Bar Review Course (click here for a quick summary)

The Bar Review Course is an innovative, full-service online bar review program designed specifically for the California Bar Exam.  This flagship course prepares candidates for all three sections of the examination: Essay, Performance Test and Multistate Bar Exam.  Access to the program begins approximately 2 months before each examination.  Enrollees received a daily homework and study schedule to guide them through the program.  For students who wish to begin their preparation in advance, an Early Start Option is available up to 6 months prior to the exam.  Additional charges may apply.

Substantive Review

The substantive law lectures make up approximately 60 percent of the Bar Review Course and are designed to summarize and highlight the testable areas of law for each bar exam subject. Students annotate the highly acclaimed BarPassers flowcharts during more than 75 hours of lectures while laying a foundation for learning issue-spotting approaches, exam outlining and organizational skills.

For a sample of our Criminal Law lecture, print out a copy of the lecture handout and click here to listen.

Skills Training

The skills workshops are a critical component of the Bar Review Course and make up the remaining 40 percent of the program.  In the workshops, students learn essay writing approaches, performance test skills and multistate techniques. The skills workshops include:

• 7 Essay Workshops (over 22 hours)
  Issue-spotting approaches for all subjects
  Organizational templates for most frequently tested topics
  Over 40 bar exam essay questions reviewed & analyzed
  Crossover questions identified, reviewed & analyzed
  Essay predictions
• 4 Performance Test Workshops (over 12 hours)
  The BarPassers Four-step Performance Test Approach Attack Plans to identify, organize & write most tested documents
  5 Performance Tests outlined, analyzed & reviewed in class
  Summaries of all performance tests from 1987 to present
  9 Performance Tests included with written model answers
• 6 Multistate Workshops (over 18 hours)
  Subject-specific approaches reviewed & analyzed
  Frequently tested topics identified & discussed for all subjects
  Over 200 MBE questions critiqued in class

    For a sample of our Criminal Law Essay Writing Workshop, print out a copy of the essay hypothetical,     read and outline it, and click here to listen.

Practice Component

In the Bar Review Course, students turn in 8 essay exams and 1 performance test for grading and written evaluation.Over 180 past bar exam essay questions and 9 past performance tests all with model answers are also available for additional simulation and review.  In addition, there are more than 4000 MBE practice questions with detailed analysis available via our practice workbook and downloadable software.  Finally, all BarPassers programs finish with a 3-Day Simulated Bar Exam.

Course Syllabus

All enrollees follow a rigorous, program-specific, daily homework and study schedule designed to ensure that performance peaks just before the exam.

Course Materials

BarPassers utilizes proprietary materials designed and written by our bar review experts to address substantive law, exam writing skills for both the essay and performance test sections and multiple-choice techniques.The BarPassers materials* are included at no extra charge and are integrated to create repetition and facilitate memory retention. They are updated for every review course and include the:

• Volume I - Multistate Subject Outlines
• Volume II - California Subject Outlines
• Chartbook (lecture handouts & summary flowcharts)
• California Course Materials volume (In-class workbook)
• California Essay Workbook
• California Performance Test Workbook
• Multistate Practice Questions volume
• Multistate Software

*Subject to change without notice