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Singaporean Attorney Passes the CA Bar Exam (Starting from 40% AdaptiBar, 20 Years Out of Law School)

Imagine: You’re 20 years out of law school. You’re barely getting half the questions right. You don’t even know American law.

💬 “I have never studied in the US or had any experience with the American legal system (England and Singapore are both common law jurisdictions). So, I knew that before I even started to learn the BLL, I needed to study the exam itself. To me, the bar exam was a game and to play the game well, I needed to know the rules of the game.

This meant starting my bar prep from scratch.”

Lesley graduated from law school in Singapore in 2005. Then she decided to take the February 2025 California Bar Exam and pass on her first attempt.

💬 “I am a first-time taker, foreign attorney applicant (English law and Singapore law qualified). I’m 43 years old and graduated from law school in 2005, so exactly 20 years ago!”

She has never seen a July exam and never will.

How many times do I have to say that bar prep is a learnable, acquirable skill?

How many times do I have to prove that you can pass the bar exam—even if you’re a foreign-trained attorney, 60+ years old, or a left-handed rising water moon sign.

Before I dive into her methods, let’s take a moment to thank Lesley because she sent me a five-page write-up for me to break down just for you.

First lesson: How you do anything is how you do everything. Following through and paying it forward are behaviors of a successful person.

(Yes, I expect a juicy story in my inbox after you pass.)

May 16, 2025May 15, 2025 - No Comments

How Richard Passed the UBE by Adding 28 Points to His Score (and Finding the Courage to Stray from The Plan)

Richard passed the February 2025 Illinois Bar Exam (UBE) with a score of 283 on his second attempt.

Now he can practice in 41 jurisdictions in the U.S.

💬 “I’m excited to say I passed the Illinois bar with a 283, and I truly believe your materials were a big part of that. I’d previously scored a 255, and this time around I made a huge jump.”

💬 “By the time the exam rolled around, I felt more grounded, more in control, and honestly, more optimistic. And sure enough, I went from a 255 to a 283.”

Let’s see how Richard added 28 points to his score, going from ineligible to practice anywhere to eligible in any UBE state.

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 - 14 Comments

Bar Prep Is Overwhelming: How to Make Independent Choices for Yourself

You have questions about the bar exam. How to study. When to study. Whether you’re on the right track. Picking the right bar prep supplements out of all the resources out there.

"Yes, it is very overwhelming and the amount of resources out there to help are also overwhelming lol"

Here’s how a lot of questions go on social media:

“What’s the BEST program/tutor/outline?”

When you say you want the “best” answers to these questions, it makes me wonder:

Is it the feeling of certainty that you’re really looking for? Someone to just tell you what the hell to do? Or do you actually want the objective best answer?

If you crowdsource the answer, by definition, you won’t know which one is best. Advice is autobiography.

How would you even trust which is the one that rules them all?

In fact, the more options you have, the more hesitant you get because there are pros and cons to every option. By saying yes to something, you’re saying no to other things.

But there are no secrets and there are a million ways to pass. You have it in you already. It’s always been up to you.

Sounds scary but also freeing, right?

Sure, sometimes you want to vent and don’t want to consider the pedantic interpretations of what’s “best.” You simply want to get some support from others.

But I want to encourage you to listen to yourself a little more instead of blindly being influenced by what someone else says you “need” to do (not just with bar prep but with everything else in life).

That’s where the danger lies in the landscape of bar prep. You shop around and yet end up where you started. Everyone who passed suddenly has an opinion (and sometimes a tutoring service).

May 9, 2025May 8, 2025 - No Comments