Bar Exam Toolbox Blog

Everyone tells you that bar exam studying will be excruciating, but no one can tell you exactly what makes the process so painful. There’s the panic and stress anticipating potential failure. And then managing bar study finances, the lack of self-care, the burden of securing/maintaining/losing post-graduate employment (have I missed anything)? But the resounding truth that probably everyone will attest to, but no one can properly articulate, is the constant state of confusion.

As law students, we always took comfort in what we did and didn’t know. If you knew the material, you focused on throwing it on your outline and then mastering it. If you did not understand certain topics, you invested in sleepless nights before an exam, dedicating yourself to learning what you need to in order to pass. It’s how we all got through. But while studying for the bar exam, the amount of material is insurmountable. Regardless of whether you have the best study resources on the market or were born a master test taker, the inevitable truth is that you can’t know everything for the bar exam. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but the sooner you accept this, the better equipped you will be to prepare efficiently for exam day. [Read more…] about “Am I Actually Learning?”