Bar Exam

Summary
AdaptiBar is an online MBE simulator that includes licensed MBE questions and patented adaptive technology to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses and predict your MBE score. Most examinees use AdaptiBar as a supplement to a full-service course, and some use it and other options in lieu of a bar review course. The AdaptiBar app has a 5-star rating the company also offers Video Lectures series and Smart Online Flashcards.

Strengths
AdaptiBar has a mobile app for both iOS and Android that allows you to study on your phone. The technology tracks your performance by subtopic, and performance graphs help you pinpoint where you need to spend more study time. Its comprehensive database includes nearly every licensed question released by the NCBE.

Cost
$395 for the MBE Simulator & Prep. Bundle with Flashcards and Video lectures for additional savings

Payment Plan Options
None

Guarantee
If users complete more than 1,300 questions and achieve an overall accuracy rate of 70% or higher, but fail the bar exam, they can re-enroll free of charge or receive 105% of their money back.

Summary
AmeriBar offers an online, self-directed course in addition to tutoring and supplements. It caters to repeat test-takers and at-risk examinees.The course is built around 80 hours of online lectures, which are supplemented by outline and essay practice, a performance test and Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) questions and answers.

Strengths
The cloud-based program allows users to study anywhere. Users can send in essays for critiques and contact an attorney for support. By the numbers: 80 hours of online video, 3,000 simulated MBE questions and 1,400 real MBE questions.

Cost
$1,495 – $2,595

Payment Plan Options
Payment options are available through AmeriBars partnership with PayPal

Guarantee
If you don’t pass the bar, you can take course again for free

Availability
Courses for more than 40 states and tutoring for more than 45 states, including the UBE, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio and Nevada.

Summary
Barbri is the industry leader, with more than 1.3 million lawyers having used the company’s program since the 1960s. Today, more than half of all law students turn to Barbri, which offers a comprehensive course in every jurisdiction, including both live courses and online lectures in many states. Since its inception, it has featured renowned lecturers, and it has expanded its online study materials in recent years to include progress tracking.

Strengths
It offers a personal study plan, created by its Intuitive Study Assistant And Coach (ISAAC), which uses artificial intelligence to focus students on the areas where they need the most work. The program sets a study schedule and tracks progress with a user interface that students like. It also tracks students against other Barbri users in their state, and since so many people take Barbri, the results are quite accurate.

Cost
$1,999 to $3,999

Payment Plan Options
3, 6 and 12-month plans are available

Guarantee
If you don’t pass the bar, you can take the same course again for no added cost

Availability
All states

Summary
BarMax is committed to being the most effective, convenient, and affordable bar review course available. They are currently the only comprehensive bar review course to offer instant and lifetime access to bar prep, and boast a guaranteed pass policy. The full-service, lecture-based course is offered online and through both iOS and Android apps, which allows you to study wherever you want, and on your own schedule. The course includes 50 hours of audio lectures, concise outlines of lecture notes, printed books, flashcards, and 10 writing revisions by former exam graders.

Strengths
1,750+ REAL MBE Questions. Unlike other companies, BarMax only uses real questions to ensure that the questions you are practicing with are representative of what you will see on the actual bar exam. BarMax boasts the highest pass rates and publishes their pass rates annually while other prep companies decline.

BarMax’s lifetime access allows you to start preparing the moment you enroll and never worry about additional subscription fees. If you have already paid a deposit on another program, BarMax will even credit you up to $250 when you switch.

Cost
$399.99 – $2,199.99

Payment Plan Options
BarMax offers 0% financing* starting as low as $84/month for BarMax MBE and $106/month for BarMax CA and BarMax UBE through Affirm.
Interest-free payments can be made over a three-, six-, twelve- or 18-month* period.

*18-month interest free payment plans are available for >$1K purchases

Guarantee
In the event that a student does not pass the bar, they are able to either continue to take advantage of BarMax’s lifetime access or forgo their access and opt for a refund. This means you can be confident in your investment.

