Bar Exam Resources

How to Pass the Bar Exam

In Their Own Words: Sage Advice From Blended Students Who Passed the Bar Exam

 

Links below to Bar Prep Resources Available: Warren E. Burger Library

CrunchTime Series – The latest editions are part of the Aspen Learning Library, the library also has the series in print.
Aspen Learning Library – online study aid collection
Bar Course Study Aids – Study aid materials related to bar courses.
CALI lesson – a great exam prep tool.  Access from the library website at the link provided, librarians have the access code.
Examples and Explanations –  Study aid material that provides introductions to legal concepts followed by realistic hypotheticals that mirrors those presented in the classroom throughout the semester.
West Academic – West Academic aids collection
Various LibGuide Bar Exam Prep Resources – This page also provides an option to chat with a librarian.
Librarians are available for assistance in accessing the aforementioned tools.

 

Ahead of the Curve Early Bar Prep Program

The Ahead of the Curve program is a bar prep program designed by Academic Excellence for students to complete during their final semester of law school. Students are assigned to a bar prep tutor who works with students during the semester. The Ahead of the Curve program allows students to lengthen the runway for their bar studies by working to recap the law on bar topics and practice and improve their exam-taking skills on all parts of the bar exam. The Office of Academic Excellence will reach out to all students at the start of their final semester to invite them to participate.

Post-Grad Bar Prep Tutoring

Graduates signed up for bar prep tutoring meet with a tutor once or twice a week to prepare for the bar exam. Prior to each session, graduates are assigned real past bar exam essays, MPTs, or MBEs to complete under test conditions and email to the tutor before the session. The tutor returns the graduate’s work with extensive written or audio comments. The tutor and graduate then meet for 1:1 instruction tailored to the graduate’s areas of deficiency. This process repeats until a student is earning at least 90% of the points on their practice questions. The Office of Academic Excellence will reach out to all students who didn’t participate in the Ahead of the Curve Early Bar Prep Program at the end of their final semester to invite them to participate.

Crush the Bar: Skills and Substance Workshops

The Office of Academic Excellence provides bar preparation workshops for graduates as a supplement to their commercial bar preparation course. Workshops on skills are led by Academic Excellence faculty and workshops on substantive areas of law are led by Mitchell Hamline doctrinal faculty. Videos from past workshops are available below.

Bar Exam Handouts

How to approach an MBE problem

BPS MEE Self-Assessment

MBE Questions worksheet

How to Approach an MPT Problem

Recipe for Bar Success

 

MBE Workshops