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
266: Quick Tips -- Pre-Writing Outlining for Bar Essays
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Quick Tips" series, we're talking about the importance of taking time to outline or otherwise plan your bar essay answer before yo…
265: Quick Tips -- What If You Run Out of Time While Writing a Bar Essay Answer?
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Quick Tips" series, we're talking about time management on the bar exam. Specifically, we share tips on what to do if you run out …
264: Listen and Learn -- Concurrent Estates (Property)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're talking about concurrent ownership of property. For a discussion on the related topic of present a…
263: Navigating Accommodations and Self-Advocacy in the Legal Field (w/AJ Link)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this week's episode, we have AJ Link joining us on the podcast. AJ is the president of the National Disabled Legal Professionals Association and today…
262: Listen and Learn -- Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Motions for New Trial (Civ Pro)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this week's episode, we're focusing on a topic from Civil Procedure -- specifically, motions for judgment as a matter of law and motions for new trial…
261: Quick Tips -- Bar Exam Accommodations Basics
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're talking about using accommodations for the bar exam due to disabilities or other conditions.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why accommodations…
260: Listen and Learn -- Elements of a Crime
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're focusing on the basics of Criminal Law – that is, the elements of a crime. Specifically, we're going to spend some time diving into the two …
259: How to Minimize Borrowing for the Bar Exam (w/Jesse Mecham from YNAB)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we are excited to speak with Jesse Mecham -- a personal finance expert and founder of You Need A Budget -- about ways to decrease spending and borr…
258: Keys to Bar Exam Success with Themis (w/Rebecca Petrilli)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're excited to be speaking with our guest Rebecca Petrilli from Themis Bar Review. We'll share our top 10 tips for using your bar review program …
257: Listen and Learn -- Consideration (Contract Law)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, in an episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing an important concept from Contract Law - consideration - which is one of the th…
256: Quick Tips -- Budgeting for the Bar Exam
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode, we're discussing just how much it can cost you to sit for the bar exam, as well as some mitigation strategies to try to reduce the co…
255: Quick Tips -- Best Bar Exam Study Habits for Takers w/ ADHD
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Quick Tips" series, we're talking about best habits for studying for the bar exam if you're coping with ADHD or ADD.
In this epis…
254: Quick Tips -- Best Habits for Studying for the Bar Exam While Working
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Quick Tips" series, we're talking about best habits for studying for the bar exam while working full-time or part-time.
In this e…
253: Bar Exam Best Practices - Creating Good Habits
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode, we're talking about creating great bar exam study habits and ones that would be useful in your life in general.
In this episode, we d…
252: Listen and Learn -- Property-Based Intentional Torts
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, in an episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing property intentional torts and their specific defenses.
In this episode, we di…
251: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 2)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're diving into the second part of our discussion on present estates and future interests. In the previous episode we reviewed the default prop…
250: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 1)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we're diving into a topic from Property Law -- Present and Future Estates. In this first part of a two-part series, we discuss the defau…
249: Quick Tips -- How to Prepare for the NextGen Bar Exam While Still in Law School
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're continuing our discussion of the NextGen Bar Exam with a few tips on what classes and skills to focus on in law school for a more seamless b…
248: Considerations for the NextGen Bar Exam (Plus Questions We Still Have!)
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're talking about the format and scope of the NextGen Bar Exam, which will eventually replace the UBE. The first administration of the new bar ex…
247: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Factual Causation
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode, we're focusing on one of the most highly-tested topics on the bar exam: Negligence. In particular, we're talking about the different …