Availability
35 options, including UBE states, California, Ohio and MBE

Summary
Bar Prep Hero is an online MBE simulator with more than 1,100 real MBE questions licensed from the NCBE, and more than 500 simulated MBE questions. Bar Prep Hero offers 1,600-plus flash cards, official Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) essays, official Multistate Performance Test (MPT) tests, lifetime access and a pass guarantee for premium users. The mobile apps are intuitive and responsive.

Cost
$99 to $449

Summary
BarWinners, under new ownership as of 2019, relentlessly serves our students by providing thorough, focused and nuanced bar preparation for California, Nevada, and UBE examinees. A full-service bar prep with a tight-knit feel, we have one goal and one goal only: getting you past the bar exam the FIRST time.

Strengths
Accessibility. Accountability. PASS-ability. You will not find our specific combination of personal tutoring, heavily tested issue-focused lectures, and volume of comprehensive materials with any other program. We perfectly mix the large course resources with a small course feel and attention to detail that students appreciate. With BarWinner’s strategic game plan, you will be ready on test day.

Payment Structure
Course costs range from $3,600 – $4,750, with significant discounts of up to $750 for payment-in-full, signing up with a friend, and for our military veterans. BarWinners is extremely flexible with payment plans and we frequently run discount specials for Early Smart Start (ask us about starting early!) sign-ups.

Guarantee
BarWinners sticks with you until you pass (which will not take long!) Complete 90% of the work assigned during the course, on time, and you may take the BarWinners course again at no additional cost.

Summary
We help bar takers with an effective, affordable step-by-step program designed to Make the NEXT Bar Exam Your LAST Bar Exam!®

Comprehensive online bar prep with full subject outlines, video lectures, 2300 licensed MBE Questions, hundreds of essays and answer explanations. Personal mentoring available as an upgrade.

Strengths
Personalized, affordable bar prep for repeat takers, emphasizing writing and test taking skills.

Cost
Course prices start at $147/month for 12 months or discounted single fee of $1,495.

Payment Plan Options
12-month pay plan options available for all courses.

Guarantee
Lifetime Pass Guarantee. Pay once and study at no additional charge until you pass!

Availability
41 states of the UBE (including NY, TX, NJ, IL, DC), California, Florida and Georgia.

Summary
Critical Pass makes MBE flash cards designed to help students learn key bar exam concepts. It also makes MEE (Multistate Essay Examination), specifically the essay-only subjects like Secured Transactions and Family Law. Students use Critical Pass as an add-on to a full-service bar review course and as a way to save the time it would take to make their own flash cards. Each card includes black letter law in a mini outline format, along with space for users to write their own notes or mnemonics. Each purchase comes with access to the Critical Pass app, which contains quizzing functions not just on Critical Pass content, but also questions on black letter law.

Strengths
Critical Pass helps bridge the gap between reading information and remembering it. While most agree that the best way to use flash cards is to make them yourself, doing so for the bar exam can eat up valuable study time and be difficult in the early stages of studying. 380 MBE cards and 120 Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) cards are color-coded, cross-referenced and organized by subject and sub-topic.

Cost
$99 – $249

Summary
Crushendo was founded by a former TV reporter and instructional designer who graduated summa cum laude from BYU Law School, scored in the top 5% nationally on the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), and set out to improve legal education using audio and memory hacks. Crushendo leverages proprietary mnemonics (acronyms, phrases, stories, memory palaces, etc.), creative illustrations, effective practice questions, affordable pricing, lifetime access, whiteboard videos, tutoring, audio outlines, and audio flashcards to help students pass the bar exam. Crushendo was recently recognized by Corporate Vision as the “Most Innovative Law Exam Prep Solution” in the United States.

Strengths
Loads of helpful bar exam mnemonics, and engaging audio outlines and flashcards for mastering black letter law on the go. Official NCBE-licensed practice questions. Lifetime access.

Cost
Crushendo’s complete bar exam prep course is $890. Complete MBE prep is available for $540. Bar prep supplements are available starting at just $42.

Payment Plan Options
Payment plans are available through PayPal and Crushendo’s partnership with Affirm.

