The Bar Exam Toolbox podcast is an entertaining, useful weekly show which can help you prepare for and pass the bar exam.
You can always access current podcast episodes on the website, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on many other streaming services, and they’re all archived below by category. (If you’d rather browse a complete list of all episodes, click here.)
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Welcome to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast!
Introductory Episodes
If you’re new to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast or to the bar exam, check out these introductory episodes for important background.
The NextGen Bar Exam
The NextGen Bar Exam
The bar exam is changing. These episodes cover what the NextGen exam is, how it differs from the current exam, and what it means for your preparation.
Mastering Each Section of the Exam
Mastering Each Section of the Exam
Help on bar exam essays, the performance test, the MBE, and the MPRE.
- Bar Exam Essay Strategies
- Bar Exam Performance Test Strategies and Examples
- MBE Strategies and Examples
- MPRE Strategies
Help for Different Types of Students
Help for Different Types of Students
Different students face different challenges in preparing for the bar exam. In these episodes, we explore strategies for a variety of student types.
Study Strategies and Scheduling Your Study Time
Study Strategies and Scheduling Your Study Time
Students often struggle to make an effective study schedule that considers their learning preferences. In these episodes, we discuss how to use your study time effectively and different approaches you can explore to meet your learning goals.
- Different Approaches to Studying for the Bar Exam
- Making a Bar Exam Study Plan and Schedule
- Bar Prep Courses and Options
Practical Tips for Bar Exam Success
Practical Tips for Bar Exam Success
Don’t let stress and logistics derail your bar plan! In these episodes, we talk about all the details you need to pay attention to so that your bar exam experience goes smoothly.
Quick Tips to Pass the Bar Exam
Quick Tips for the Bar Exam
Short, focused episodes on one piece of advice at a time, covering everything from study tactics to exam-day logistics.
Substantive Essays and Legal Topics
Substantive Essays and Legal Topics
Looking for help on specific essays or want to review some commonly-tested legal topics? Tune in as we discuss actual bar questions from California and the MEE and review heavily-tested topics in our “Listen and Learn” series.
“Listen and Learn” Series
“Listen and Learn” Series
Heavily-tested topics reviewed one at a time, each with a practice fact pattern so you can see the analysis in action. Browse by subject:
- Business Associations/Corporations
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Crossover Questions
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Professional Responsibility
- Property
- Torts
- Wills and Trusts
Career and Bar Admission Issues
Career and Bar Admission Issues
Passing the bar exam is only one step on the road to being a gainfully-employed attorney! In these episodes, we talk about bar-related career issues, and also about the process of being admitted to the bar.
Bar Exam Content from the Law School Toolbox Podcast
Bar Exam Content from the Law School Toolbox Podcast
You can also check out our bar-related content on the Law School Toolbox podcast.
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