The Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast: Pass the Bar Exam with Less Stress
The Bar Exam Toolbox podcast helps bar takers pass with less stress and anxiety. Hosted by bar exam experts Lee Burgess and Alison Monahan, the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from how to learn and memorize all the law you need to know for the bar exam, to how to write a passing essay, to how to get bar exam accommodations. If you're struggling with the bar exam, or work with students who are, tune in for practical strategies for bar exam success!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 326
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
026: 10 Tips for Working and Studying for the Bar Exam
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're sharing our top 10 tips to handle working and studying for the bar exam.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How to fit studying into your life whe…
025: How to Interpret Your Bar Exam Score Report
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing what you can learn from your score report if you failed the bar exam. Don't just put it in a drawer!
In this episode, we discuss:
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024: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Professional Responsibility & Evidence
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're walking through a California bar exam question on professional responsibility and evidence. This is one of our series of podcasts on how to a…
023: Tackling an MEE Corporations question
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, Lee discusses a corporations MEE question and walks you through how to plan an answer. This is one of our series of podcasts on how to approach ea…
022: How to Analyze Real MBE Questions (w/ Sean Silverman) - Part 2
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today is the second episode in our two-part series analyzing real MBE questions. Lee and guest Sean Silverman, an MBE expert, walk through several MBE qu…
021: How to Analyze Real MBE Questions (w/ Sean Silverman) - Part 1
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, Lee walks through some past MBE questions with guest Sean Silverman, an MBE expert.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Different approaches for reading…
020: How to Read the Facts on an Essay w/Mihal Ansik
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we’re here with Mihal Ansik, one of our expert California bar exam tutors, walking step-by-step through a real California bar question and discuss…
019: Top 5 Bar Exam Study Mistakes (w/Ariel Salzar)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we’re here with Ariel Salzar, one of our most experienced bar exam tutors, discussing the top 5 mistakes students consistently make when studying …
018: Strategies for Mastering the MBE
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we're discussing our top tips for mastering the MBE portion of the bar exam. If you’re taking the exam in nearly any jurisdiction you'll have to t…
017: How to Study for the Bar Exam if You're a Kinesthetic Learner
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today we're talking about smart ways to study for the bar exam if you are a kinesthetic learner. While this may be the least likely learning style for la…
016: How to Study for the Bar Exam as a Visual Learner
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we're talking about how best to study for the bar exam if you're a visual learner. We have lots of fun techniques to discuss (which all types of l…
015: How to Study for the Bar Exam if You're an Auditory Learner
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we're talking about studying for the bar as an auditory learner, along with some techniques anyone can use, even if this is not your preferred lea…
014: Thinking Ahead to Get Ready for the Bar Exam
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast! Today, we're talking about a very important topic -- planning ahead to get ready for the bar exam. If you’re a 1L or 2L, you may be thinking you can skip…
013: Handling Bar Exam Stress (w/Megan Canty)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, our guest is Megan Canty, the Director of Academic Success and Bar Exam Preparation at Wayne State University Law School and a Bar Exam Toolbox tu…
012: Bar Exam-Day Tips (w/Brittany Raposa)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today we're getting ready for exam day with bar exam expert Brittany Raposa, Director of Bar Support at Roger Williams University School of Law and a bar…
011: Self-Sabotaging Behavior during Bar Prep (w/Ariel Salzer)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today we are talking with Ariel Salzer, a highly-experienced bar tutor on our team, about a very important topic: self-sabotaging behavior while studying…
010: Top 5 Bar Exam Essay Writing Tips (w/Ariel Salzer)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, we're discussing our top bar exam writing tips with special guest, Ariel Salzer. Ariel is one of our most experienced California bar exam tutors, …
009: Mastering the Performance Test (w/Doretta McGinnis)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today we're talking to Doretta McGinnis, a legal writing expert and one of our fabulous bar exam tutors here at the Bar Exam Toolbox, about the Multistat…
008: What Happens if You Fail the Bar Exam (w/Ariel Salzer)
Welcome to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we are discussing a difficult reality for many law graduates. What happens if you fail the bar exam? If you've just gotten disappointing news, we have h…
007: A Conversation with Sean Silverman - MBE Expert
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today Lee talks with guest Sean Silverman, an MBE expert, who tutors for the MBE, the Florida bar exam, and the UBE.
In this episode, we discuss:
- MBE ti…