Guarantee
Crushendo offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on all of its products and a pass guarantee on its complete bar exam prep course for students who complete their study plan within four months leading up to exam day.

Summary
Fleming’s is a full-service bar review provider that focuses on the California bar exam. It offers five programs: two traditional courses, an online course, a personal tutoring option and essay analysis.

Each course combines substantive law lectures with ongoing essay, MBE and Performance training. Students are given weekly writing assignments that are submitted to the Fleming’s staff attorneys for a personal, audio evaluation.

Strengths
Fleming’s prides itself on catering to individual needs. Exam tools are integrated into each presentation so students learn the law and understand how to apply it to essay, MBE and performance exams.

Cost
$995 – $6,400

Payment Plan Options
Payment plans can be set up on an individual basis.

Guarantee
Fleming’s offers a 50% discount to take the same course more than once.

Summary

There’s no such thing as a traditional law student anymore. With so many responsibilities and so many more distractions than ever before, you need the highest quality bar prep created for how you live and think today.

That’s why Helix Bar Review by AccessLex serves up short segments of content in a deliberate progression from day one. Instead of long stretches of reading outlines and watching lectures, you see and hear key concepts broken down into subtopics and taught in a variety of formats and voices. This high-impact teaching strategy is consistent with learning science and the ways that our brains work — so you stay involved, focused, and moving forward. And when you’re engaged with your bar prep, you’re more likely to complete the course and pass the exam. That is what makes Helix like no other bar preparation course available.

With development led by the former MBE Program Director at the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), Helix is built on a collaborative research-based approach to product design. Helix includes both NCBE-licensed questions and additional NCBE-like questions created by our panels of law professors under the same conditions and in the same design established by the NCBE.

Guided by our expertly crafted study plans and detailed 10, 12, 16 and 20-week study schedules — you pick the schedule that works best for you — Helix takes you through all of the content needed to successfully pass the bar.

Take the free Sneak Peek, get free law school mini-outlines and use our popular free MPRE course to see the Helix Difference! 

Nonprofit AccessLex Institute is mission-driven to provide Helix Bar Review at an affordable, no profit cost — bridging the gap between the financial means of a student and access to high quality bar prep.

Full access to Helix Bar Review’s suite of comprehensive courses begins an unparalleled 20 weeks before the exam. Helix begins the day you are ready and adjusts automatically from the moment you access the program. And a team of Helix Directors is always available to help you craft a study plan that works for you.

Cost

Comprehensive courses:

• Helix UBE or Helix California or Helix Florida – $1,199 

Supplements for law school and bar prep:

• Helix MBE – $279 (Helix MBE℠, a supplemental Multistate Bar Exam practice resource, opens every August for one full year of access.)
• Printed UBE ($199) and MBE Flashcard Sets ($159)

Guarantee

Helix Bar Review offers a free repeat of any of its comprehensive courses for the next administration of the same jurisdiction’s exam for students who complete 75% of the course, including benchmark coursework.

Availability

Helix Bar Review is available for all Uniform Bar Exam jurisdictions, California, and Florida. Helix MBE is a supplement for the Multistate Bar Exam, a multiple-choice component on the bar exam in all U.S. jurisdictions (except Louisiana).

Summary
The High Bar offers personalized tutoring for first-time test-takers, re-takers and international LL.M. students, preparing them for the UBE and Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam. Key features include a personalized calendar, assignments focused on strengths and weaknesses, detailed feedback and guidance and test-taking tips and strategies. Customized lessons are designed with student success in mind.

Cost
$300 to $2,500

Summary
JD Advising offers comprehensive live and on-demand courses with expert instruction by top-rated instructors.

Strengths
It offers a personal study plan, created by bar exam experts, and taught by our 5-star instructors who all passed the bar exam in the top percentile. It uses efficient, organized, and color-coded outlines, telling students what has been tested and when so they study effectively for the bar exam. It uses only real released NCBE bar exam questions so students can feel confident knowing what the questions will look like on exam day. It also provides each student with a personal essay grader to grade each student’s essay and provide feedback to ensure they are on track to pass the bar exam.

