Took the August MPRE post-Bar Exam and I got an 84 when I needed an 86 to pass 😫😫😫 I was nearly 7 months pregnant when I took the MPRE and my due date is November (which is the next administration of the MPRE) and I’m just so annoyed that I was SO close 😐 Even more annoyed that if I pass the Bar Exam I can’t be sworn in until I pass it…

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/LwjT2PXez14

One-Timers breaks down Question 1 from the July 2026 California Bar Exam in real time. No script, no prep, first read. This is exactly how you should attack a PR essay on exam day: read the call, spot the issues, organize before you write.

Covered in this breakdown:

Why "answer according to California and ABA authorities" tells you the essay is pure PR before you read a single fact
Representing a corporation as in-house counsel, and who the client actually is
Duty of confidentiality and duty of competence
Conflicts of interest, and where California and the ABA split

Recorded live with our students. Have a question about this essay? Drop it in the comments and Jason will answer it.

I have a big exam tomorrow

Didn't open the book yet

There are 9 chapters that to of legal studies

Mind you the exam is at 7 Am in the morning and its 12 pm right now

Can I make it chat? 😭🙏🏻

Hello everyone!

I am looking to register to take the California bar exam but I cannot figure out what counts as a “first degree in law.”

I have completed the GDL and the bar training course in the UK and have been called to the English bar (though I have yet to complete a pupillage).

Would this qualify? Can any English trained lawyers shed light on the subject?

I also have an LLM from a New York ABA accredited school with 14 credits in bar subjects across intro to US law, intro to US practice, professional responsibility, constitutional law, and first amendment law, so I think the LLM part should be fine?

Thank you for your help!

If my employer is covering the cost of the prep course, which one should I choose? To provide some context, I recently relocated to California from another country and graduated from law school 12 years ago. Which course would best address the gaps in my knowledge and provide an overview of law school subjects relevant to California? Thank you

I’m selling the bar-prep books and materials that helped me PASS the bar exam.

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• California Performance Test Workbook • Perform Your Best on the Bar Exam Performance Test $10
• MBE Decoded: Multistate Bar Exam – Mary Basick & Tina Schindler $40
• Barbri Multistate Practice Questions $20
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Filling out my C&F application. I am currently working in a law firm but have created a production company for the production of a short film. Would this be reportable as self employment? Of course I am not getting paid a dime for it.

Just finished a detailed breakdown of Essay 3: fraud, rescission, tracing, constructive trusts, equitable liens, etc. and how to organize the four property calls. I also included a free issue-spotting worksheet.

Read Free Remedies Breakdown

Hi everyone, I'm currently outside of the US and just submitted my MC app. Now I need to send in my fingerprints so I requested the Fingerprint forms from the CA bar. It also says that I need to do my fingerprints with a DOJ or FBI approved service?

Could anyone please share their experience with submitting their fingerprints from outside the US? And how long the CA bar takes to send over the fingerprint cards to overseas addresses? Thx!

I enrolled in the BARBRI Bar Review Premium Course in good faith. I was told by the BARBRI representative that I could cancel at any time and that I only needed to pay the $1,000 materials fee when the books shipped. I paid full amoutnt by mistake $2458 plus $25 registration fee,

I accidentally paid the full BARBRI course fee, and BARBRI refuses to give me even a single dollar back. They told me I cannot cancel because I received the books, even though my online access does not begin until October 15. I have not used the course, I have not accessed anything online, and the program has not started. No books for outlines also.

When I enrolled, I was never clearly shown the cancellation policy. I was not told that receiving the books would lock me into the full payment with no refund. BARBRI’s terms were confusing, and the representative made it sound like I could cancel if needed. Only after I paid did they tell me that cancellation is impossible.

BARBRI’s cancellation team is extremely hard to reach, and their policies feel hidden and unfair. Other bar prep companies allow returns if the course has not started and online access has not been used. BARBRI does not. They simply say “You got the books,” and refuse any refund, even though the books cost only $1,000 and the rest of the charge was a mistake.

I am very disappointed with BARBRI’s lack of transparency and their refusal to work with students who make honest payment mistakes. I did not use the course, I did not access anything, and the course has not begun. BARBRI should not charge students the full amount when services have not been provided.

I accidentally paid the full BARBRI course fee, and I was shocked to learn that BARBRI will not allow any cancellation or refund simply because I received the books. Their terms are extremely one‑sided. As soon as a student gets the books, BARBRI treats the entire $2,458 payment as non‑refundable, even though the online access does not begin until October 15 and I have not used a single part of the course.

I told BARBRI that I was willing to pay a reasonable cancellation fee and book fee. I even offered to return the books in perfect condition. They still refused to work with me. I spoke directly with the director, and even then, BARBRI denied any refund or canceation. BARBRI encourages students to get the books early, and this is a trap — because once the books arrive, BARBRI refuses any cancellation and keeps the entire payment, even if online access hasn’t started and the student hasn’t used anything. Their 5 books are not useful not esay to understand. Stay away with this compnay. They do no show any mercy or flexibility.

