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Should You “Trust the Process”? You’re the Dean of Your Own Bar Exam Studies
Passing the Kentucky Bar Exam (UBE) with AuDHD on Her Third Attempt
Why You Feel Exhausted Studying for the Bar Exam
Tired of Bar Prep? Guarantee Motivation to Beat the Bar Exam with These 5 Reminders
UK Attorney Got a 316 on the NY UBE on Her First Try While Working Full Time
Predictions for the Bar Exam (What to Focus On for Efficient Study)
Marilynn Winged Bar Prep and Failed. Then She Passed the Bar Exam Doing This
Bar Prep Wisdom from Succulents
Passing the CA Bar Exam in 3+ Tries: Don’t Define Your Progress by How Much You Torture Yourself
Going from 246 to 309 on the Colorado Bar Exam (UBE)
From Zero Motivation to Passing the California Bar Exam (Those Who Wander ARE Lost)
How Amy Stayed Calm and Patient Through Bar Prep to Pass the Bar Exam
From “Studying” 15+ Hours a Day (and Feeling Behind) to Actually Learning
You Need a Personalized Study Plan: Making Your Own Bar Prep Study Schedule
Singaporean Attorney Passes the CA Bar Exam (Starting from 40% AdaptiBar, 20 Years Out of Law School)
How Richard Passed the UBE by Adding 28 Points to His Score (and Finding the Courage to Stray from The Plan)
Bar Prep Is Overwhelming: How to Make Independent Choices for Yourself
Lessons from Passing the UBE (Utah Bar Exam) with a 314
What If You Failed the Bar Exam? Should You Retake a Bar Review Course?
What does the email from the California State Bar mean (Feb 2025 scoring recommendation)?
Early Bar Prep: Should You Study Early for the Bar Exam? (When and How)
5 Reframes to Power Up Your Mind and Emotions for the Bar Exam Right Now
Manfred’s Classic Approach to Bar Prep (and Moving Past Plateaus)
Repeating (and Passing) the Bar Exam by Choosing Resilience
6 Ways to Reclaim Your Time & Energy While Studying for the Bar Exam (Even If You’re Working Full Time)
Pass the Bar by Being Aware of Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Grandmother Passes the Uniform Bar Exam with a 270
Passive Learning vs. Active Learning: DOING Is the Best Form of Thinking
From Severe Anxiety to Trusting His Instincts to Pass the CA Bar Exam on His 1st Try
Enjoying Bar Prep: 6 Ways to Make Studying for the Bar Exam More Fun and Effective (Visual Guide)
Passing the New York Bar Exam After 20 Years (15 Attempts)
Passive Learning = Anxiety
I got a little sassy at a Redditor at 3:30 AM
Pitfalls of Passive Learning in Bar Prep: What Will You Wish You Had Been Learning Today?
Holiday Motivation for Bar Exam: 3 Ways to Keep Going During Bar Prep
Passing the DC Bar Exam (UBE) in Under 100 Hours of Bar Prep
Should You Study for the Bar Exam or Take a Break During Holidays?
Third-time Passer Reveals How to MASTER the Law
Online Law School Graduate Passes CA Bar Exam on First Try (by Personalizing Prep)
How a Full-time Working Father Passed the CA Bar Exam (by Streamlining Resources)
Doing What “Works for You” in Bar Prep
Two Biggest Fears of a Bar Exam Taker
Cara Passes the California Bar Exam with Everything Riding on Her Third Attempt
Passing the CA Bar Exam as an Older Candidate
Passing the California Bar Exam 20 Years Out of Law School
How to Study for the MPRE: What & When of Effective MPRE Prep
What to Do After the Bar Exam to Live a Normal Life Again (21 Post-Bartum Ideas)
Admire the Buttcrack (and 9 Other Last Minute Tips for the Bar Exam)
Scoring 85% on AdaptiBar in the Last Two Weeks of Bar Prep
Stop “Studying” and Start Learning: The Underrated Practice of Practice in Bar Prep
Face Your Weaknesses to Pass the Bar Exam
Common Traits of Bar Passers & Why Mental Fortitude Is Important for Bar Preparation
Failing the CA Bar Exam After “Following the Bar Prep Course to a T”
Passing the DC Bar Exam on Second Try with a 269: “A Pass Is a Pass”
Common Pitfalls of First-Time Bar Exam Takers
Fundamental Strategies for Passing the UBE While Working Full Time
180+ Point Jump on the CA Bar Exam While Battling Health Issues
Passing the Washington Bar Exam (UBE) by Enjoying the Process and Moving the Needle
How to Get Motivation Studying for the Bar Exam
Ditching Commercial Prep to Pass the NY Bar While Working Full Time
Busting 4 Myths of Memorizing for the Bar Exam
Non-Accredited Law Grad Passes CA Bar Exam on His 1st Try
Passing the California Bar Exam with a “STEM Brain” on Her Second Try
24-year-old Foreign LLM Student Passes CA Bar Exam on Second Try
Repeater Passes CA Bar Exam After She Ditched Barbri and Stopped “Trusting the Process”
Turkish Attorney Passes California Bar Exam as a Retaker
The Value of Redoing Practice Questions (You’ll See Them Again on the Bar Exam)
Pass the Bar Exam Using the Right Tools and Approach for You
Lessons Learned from Failing the Bar Exam (Live Workshop Replay)
How a Busy Big Law Partner Passed the Bar Exam
Redditor Goes from “Negative, Anxious, and Depressed” to Passing the Bar on 3rd Try
How Abel Taught Himself to Pass the California Bar Exam
Taking Ownership of Your Bar Prep to Pass the Bar Exam
Dominating the Essays: Organize Issues and Prioritize Rules to Know on the Bar Exam
Argentinian Attorney Passes CA Bar Exam from Scratch (10 Years Out of School)
How an Australian Lawyer Got Excited to Take the CA Bar Exam While Working Full Time (and Passed)
Salma Passes the NY Bar Exam on First Try as a Foreign Attorney
How Mercedes Passed the Colorado Bar Exam (UBE) After Realizing a Simple Approach
Minimum Competence Does Not Mean Bare Minimum
When Do Bar Exam Results Come Out in Each State?
