Gain the clarity, confidence, and competence to make this your last bar exam
Simplify your bar exam preparation with the Make This Your Last Time collection of study tools
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Magicsheets
(Condensed Outlines)
Overwhelmed? Save time on practice and memorization with these condensed rule outlines organized in logical groups of issues & sub-issues.
Approsheets
(Essay Approaches)
Got blank-page syndrome?
Identify all the relevant issues with these attack sheets so you don’t leave any points on the table.
Passer’s Playbook 2.0
Step-by-step blueprint, study schedules, cheat sheets, guides, and other tools designed to help you orient yourself and propel you toward improvement.
Mental Engines
Organize your emotions and deal with the mental barriers of bar prep. Go from overwhelmed to focused, unmotivated to productive, and anxious to calm.
Magicsheets — the condensed outlines for bar prep
Rules and issues to know in just a few pages so you can grab points on the MBE and essays without wasting time, panicking, or getting overwhelmed
For the 2023 California Bar Exam and Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
“Your outlines were clear and gave me just what I needed to know; it was as if we were friends and you made them just for me.”—Melissa L.
“I just printed out the materials. It looks like a real sane and doable approach.”—Jeanine T.
“Ease. Speed. Portability. Time. I want to work on my prep and readiness smarter not harder with less time and better outcomes.”—Rose B.
“I found the Magicsheets and Approsheets to be superior in their organization and condensation of the key issues and rule statements.”—Irene H.
Subjects Included
Immediate lifetime access and updates for:
- Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations)
- Civil Procedure
(+ FRCP/CA distinction table)
(+ summary of time limits)
- CA Community Property
(+ summary of characterization of property)
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence (FRE and CA)
- Professional Responsibility – includes 2018 and 2020 updates
(+ ABA/CA distinction table)
- Real Property
- Remedies
- Torts
- Wills & Trusts
- Welcome guide (with abbreviation list)
Immediate lifetime access and updates for:
- Civil Procedure
(+ FRCP/CA distinction table)
(+ summary of time limits)
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
(+ Remedies supplement)
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence (FRE and CA)
- Real Property
- Torts
- Welcome guide (with abbreviation list)
If you’re studying for a state that isn’t California or a UBE jurisdiction, please review the subjects below and select the closest version.
Immediate lifetime access and updates for:
- Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations)
- Civil Procedure (FRCP)
(+ summary of time limits)
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence (FRE)
- Family Law
- Professional Responsibility (ABA)
- Real Property
- Remedies
- Secured Transactions
- Torts
- Trusts & Estates (Wills)
- Welcome guide (with abbreviation list)
Some of these are not tested on the UBE, but non-UBE jurisdictions may benefit from the extra subjects.
Immediate lifetime access and updates for:
- Civil Procedure (FRCP)
(+ summary of time limits)
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
(+ a Remedies supplement)
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence (FRE)
- Real Property
- Torts
- Welcome guide (with abbreviation list)
Bonus Study Material
Bonus 1
Performance Test Toolkit:
HAQs for Navigating the PTs
($49 value)
Bonus 2
Pocket Guide for Your Bar Prep:
17 Strategies to Get Un-stuck and Un-frustrated by the Bar Exam
($49 value)
[Included only with the Magicsheets + Approsheets bundle]
- Step-by-step approach to solving PTs
- Templates and examples
- Where to find plenty of PTs/MPTs to practice
- Avoiding the common trap of running out of time
- And more…
- What did I do wrong my first bar attempt (and what did I do my second time)?
- What if you can’t find time to practice?
- When do you memorize the overwhelming amount of law & what do you prioritize?
- And more…
Bonus 3
MBE Subject Matter Breakdowns and Charts ($29 value)
- What are the 3 top topics you MUST know if you want to succeed on the MBE?
- Identify other highly tested areas (sorted by percentages and illustrated in pie charts)
- Identify areas that are low priority (so you can feel relieved if you want to focus on other areas)
Backed by a 30-day satisfaction policy
If you don’t find Magicsheets helpful, send me a note for a full refund.
Don’t end up spending 6 months of your life taking the bar exam again. Get it done with streamlined practice and memorization.