Cost
$999.99

Payment Plan Options
JD Advising partners with Affirm and offers 12-month payment plan options.

Guarantee
If you don’t pass the bar, you can take the same course again for no added cost.

Availability
All Uniform Bar Exam states, California, and Michigan

Summary
Kaplan Bar Review is the world leader in test prep and has been in the bar review business since 2006. It currently offers full-service bar review in 50 jurisdictions, including the UBE. All of Kaplan’s courses include live-streaming lectures, a library of on-demand lectures, 4000+ practice questions, and unlimited essay grading.

Strengths
Kaplan Bar Review’s primary strengths come from its size and leadership in the test prep field. We also have unmatched experience preparing students for high stakes exams, having been founded in 1938. Like Barbri, it has the resources to offer a number of support options.

Cost
$1,499 – $3,999

Payment Plan Options
Kaplan allows students to spread out payments using a traditional in house payment plan or Affirm.

Guarantee
Kaplan offers a money-back guarantee as long as students attend 90% of lectures; complete the assigned multiple-choice questions, simulated exams and quizzes; and complete required practice essays and personalized homework.

Availability
All states and jurisdictions except for Louisiana.

Summary
John Pieper has offered a full-service bar review in New York since 1975. Along with his sons, Damian and Troy, Pieper has expanded the program to cover all UBE states, offering recorded lectures online. In addition to 150 hours of lectures, students receive 1,500 practice MBE questions, unlimited graded Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) essays and outline books.

Strengths
Pieper requires students to take handwritten notes during lectures, a process that past students say has helped them memorize the material. “Just trust the process.” one former student said. The course is also big on mnemonics, which most students find very helpful. It is a small, family run business, but everyone is accessible. Private tutoring is available for an additional fee.

Cost
$1,595 -$2,495

Guarantee
Pieper guarantees that students who take the full course will pass the UBE exam on their first try or they can repeat the course free of charge.

Summary
Quimbee Bar Review is a comprehensive, practice-oriented and self-directed study program that includes video lessons, outline readings, quizzes, practice essays and performance tasks.

Students can test themselves on real questions from past bar exams throughout the course and get a true taste of the exam day experience with a simulated MBE.

All coursework is completed online and on-demand. The system tracks and organizes students’ performance and progress, showing them which subjects they’ve mastered and which subjects require additional study.

Strengths
100+ video lessons, 1,831 real multiple-choice questions from past bar exams and 4,300+ Quimbee-authored multiple-choice questions.

Cost
$499 – $999

Payment Plan Options
No-interest financing available through Quimbee’s partnership with Affirm.

Guarantee
Quimbee offers a money-back guarantee for students who do not pass the bar exam the first time after completing 75% of the assigned study schedule.

Availability
36 states and territories that have adopted the UBE, plus California beginning in 2021.

Summary
Reed Bar Review offers full-service online courses and one-on-one tutoring for all states except Louisiana. The company is run by Hugh Reed, who has passed the MBE more than 30 times and is licensed to practice in numerous states. The tutoring can complement other traditional bar reviews or act as a stand-alone program.

Strengths
Students get constant feedback from attorney-coaches and continuous diagnostic testing that highlights their strengths and weaknesses. The course uses the most current and relevant MBE questions.

Cost
$1,295 – $3,345

Guarantee
Students who complete 90% of assignments can retake the course until they pass the bar exam.

Summary
Rigos offers a series of books that most students use to study on their own.

Service Type
Supplement

Cost
$49.50 – $400

Guarantee
Rigos offers a series of books that most students use to study on their own.

Summary
Side-Bar is full-service bar prep company that offers a self-directed, progressive study schedule. There are no lectures to watch, no flash cards and no hype about customization to the student’s particular strengths and weaknesses. What is presented are specific methods, techniques and tips to succeed with both the essay questions and the MBE questions.

Strengths
The MBE section provides 170 specific tips, separated by subject, to tackle the difficult questions. For essays, students are taught a step-by-step method to approach, break down, analyze and write clear answers. To hone essay skills, the company provides almost 60 practice questions with answers.