Richard’s Minimalist Bar Prep Without Overwhelm
How Corina “Broke the Rules” to Pass the Bar Exam Her Second Time
LLM Passes California Bar Exam on Her FIRST Try by Being Strategically Independent
UK Lawyer Passes CA Bar Exam on His Second Try (Finding Out Result in Maui)
How a mother of two passed the California Bar Exam while working in biglaw (32.5% pass rate)
The 3 Things You Need When Starting Bar Prep (Live Stream Replay)
Struggling with the MBE? Don’t Gloss Over These Tips
Using ChatGPT and AI to Learn the Law for the Bar Exam
How to Pass the California Bar Exam with a Focused Approach of Discipline and Consistency
Constitutional Law Updates for 2023 and Beyond: What Are Kennedy and Dobbs and What to Do About Them?
Classic Repeater Story of Passing the CA Bar Exam on Her Second Try
Don’t obsess over the “best” bar exam supplement. Be the BEST STUDENT instead.
How an Australian Lawyer Passed the California Bar Exam Despite the Sheer Overwhelm
Why Bar Takers Can’t Remember What They Need To
dreams of becoming an attorney
This Formula Shows the Importance of Each 5-Point Increment on the California Bar Exam
How Navi Passed the New York Bar Exam with a Score of 295 on Her First Try
AdaptiBar vs. UWorld MBE QBank: Which one should you get?
Ultimate Guide to Preparing for the California “Baby Bar” Exam (FYLSX)
101 Rules for Bar Exam Preparation
What to Do in the Final Month of Bar Prep (“I’ve fallen into the trap of relying on what Barbri tells me to do”)
Stupid Simple IRAC
How They Passed the First Remote California Bar Exam: Keep Your Bar Prep SIMPLE!
What to Do in the Weeks Leading up to the Bar Exam
How to Study for the Bar Exam While Working Full Time
How Doreen Passed One of the HARDEST California Bar Exams (33.9% Pass Rate)
How to Study for the Bar Exam as a First Timer
How do Magicsheets and Approsheets fit into your other bar exam study materials?
What to Do for the July Bar Exam as a First Timer
Planning a Bar Prep Study Schedule (Quick Overview)
How Hard Is the Bar Exam? Why Is the Bar Exam So Hard?
How To Start Studying EARLY For The Bar Exam
Feeling Worried or Anxious Waiting for Bar Results?
Should you forget about essays and just focus on the MBE (“auto-pass” with the MBE)?
AdaptiBar Review: Is It Worth It (to Prep for the MBE in 2025)?
What to Do in the Last Two Weeks of Bar Prep
“I’m so unmotivated to study for the bar exam”
Setting Up Clear Goals You Can Follow for the Bar Exam
Which MBE Supplements Should You Get?
Biggest Areas of the MBE to Focus On (Highly Tested Topics)
Underutilized Strategies for Fixing a Poor MBE Score
“I failed the bar exam. How can I possibly recover? What is left for me?”
How to Overcome Failing the Bar Exam and Change Your Reality
What’s the Best Way to Study for the Bar Exam WITH a Bar Prep Course?
Write Essays as If You’re Preparing Your Essay Grader “Client”
“What’s the BEST resource for preparing for the bar exam?”
Good Essays Are the Easiest to Grade: How to Get the Big Points on Your Bar Exam Essays
Not Passing Hurts MORE than Struggling Now! How Drew Used Pain to Efficiently Pass the CA Bar Exam (While Working Full Time)
Easily Find Key Rules on the Performance Test
3 Strategies I Used as a Repeater to Study for the Bar Exam: Fight for Simplicity!
How Stan Finally Passed the Bar Exam Using Proven Bar Preparation Strategies (Anyone Can Do This!)
