The Key to Passing the CA Bar on Your First Try?

Are you avoiding studying for the essay portion of the California Bar Exam because it seems harder to prepare for than the MBE and Performance Test sections? DON’T. You’re risking failure, and avoidance really isn’t necessary. This study guide simplifies the preparation process by showing you how to focus on the rules that are most frequently tested.

The SmartBarPrep Essay Priority Outline contains model rule statements to ALL 507 RULES tested on the California Bar Exam essays in the last 34 examinations…AND reveals how often each rule has appeared in the past. That is an extraordinary 17 YEARS of exams and 202 ESSAY QUESTIONS analyzed for your advantage.

Knowing the frequency of each rule allows you to focus your precious study time. But what about how to answer? This study guide also provides model rule statements for each rule. So you’ll know exactly what to write on the day of the exam. The model rules are to the point, so you’ll have just what you need. No lengthy, wordy explanations to waste crucial prep time. Walk into exam day armed with confidence that you can ace the essay portion of the exam…

This study guide can be used to supplement bar exam review courses such as BarBri or Kaplan. The SmartBarPrep Essay Priority Outline integrates well with review courses because it is arranged in terms of frequency and topic, saving you the hassle of making index cards or other outlines.

A note about the price…
The SmartBarPrep Essay Priority Outline is valued at $200, but right now it is $124 – a savings of more than 30%. If you are like most preparing for the California Bar, you have spent thousands on a bar review course. In comparison, this outline is truly a remarkable value.

Not only does this price include the SmartBarPrep Essay Priority Outline, IT NOW INCLUDES:

• BONUS #1:  Essay Frequency Analysis (Sorted by Frequency) that contains charts of the rules tested ordering the rules from the most tested to least tested BOTH by overall frequency and also by frequency within each subject. These charts also contain cross-references to the page numbers where the rules appear in the SmartBarPrep Essay Priority Outline.
• BONUS # 2:  Separate HIGH, MEDIUM, & LOW Outlines of the rules in the SmartBarPrep Essay Priority Outline.  These outlines separate the rules under both classifications, and enable you to even further focus your studying, especially in the weeks right before the exam.

We are a firm believer in the 80/20 Rule developed by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto. In short, the rule says that in almost anything in life, only a few things (the 20 percent) are essential and the rest (the remaining 80 percent) are trivial.

Sounds like a nice theory, but can it be applied to the California Bar Exam essays?

It does, and our team of California attorneys proved it. We rolled up our sleeves and went through every shred of material released by the California Committee of Bar Examiners to see if our theory was true.

After going through every item they released in detail, we noticed patterns emerge. The most noticeable was that the bar examiners tested some material more frequently than others. For example, whenever a evidence question appeared we found that over 80% of the time a component of the question dealt with the General Hearsay Rule. Since this rule is tested frequently, it makes sense to spend more time memorizing it than, say, the rule of Prohibition Against Jury Investigations, which appeared only once in the last 17 years.

Also in line with the 80/20 Rule, focusing 80 percent of your time and energy on the 20 percent of the rules of law that are tested most frequently will maximize your chances of passing. Don’t just work hard; work smart by focusing on the right things. That is exactly what the Essay Priority Outline does: It tells you what is most important and where to focus your efforts.

Here is a chart that shows just how often topics are repeated: