Re-taking the Bar Exam?

Clearly, failing the bar is "a big drag." Not only does one suffer public embarrassment, but oftentimes there is a questioning of one’s own abilities.

The truth is that thousands of law school graduates fail the bar exam yearly. So if you have failed a bar examination, you are not alone.

Failing a bar exam is not a reflection of your intelligence. It is not necessarily a reflection of your knowledge of the substantive law. Failing is, however, a reflection of whether or not you understand the standards applied to your work and whether or not you understand how to meet those standards.

Failing the bar can be an opportunity for you to finally access your abilities accurately and to figure out how to excel at exam-taking. Many Skillman lawyers have said upon refection they were glad they had flunked the bar and then taken the TSM courses because with the TSM courses, they finally “figured it out.” After taking TSM courses, a Skillman student should know whether or not he/she is going to pass the exam before taking the exam.

The Basic Bar Preparation Course

In The Basic Bar Preparation Course, filmed at Vanderbilt University School of Law, you will learn exactly what is expected of you and why. (See a description of the course on the Bar Candidates web page.) You will come away from watching the course with a deeper appreciation of the standards applied to your work and a deeper understanding of how to meet those standards.

The Basic Bar Preparation Course removes the mystery; you will come away with a step-by-step approach for preparing for a bar exam. Further, you should come away with an understanding of why you failed the exam and what measures you should take to pass. It will take approximately eight hours to watch the course.

The Supplemental Bar Preparation Course

In the late 80’s, The Legal Aid Society of New York City and the Oregon State Bar asked me to develop a supplemental bar preparation course for their bar candidates who had flunked the bar exam. This course was developed in response to their requests. (See a description of the course on the Bar Candidates web page.)

Students who have taken the course have performed extremely well when re-taking the bar exam. In fact, one winter Legal Aid Society bar candidates had a 85% passage rate while the statewide passage rate for re-takers that was in the 40’s. Winter 2006, summer 2006, and winter 2007, 100% of the Skillman students retaking a bar exam passed. Most of these students took The Basic Course for bar students and then did private tutoring.

The Skillman Method^TM courses and private tutoring take the mystery out of the process. The major key to passing the bar exam is proper preparation. At the Skillman Method^TM, you learn how to prepare and you will receive meaningful feedback on your work.

If you follow The Skillman Method^TM when you are taking the bar again, it will take four to five hundred hours to properly prepare. In addition to outlining the heavily tested subjects, we suggest that Skillman students write forty to sixty practice essays exams and spend seventy hours answering practice MBE questions.

Thank you for the opportunity to support your success.