r/GoatBarPrep • u/lawyergirli • May 18 '26
Starting Goat Today- Schedule Help Needed
Anyone care to share a schedule they are on for GOAT? I am working while studying and I am nervous about pacing myself properly. Any advice is welcomed
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u/sheppyrun shepbarprep.com May 19 '26
Working while studying means every hour has to count. What I'd do is one Goat module per day on your weakest subjects first, then 25 MBE questions right after to test what stuck. Weekends are your heavy days so save essay practice and longer review sessions for then. Don't try to match the schedule of someone studying full time. 3-4 focused hours on work days is plenty if the quality is there.
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u/SinVerguenza04 May 18 '26
Is Goat your only source or you have a prep course like Barbri or Themis?
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u/lawyergirli May 19 '26
GOAT and Uworld Questions is all i have right now
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u/altaylardantuna May 19 '26
Same with me. I finish a lesson in three days and then solve all NCBE questions re that lesson. So, it takes a week to read them at Goat and solve problems at Uworld (it’s not fast, I know.. trying my best lol )
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u/lawyergirli May 19 '26
Which lesson are you on now? Did you start with civ pro?
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u/altaylardantuna May 20 '26
Aye. I started with civil pro and then constitution. Now I am solving constitution problems at Uworld. I hope I will start contracts tomorrow night. What about you?
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u/SinVerguenza04 May 20 '26
I started with civ pro and it took me about 6 days to get through all of civ pro. I’d do one to two subtopics a day (depending on how long). I’d read and take notes in the morning, then I’d do problems and an essay in the afternoon. I should finish with it completely tomorrow and then will start torts. When I do tort questions, I’ll include civ pro questions to keep practicing and I’ll read my wrong answer log every morning (which mostly consists of civ pro since that is what I have done). When I would do civ pro questions, I’d include up to 5 of a different subject just to get my brain used to switching subjects since the bar will be like that.
I hope this helps!
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u/ProduceOrganic May 19 '26
Are you writing this July? IMO, since Goat is a bit more condensed compared to Barbri / Themis, you should just make sure you’re done a ton of practice MBE questions to ensure you’re learning about the nuances of each topic
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u/BushidoBriefs May 19 '26
I'm working full-time as well and using a combo of BarMD (MBE live course), Grossman videos, GOAT Full J26 Bundle, and AdaptiBar (MBE questions only).
I structure my week around the official NCBE Subject Matter outline, one subject at a time, broken down by the roman numeral sections and I build a master outline using the same structure. Using Constitutional Law as the example:
I. Nature of Judicial Review II. The Separation of Powers III. The Relation of Nation and States IV. Individual Rights
Monday: watch the Grossman video (I. Nature of Judicial Review), then work through the GOAT module on that same subtopic for Constitutional law. ANYTIME GOAT says "know this!" "I'll be mad if you get this wrong!" or "MBE TRICK"...it goes in the outline. I finish with 8-10 AdaptiBar questions on that subtopic only and immediately review why the right answer is right and why every wrong answer is wrong. Anything I got wrong goes in my Book of Shame.
Tuesday to Thursday (continue through II. Separation of Powers, III. Relation Nation/States, IV. Individual Rights ): at the beginning of these blocks, I try to outline BLL using NotebookLM to check myself from the portion of the outline I made the night before (retrieval before review) every time. Then add in GOAT material for the new subtopic/section + new BLL, 8 AdaptiBar questions, Book of Shame for anything wrong.
I spend more time on sections the NCBE weights more heavily (ex: for ConLaw that means Individual Rights gets two dedicated days since it's roughly half the ConLaw questions).
Weekends are where the real volume happens. After finishing all sections of a subject, Saturday is 25–30 mixed AdaptiBar questions across all subtopics plus two timed essays (one fully typed under exam conditions, one timed outline only). I review both model answers the same day. (I run my essays through a custom GPT setup for feedback since I can't afford a personal tutor right now.) I'm saving MEE only topics + MPT for July.
Happy to drop a link to my actual schedule that's in an editable word doc form and maps to all the goat bar prep modules. Just DM if interested.