all had to adapt and push through the fog and uncertainty.
I got a couple of success stories from readers who passed the 2020 October California Bar Exam and cut through the uncertainty using a simple, minimalist approach…
Jeff emailed me to let me know how he passed on his FIRST try, despite his initial unrest and reservations about the preparation process.
💬 “This whole experience has been a total mindfuck.”—Jeff
Stephen let me know that he had been out of law school for 10 years… and how he passed on his FIRST attempt since then (three attempts total).
💬 “It’s damn hard to be a decade out from school and take the bar.”—Stephen
Preparing for the bar exam isn’t EASY, but it is SIMPLE. Ignore the noise, and focus on what moves the needle!
Below, you’ll see how they approached their quest to pass the (first-ever remote/online) bar exam — getting it one and done as simply as possible.
Continue reading “How They Passed the First Remote California Bar Exam: Keep Your Bar Prep SIMPLE!”The 2022 February California Bar Exam was a tough one.
The typical average raw written score needed to be on track to pass hovered around 60-62 points in past California exams that required a 1390 scaled score.
The raw written score needed to be on track to pass in 2022 February was an average of 62.78 points!
But Doreen managed to pass the 2022 February California Bar Exam…
How did she do it? Her full story and takeaways below…
Continue reading “How Doreen Passed One of the HARDEST California Bar Exams (33.9% Pass Rate)”