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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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“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

($50 value)

Bonus 2

Pocket Guide for Your Bar Prep:

17 Strategies to Get Un-stuck and Un-frustrated by the Bar Exam

($50 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 ($50 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)

Bonus 4

IRAC/CRAC Example Vault ($27 value)

[Included only with the Magicsheets + Approsheets bundle]

What does proper IRAC or CRAC look like?
Two examples of how your essay answers can look as you work with Approsheets to identify issues and Magicsheets to recite corresponding rules
Includes an annotated version that explains relevant components

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 (MBE Subjects) — $97

Magicsheets (All Subjects) — $127

Magicsheets + Approsheets — $177 (save $27)

Immediate PDF download access to sheets and bonuses

(What are Approsheets? See below…)

Magicsheets

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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)

Full Samples

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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

($50 value)

Bonus 2

Pocket Guide for Your Bar Prep:

17 Strategies to Get Un-stuck and Un-frustrated by the Bar Exam

($50 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 ($50 value)

[Included only with the Magicsheets + Approsheets bundle]

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)

Bonus 4

IRAC/CRAC Example Vault ($27 value)

[Included only with the Magicsheets + Approsheets bundle]

What does proper IRAC or CRAC look like?
Two examples of how your essay answers can look as you work with Approsheets to identify issues and Magicsheets to recite corresponding rules
Includes an annotated version that explains relevant components

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 (All Subjects) — $77

Magicsheets + Approsheets — $177 (save $27)

Immediate PDF download access to sheets and bonuses

(What are Magicsheets? See above…)

Approsheets

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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:

Ready to Learn? (All Jurisdictions)

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.

You’ll discover how to…

Gain clarity of the preparation process by taking stock of your situation up front, so all you have left is to execute and “do the work” (see Sample Study Schedules, Systematic Study Blueprint, Weekly Action Plan)
Craft a flexible study schedule that works for YOU (not the other way around) so you don’t have to follow the “herd of average”, even if you have a full-time job or family to take care of (plug-and-play sample schedules, templates, and actual example schedules from CA & UBE students included) (see Sample Study Schedules, student example schedules, and Section 4)
Find the right tools to supplement your studies (see Supplement Shopping List, Appendix I)
Virtually guarantee that you identify the relevant issues to rack up points (without randomly “spotting” issues) (see Section 5)
Take advantage of this potent-but-often-overlooked part of studying… and why practice alone is not enough (see Shortnotes pages 23-27)
2x (or even 3x) your essay practice efficiency without sacrificing the learning so you’re not overwhelmed by the sheer amount of practice (see Section 5)
Balance review and practice so you know when to put your nose to the grindstone (see Section 4, Sample Study Schedules)
“Recharge” your motivation so that you become a more productive and willing learner without feeling useless and unproductive (see Sections 3 and 4)
Write in a way that leaves your essay graders no choice but to hand over the points you deserve: How do you get graders to give you as many points as possible? How do you “IRAC”? How do you avoid being “conclusory”? (see Section 6, IRAC/CRAC Example Vault)
Add extra points to your MBE score (go from “multiple guess” to “multiple choice”), including tactics on how to choose 50/50 choices, how to be efficient during the MBE, and how to guess with the highest chance of being right (see Section 5)
Stop wasting precious time spinning your wheels by concentrating on what moves the needle and moving past your mental blocks, including how to overcome your psychology of failure and how to ask your mentors the right questions that will elicit insight, not mere information (see Shortnotes, Cheat Sheets, Sections 2, 8 and 9)
Feel like you’re on the right track and things are coming together: Reduce overwhelm, move in the right direction, and know where to get the right tools without breaking the bank (see the Blueprint, Supplement Shopping List, Section 4, Appendix I, and exercises after each Section)
Handle post-bar anxiety and what to do if you fail the bar (Appendices III and IV)

What’s included?

Immediate lifetime access and updates to:

An “Accelerator Kit” to get you to take action right away while the “aha” moment is in full effect

Dos and Don’ts: Audit your current habits to see whether these “best practices” and “worst practices” of bar prep describe you
Sample Study Schedules (8 different schedules) whether you’re 10 weeks or 1 week from the exam, plus an editable template.
Example Study Schedules and Plans from real CA & UBE students for inspiration (up to 16 weeks out)
Mistakes to Avoid for MBE, Essays, and Performance Tests: Quick summaries of common, low-hanging mistakes that bar takers make
Systematic Study Blueprint: A high-level roadmap for your preparation process (think Approsheets for bar prep)
Shortnotes: A highly concentrated 30-page guide that distills key insights from the “Big Playbook” comprehensive guide
Weekly Action Plan: Suggested action steps and checkpoints from a weekly perspective
Supplement Shopping List: Recommended supplements and where to get them, tiered based on your budget (whether you have a low budget or an infinite budget)
Cheat Sheets: Quick reference for key reminders and learning techniques for each portion of the bar and studying in general
IRAC/CRAC Examples Vault: Annotations and analyses of this all-important essay format
Bar Exam Week Checklist – Before, During, After the Exam: Quick reminders before the bar exam so that you don’t suffer a “failure of the last mile”

The “Big Playbook”—an encyclopedic 360-page treatise for in-depth guidance, including…

Plenty of exclusive material not seen anywhere on the blog
A “troubleshooting index” to direct you to answers to your most common pain points and questions
Action steps to stay accountable to yourself

Table of contents and a sample troubleshooting index from the “big playbook”

Tools & supplements

MBE Practice Sheet (fillable and printable template for a convenient way to keep track of your answers)
MBE analytics chart (so you can determine and pinpoint your deficiencies as you continue to practice with MBE questions)
Performance Test guide (and where to find plenty of practice PTs, even if you’re taking the new California PT)
Interview recordings: (1) livestream video recording about how to take the guesswork out of bar preparation and get a better sense of direction, (2) audio about the mindset to take now vs. on the bar, (3) audio about “the Barbri regret” (what’s useful and not about bar review courses, and what to do instead)
Pocket guide to accelerate your bar prep, with minimalist and cut-to-the-chase answers to 17 common FAQs

Passer’s Playbook 2.0 does not include Magicsheets or Approsheets.

Will this help me if I’m studying for the CA bar exam? What about the UBE or State X bar?

Yes.

How long will this take to get through?

This is simply a tool for you to use. Don’t suffer through anything!

I want you to spend your time efficiently and not get bogged down as if this were another course to juggle. The question I hope to answer is, “How long will it take to take away a few insights that will change how you prepare for the bar exam?”

I put together various short guides for quick wins, resources to help you with specific issues, and a comprehensive guide for everything you might want to know should you hunger for more.

Treat this like a Swiss army knife or a buffet. You don’t have to eat everything. Eat what you like. Feel free to use what you need and skip around to find golden nuggets.

The LESS time you spend on digging through this, the better, because this should be a SHORTCUT to your trials and errors.

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…

Passer’s Playbook 2.0 — $97

Immediate download access to Playbook files

Passer’s Playbook 2.0

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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.”

Stop Stressing About the Bar 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:

Sample of what’s in the course

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.