I Accidentally Convinced Someone to Never Take the Bar Exam Again
Be a Producer, Not a Consumer
My 5 Rules for Passing the MBE
What do REAL bar takers think of the remote/online bar exam? And their advice on how to study for an online bar exam
UWorld MBE Review: Study with Visual Learning (vs. AdaptiBar)
The Bar Exam Is Difficult, but the Approach Is Simple
8 Steps to Getting Better at the Bar Exam
How to Handle Bar Prep Stress
“We’re all in this together”?
Bar Preparation Is Emotional Preparation: How to Turn Your Emotions into Something USEFUL
How Do Grading and Scoring Work for the California Bar Exam?
Remote/Online Bar Exam Logistics and Strategies
Feeling Stuck and Burned Out with Bar Prep
California Bar Exam passing score lowered to 1390 from 1440
Easiest Bar Exam in 2025: Which State Bar Should You Take If You Just Want to Pass and Get It Over With?
MBE Strategies: Q&A with Sean Silverman on How to Win the Game of MBE
How should you really practice for the bar exam? “I keep practicing, but I’m not improving”
How to Focus on Bar Studies While Stuck at Home in Quarantine
Taking the Bar Exam Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive
How to Get 20/20 FORESIGHT for the 2020 Bar Exam
Getting on track if your bar exam is in September
Should the bar exam be designed more like the real world?
Bar Exam Success Rules that Buck Tradition: Keeping Yourself Mentally Sane During Bar Prep
Should You Take the California Attorneys’ Exam or the General California Bar Exam?
Giving what the essay graders want to see on the California Bar Exam: Q&A with BarEssays founder Gil Peles
Coronavirus and Bar Exam Preparation (Do You Study Now or Later?)
Passing the California Bar Exam with the “Tripod Approach” (Just Triage These Areas)
Quick and Simple Ways to Improve Your Bar Essays
3 Illusions You Might Be Trapped In When Preparing for the Bar Exam
Preparing for the 2020 Bar Exam: Learn from Their Biggest Mistakes
Tom goes from many-time repeater of the California Bar Exam to passing after changing the “how to” principles of bar preparation (while working full time)
How a repeater with a 9% chance of passing crushed the California Bar Exam… while working full time
This foreign attorney who struggled with essays passed the California Bar Exam with the lowest July pass rate (40%)
Why Are Pass Rates Lower in February than in July? (Yours Doesn’t Have to Be)
“Bar Exam Literacy”: How to Cure Uncertainty in Bar Preparation
How Do You Even Know You’re Practicing Correctly for Bar Prep?
Stop Trying to Pass the Bar Exam
Regrets of Past Bar Exam Takers
Memorizing for the Bar Exam: 5 Ways to Remember and Recite the Rules
How to Craft Your Own Study Schedule with a “Macro-managed” Plan
Preparing for the Bar Exam: What You Can Learn from Their Regrets
How Samantha Passed the Georgia Bar Exam on Her First Attempt (Even Though Her Law School Had a 30% Pass Rate)
How Joe passed the Uniform Bar Exam (Kansas UBE) by racking up more issues on essays
3 Things to Stop Telling Yourself Before the Bar Exam
The Courage to Enjoy Your Mistakes Now
Bar Study Motivation Podcast
One Non-negotiable Study Strategy for the Bar Exam
Passing Is Inevitable
The Year of Extraordinary Results: 4 Ways to Pass the Bar This Year
How Do I Get Motivated to Study?
How to Systematically Identify All the Relevant Issues in a Bar Exam Essay Using “Issue Checking” (Stop “Issue Spotting”)
Improve Your MBE Score: 3 Rules for Effective MBE Preparation
The Barbri Regret: Is It Really Working for You?
BarEssays Review: Practicing Essays Is Not Enough
How Do You Become Confident in Your Bar Prep?
Bar Exam Success Commandment 3: How to Exploit Scarcity (and Improve Your Bar Essays)
Bar Exam Success Commandment 1: How to Gain a Superpower for the Bar Exam
Changes to the California Bar Exam in 2017 July (Format, Grading, and How to Prep)
Double Your Bar Essay Practice with Essay Cooking (Outlining)
4 Things to Remember for Performance Tests (You Won’t Believe #2!)
Stuck on Where to Begin? 3 Myths to Discard and 3 Systems to Adopt to Improve Your Approach to Studying for the Bar Exam
How to Be the Ultimate Sore Loser (to Pass the Bar Exam Next Time)
Studying for the MBE, Whether to Delay the Bar to 2017, Working While Studying, and Scheduling with Tunnel Vision
3 Options If You Failed the Bar
Answering the Call of Nature (Listening to Yourself When Studying for the Bar)
Thinking about the next bar? When to study for the bar exam and how long
What Should Your Final Preparation Look Like?
“Be Arrogant”: Arrogance as a Bar Exam Mindset
How to Gain 20/20 Foresight Studying for the Bar Exam
The 20/10 Cycle: How I Hacked My Motivation to Study 12 Hours a Day
I Messed Up
Should You Get a Bar Tutor?
What to Do If You Are Retaking the Bar
How to Apply Rules with IRAC
How Well Should You Be Doing to Feel Secure with Your Progress?
Imagine Not Practicing Performance Tests
5 Things I Did Differently the Second Time to Pass the Bar as a Repeater