Find out more here, or…
Magicsheets
Go from blank page to complete essay — with Approsheets essay attack checklists and flowcharts
Systematically (not randomly) identify relevant issues and sub-issues, even if you have no idea where to start writing
For the 2023 California Bar Exam and Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
Before: Randomly “issue spot” and haphazardly pull bits and pieces of issues out of thin air.
After: Go through a finite set of testable issues to completely identify all the relevant issues and rack up the points… (I call this “issue checking”)
“I was always missing issues . . . I wanted to create a system for finding the issue instead of hopefully spotting them. I bought the Approsheets and the checklists you have are amazing. Thank you”—Anonymous survey response
“I really wasn’t pulling together essays until after I spent a lot of time, specifically with your Approsheets. . . . I really saw myself picking up a lot more issues that way and scoring a lot higher. After that, I think that’s when I finally, finally started to feel like there’s a chance I was gonna pull it off.”—Joe U.
Subjects Included
Immediate lifetime access and updates for:
- Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations)
- Civil Procedure (FRCP and CA)
- CA Community Property
(+ characterization of property supplement)
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
(+ 4th Amendment supplement)
- Evidence (FRE and CA)
(+ Prop 8 supplement)
- Professional Responsibility (ABA and CA)
(+ ABA/CA distinction table supplement)
- Real Property
- Remedies
(+ injunctive remedies supplement)
- Torts
- Wills & Trusts
- Welcome guide
If you’re studying for a state that isn’t California or a UBE jurisdiction, please review the subjects below and select the closest version from the dropdown menu.
Immediate lifetime access and updates for:
- Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations)
- Civil Procedure (FRCP)
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
(+ 4th Amendment supplement)
- Evidence (FRE)
- Family Law
- Professional Responsibility (ABA)
- Real Property
- Remedies
(+ injunctive remedies supplement)
- Secured Transactions
- Torts
- Trusts & Estates (Wills)
- Welcome guide
Some are not tested on the UBE, but non-UBE jurisdictions may benefit from the extra subjects.
Bonus Study Material
Bonus 1
Performance Test Toolkit:
HAQs for Navigating the PTs
($49 value)
Bonus 2
Pocket Guide for Your Bar Prep:
17 Strategies to Get Un-stuck and Un-frustrated by the Bar Exam
($49 value)
[Included only with the Magicsheets + Approsheets bundle]
- Step-by-step approach to solving PTs
- Templates and examples
- Where to find plenty of PTs/MPTs to practice
- Avoiding the common trap of running out of time
- And more…
- What did I do wrong my first bar attempt (and what did I do my second time)?
- What if you can’t find time to practice?
- When do you memorize the overwhelming amount of law & what do you prioritize?
- And more…
Backed by a 30-day satisfaction policy
If you don’t find Approsheets helpful, send me a note for a full refund.
If you want to hit all the relevant issues, attack your essays with confidence, and collect hidden points…
Find out more here, or…
Approsheets
Passer’s Playbook 2.0 — tools and techniques for effective bar prep
Step-by-step blueprints, study schedules, cheat sheets, strategies, and tools designed to help you learn HOW to learn, improve your scores, and post a (humble)brag announcement that you passed the bar exam
“I’ve been basking in the glory of finally passing the bar! . . . The more I simply did what you recommend in the playbook, my confidence steadily grew.”—Stan P.
“I . . . implemented it into my study routine. Basically, all of it. . . . I raised my [Arkansas UBE] score 20+ points using your study guidance, reminders, and schedules.”—Kaitlyn
“I just took the Feb CA bar and you and all of your products were a tremendous help to me, ESPECIALLY the Passer’s Playbook, your study schedules, and other methods.”—Doreen
From a case study of how Doreen passed the 2022 Feb exam with a 33.9% pass rate:
Does it make sense to you that…
- You go through hours of “studying” only to forget 99% of it?
- “Big box” bar prep courses tell you WHAT to study, but they don’t teach you HOW to prepare for the bar exam?
- Someone juggling a job or a family has the exact same study schedule as someone whose full-time job is to study for the bar?
Not to me.
You’re the dean of your own studies, not anyone else. You don’t have to follow “The Plan.” No matter what you use, bar prep at its core is still a self-learning endeavor. Courses and supplements are merely there to support that.
No one can teach you. It’s up to you to learn. Always has been.
That’s why someone who collects all the “best” tools, pays out the ass for a huge course, and studies for 12 hours a day and can end up spinning their wheels getting nowhere… while someone who knows how to study efficiently and effectively can pass without the exhaustion and frustration (seemingly effortlessly).
You don’t NEED a huge course that just eats up your precious time and energy. It provides structure (especially for first-timers) but is inefficient.
You don’t NEED to spend 1,000s of dollars on tutors. They’re great — but only if you can find the right one for you and can afford them.
Any of these CAN work, but you don’t get an A for how hard you work or how much time or money you spend. You earn it for mastery.
In the end, you only need three things to succeed:
- A couple of good source materials (like Magicsheets),
- The will to act and self-motivate, and
- Knowing HOW to study (not just WHAT to study).
So it’s time to stop “studying” what to learn. Let me show you how to learn — with Passer’s Playbook.
Backed by a 30-day satisfaction policy
If you don’t find Passer’s Playbook helpful, send me a note for a full refund.
Don’t let your bar exam be your learning experience.
Just one insight or improvement could be the difference between putting your life in limbo for 6 more months… vs. putting this final hurdle behind you forever and moving on with your free life.
It only takes a moment of strength for the lifetime privilege of calling yourself an attorney.
Find out more here, or…
Immediate download access to Playbook files
Passer’s Playbook 2.0
Mental Engines — a small course on mental management for bar prep success
Organize your emotions and rethink the mental aspects of bar prep — to go from overwhelmed to focused, unmotivated to productive, and anxious to calm
Have you heard the expression, “How you do anything is how you do everything”?
I would add to that: How you think is how you do.
As you continue with your bar studies, it becomes clear that mental and emotional mastery is so important to performing well — whether during preparation or the exam itself.
Like one of my readers, Elaine, says, “The mind is 50% of this exam. It has to be in the right frame. . . . The mind is powerful.”
Or how about this, from Olivia? “I think some of my failures were heavily based on my negative attitude and constant self-deprecation.”
Likewise, TLS user lnu1992 says, “A person’s ability to handle the anxiety and stress of the exam is also huge. Even though I was a top student, I blanked during parts of the exam.”
- If you’re quick to panicking or “freaking out”…
- If you find yourself overwhelmed, distracted, and having difficulty staying on track (or staying sane)…
- If you want to stop that sinking feeling of self-doubt…
Here’s a tiny sneak peek at what you’ll discover across 8 modules, dozens of text and audio lessons:
- How to preempt burnout while enjoying your bar studies — you can make this automatic (Module 2 Lesson 2)
- The #1 predictor of your energy and focus (Module 3 Lesson 2)
- How to practically guarantee focus without relying on constant willpower (Module 3 Lesson 3)
- The principle that allows you to figure anything out (Module 6 Lesson 4)
- What you’re probably looking for instead of “confidence” (Module 4 Lesson 7)
- A thought that can keep you stuck (and miserable) until you change it (Module 5 Lesson 2)
- How to find instant calmness instead of frazzled and frantic reactions (Module 4 Lesson 4)
- [Advanced] Want to get something done? Here’s how to make it happen (I hate this one because it works so well) (Module 7 Lesson 2)
- [Advanced] I will also destroy any and all of your excuses (Module 7 Lesson 4)
- Dealing with post-bar or post-failure anxiety (Module 8)
- Plenty more in the Vault and bonus content delivered via email to keep you on track (full details here)
These are bite-sized lessons that you can take advantage of for as little as 10 minutes a day. I made this with your busy schedule and personal challenges in mind.
Immediate lifetime access and updates.
Bonus
A series of short emails over 30 days to keep you on track (worth the price of admission itself)
Backed by a 30-day satisfaction policy
If you don’t find Mental Engines helpful, send me a note for a full refund.
You’ve seen those people in law school…
They’re cool and methodical under pressure, and success seems to follow them wherever they go.
Do you see them saying they’ll “figure it out later” or “just deal with it,” or do you see them taking decisive action?
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”
Find out more here, or…
Join Mental Engines now to give yourself the resilience, focus, and optimism to tackle this beast known as bar exam preparation:
2 steps: After clicking the button above, you’ll be asked to create a login, and then you’ll complete your order.
Mental Engines
Questions about any of these?
Email Brian at brian@makethisyourlasttime.com