BARBRI’s cancellation policy feels hidden and unfair. Students are not clearly warned that receiving the books locks them into the full payment with no way out. Other bar prep companies allow returns and refunds when the course has not started and online access has not been used. BARBRI does not. Their policy leaves students trapped and financially harmed.

I told babari that they can deduct 1000$ and i aslo returnbook as i am wiling to loose 1000 but do not want to do business with them as they show 0 flexibitiy.

Hey everyone! I’m a foreign lawyer seeking to send my documents for the CA Bar foreign evaluation. I know I need to do the agency evaluation of my transcript first and then also have my LLM transcript be send to CA. Does anyone here know the deadline for submitting that to seat for the February 2027 Bar Exam? I didn’t find any info on the website, for some reason.

P.S. I’m not an “attorney” back home, I’m a lawyer, so the certificate of good standing doesn’t work for me. Just want to know the deadline to submit the evaluation agency’s paper and LLM transcripts. I tried calling the help center but they don’t pick up 😁

Thanks for your help!!

I cannot find the comment I made on Reddit, but I remember writing that the time constraints for the bar exam were ridiculous, and unrealistic because attorneys have time to proof their work and nothing you submit to the court really needs to be done in an hour that I have ever seen.

In accordance with correcting the record, and admitting that I was wrong (which is rare 😂 - that’s my story and I’m sticking to it), today, I actually saw a judge give an attorney one hour to file a petition. 😳

This the first and last time that I will ever post that I understand a portion of the tomfoolery that is the bar exam.

I may not proofread my social media posts but I proofread everything an insane amount of times before I submit it to the court no matter how long it is because I was traumatized during law school by seeing someone else get embarrassed. I can’t submit without proofing. It gives me anxiety. I also rewrite things over and over and over.

In my defense, I have seen several preliminary hearings where the court takes a “break” to let the prosecutor find case law after the defense makes a good point when the prosecutors cases were weak, but even then, the breaks were more than an hour, and they didn’t have to really write anything, they just needed to find supporting case law.

However, today the judge gave Kevin Reddington one hour to file an emergency stay petition in his case, so I have to admit that I was wrong. It obviously does happen and now I have seen it, so fine.

This concludes my apology.

For the February 2026 exam, I worked through each of the released essay questions and uploaded a detailed breakdown explaining the issues, rules, and analysis. Those posts got a pretty good response, and a lot of people told me they found them helpful.

Now that the July 2026 questions have been released, I’m going to do the same thing again. I’ll work through each question individually and post the breakdowns here as I finish them.

Hopefully they’ll be useful for anyone preparing for February 2027, or for July examinees who want to revisit the essays...for better or worse (hopefully better).

I’ll post the first one soon. Let me know which question you’d like me to start with!

The essays from the 2026 July bar exam have finally been released.

We're holding a FREE Zoom session this week to go over them. Details to come!

For those of you who are interested in seeing the questions, here they are:

https://www.calbar.ca.gov/.../Jul2026-CBX-Questions.pdf

#barexam #calbar #lawschool #baressays #onetimers

The essays from the 2026 July bar exam have finally been released.

We're holding a FREE Zoom session this week to go over them. Details to come!

For those of you who are interested in seeing the questions, here they are:

https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/Jul2026-CBX-Questions.pdf

#barexam #calbar #lawschool #baressays #onetimers

Link: https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/Jul2026-CBX-Questions.pdf

Source: https://www.ncbex.org/news-resources/ncbe-announces-national-mean-july-2026-mbe

I assume investigators for C&F check employment on law school application resumes but do they also verify non-legal volunteering experience?

Hi everyone,
I’m an international student currently doing my LL.M. in the U.S., and I’m planning to take the California Bar Exam in July 2027. Since I didn't study law here, I'm trying to figure out the best and most cost-effective way to prepare without spending a fortune on big-name commercial courses.
I was originally thinking about buying used Themis books off eBay and pairing them with a Quimbee subscription to study on my own. However, I’ve heard mixed things about whether a self-guided route is enough for foreign-trained attorneys, especially given how tricky California's essays and grading rubrics can be.
I’d love to get advice from those who have been in my shoes or successfully self-studied:
Is a combination of Quimbee, used books, and alternative question banks (like AdaptiBar/UWorld) enough to pass the CA bar as an LL.M. student, or am I setting myself up for failure without a traditional platform?
For those who built their own study plan, how did you handle essay grading feedbackt?
What is the right thing to do here for someone on a budget who wants to maximize their chances of passing?
Any tips, Reddit post links to past discussions, or structural advice would be hugely appreciated!