Bar Exam Preparation
So you find yourself in an unbelievable situation: You failed the bar exam.
Reality is undeniable. You dust off your tears. It’s time to take action.
You wonder: What’s the next step?
Should you retake your bar prep course? What’s the alternative?
Continue reading “What If You Failed the Bar Exam? Should You Retake a Bar Review Course?”Some bar takers wonder if they should study early for the bar exam (ahead of the traditional 10-week schedule), whether…
While there are benefits to studying early and giving yourself a lot of time, there are many traps to doing so. There are also benefits to simply waiting (if your neurotic anxiety can handle it) until study season is in full swing before deciding whether or not to study for the bar exam.
But bar prep is personal. You’re the dean of your own studies.
To help you decide when to start studying, let’s discuss all of this—who early bar prep is right for and the best way to study early and effectively—so that you’re making the most of your time and energy.
Continue reading “Early Bar Prep: Should You Study Early for the Bar Exam? (When and How)”Camille passed the California Bar Exam on her second try as a foreign-trained LLM student.
Like the other passers, she did it her way, despite being foreign-trained, having no idea how the U.S. legal system worked, and studying from scratch with a full-time job on the line.
There are many ways you can pass the exam. You are the dean of your own studies, and pass rates have no bearing on your own chance of success.
Continue reading “24-year-old Foreign LLM Student Passes CA Bar Exam on Second Try”Your hair feels gross, the fridge is empty, and you’ve been scraping together whatever free time you can.
Words in front of you are jumbling together into a blurry mess, passing by like a dream and also slipping away like one.
I’ve been where you are. In a way, I’m still there.
Bar prep steeps you in this undercurrent of anxiety because there’s so much to study with so little time and you’re feeling the pressure from the exam getting closer and closer. The worst combination.
But it’s not just time. Time isn’t your scapegoat. “Life is short” is propaganda by people who wasted their time.
“Yeah, maybe when I have more time. I’m going to feel motivated someday. Everything happens for a reason.” Oh, okay.
We like to tell people we “don’t have time” or that “time is the most valuable resource” or that “life is short” (even though we love to procrastinate).
Time is not your most valuable resource.
You ALSO need ENERGY and ATTENTION. You need CLARITY so you can be productive. Even if you “had the time,” it wouldn’t mean jack unless you did something with it.
Here are 6 ways to take back your time and energy while studying for the bar exam (even if you’re working full time):
Continue reading “6 Ways to Reclaim Your Time & Energy While Studying for the Bar Exam (Even If You’re Working Full Time)”“S” (who wanted her name private) passed the 2023 February California Bar Exam.
What else is new? No, I’m not tired of seeing my readers pass tough exams yet.
This featured passer:
(Like this other 2023 Feb passer)
I love her story because it has several parallels to my own experience as a second-time passer. Both of us made the same classic mistakes that first-timers make.
Do you recognize them in your own preparation?
Continue reading “Repeater Passes CA Bar Exam After She Ditched Barbri and Stopped “Trusting the Process””