Cost
$699.00

Guarantee
Side-Bar guarantees your money back within seven days of purchase. The subscription price includes access to all materials for 18 months.

Availability
Side-Bar covers the California bar exam and the UBE for all states where it is used.

Summary
SmartBarPrep’s study tools and strategies streamline an examinee’s study time by helping them practice more effectively and prioritize the highly tested topics and rules.

All of the study materials are an instant digital download in PDF format (except for the Smart Flashcards). The Smart Flashcards are run through a smart flashcard app that can be used on your phone, tablet, or computer.

Strengths
SmartBarPrep’s analysis of past bar exams helps prioritize the law you need to know. Each rule is given a color-coded priority rating (High/Med/Low) so examinees can focus on highly tested topics and rules. The Smart flashcards use cognitive science and adaptive learning to enhance the learning experience by focusing on your weak points.

Cost
$124 – $499

Guarantee
30-day money back guarantee if after reviewing SmartBarPrep’s study materials, you aren’t happy with them for any reason (with the exception of the MBE practice questions).

Availability
Study materials are offered for more than 40 states and jurisdictions, including UBE, California and New York.

SUMMARY
Whether you are a first-time test taker or repeating the exam, having proper coaching and support from an experienced bar exam expert can help ensure your success. Supreme Bar Review offers one-on-one virtual coaching for the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), including the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT). You will work directly with Marc Rossen, the Founder and Director of Supreme Bar Review.

STRENGTHS
Simply being a “licensed attorney” does not qualify someone to help you pass the bar exam. What you really need is someone with decades of experience coaching students for success. Marc Rossen is a bar exam expert with over 30 years of experience helping students pass the bar exam. There is no one more qualified to help you pass.

Other benefits include valuable feedback, personal study plans, effective use of bar review materials, accountability for results, no need to reinvent the wheel.

COST
$355 per hour, or prepaid 10-hour packages for $300 per hour

GUARANTEE
If you begin the coaching program and do not immediately see the benefits of working with Marc, simply withdraw from this program after your first paid session and receive a full refund. No risk, no obligation.

Summary
Themis Bar Review, the second-largest full-service bar prep provider in the nation, developed its on-demand, lecture-based bar review course using the most current research on memory retention and comprehension. Themis courses are all-inclusive, so it is designed to help you pass the bar exam the first time.

Themis is the only course that also publishes its students’ state bar exam pass rates every year. What makes this impressive is that Themis counts each student, even counting unconfirmable students as unsuccessful.

Additionally, all Themis students now receive a free subscription to the best supplemental MBE resource on the market for no additional cost: the UWorld MBE QBank (more information below).

Combine Themis’s innovative tools, including an Adaptive Calendar and Study Pacer, with a dedicated Personal Success Team, unlimited essay grading, and dynamic illustrations, and you have resources that work for every type of student and every learning style.

However you plan to study, you can trust that Themis’s transparent, expertly developed learning tools will help you walk into the bar exam with confidence.

Strengths
Themis offers students tools that enable them to utilize their most effective study tactics, along with directed guidance that is designed to get learners through 100% of the course.

These include short, 15–20-minute lecture videos that improve and combat mental fatigue, fill-in-the-blank lecture handouts, a dedicated essay grader, and unparalleled customer service.

Additionally, students receive a free subscription to UWorld’s MBE QBank, a robust question-based learning tool that uses over 2,000 MBE-style questions (including 1,375+ licensed NCBE questions). This means that, between the UWorld QBank and Themis Bar Review course, Themis students gain access to over 4,000 MBE-style practice questions.

Cost
$1,595.00–$2,595.00

Payment Plan Options
Themis offers financing options through its partnership with Affirm. More information can be found on the ThemisBar.com home page.

Guarantee
First-time exam takers who don’t pass can retake the course for no additional fee. There are no completion requirements that affect eligibility for the free repeat.

Availability
All states except Delaware, Louisiana, and Mississippi (plus the Virgin Islands and District of Columbia).