July 2014

It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to post, and it’s time that I get back on here and share more thoughts now that the July 2014 Bar Exam is coming up fast.

I’m planning to do a post on baressays.com. Back in March, baressays.com reached out to me on whether I’d like to do a post on them, and I haven’t had time to follow through on that yet (life has been really busy). This last week, I’ve seen quite a few people (including many repeaters) posting on all4jds and TLS that this website was incredibly helpful in preparing for the February Bar… so I think it’s time time to do a post on their website.

While I didn’t use baressay.com when I prepared for the bar, I most certainly would have if I had not hired a private tutor.

Which brings me to another topic that I want to discuss soon: private tutors. Since I have experience with a private tutor (and really see the value in hiring one if you can cough up the cash), I think that this topic is one I definitely want to post on.

Stay tuned.

-CalBarista

Introduction

Welcome! The purpose of this blog is to discuss study options for the California State Bar Exam. Here, you will learn about my experience with different review courses, books, and tutors. My goal isn’t to discuss how to pass the bar (sure, that’s the net effect of successful studying), my goal is to discuss how to study for the bar. This is advice from a recent examinee. Not from a professor who took the bar back in 1975, or from a biased commercial bar prep representative.