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Bar Preparation: VLS Library Resources

This guide covers bar admission, tips for taking the bar exam, information about bar prep programs and links to bar exam information for individual states.

Planning for the Bar Exam

Acing Law School by Miller
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF272 .M548 2013

ISBN: 0735599246

Publication Date: 2012-10-25
Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements by ABA
Call Number: 2nd Floor & Reserve (current edition): KF302.A36 .C73

ISBN: 9780983123965

Publication Date: Updated annually
Law School Survival Manual by Nancy Rapoport; Jeffrey D. Van Neil
Call Number: On Reserve: KF283 .R37 2010

ISBN: 0735594902

Publication Date: 2010-05-24
Law School by Michael S. Ariens
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF283 .A75 2010

ISBN: 1594604436

Publication Date: 2010-08-01

Online Resources

NOTE: Some articles linked below require Westlaw or Lexis passwords and may not be available to graduates or visiting bar prep students.

EENY MEENY MINY MOE: WHICH STATE BAR EXAM SHOULD I TAKE? Margaret Fonberg, 61-MAR Fed. Law. 12, March 2014
DEAR PROFESSOR: WHY DO I ACE ESSAY EXAMS BUT BOMB MULTIPLE CHOICE ONES? Herbert T. Krimmel, 63 J. Legal Educ. 431 (2014)
Offers some tips for taking the MBE (by avoiding what unsuccessful students have done)

General Resources

Pass the Bar: a practical guide to achieving academic and professional goals by Sara Berman
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF303 .B45 2013

ISBN: 1627222383

Publication Date: 2013
The Bar Exam in a Nutshell by Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Call Number: Hornbook Reserve: KF303 .D37 2016

ISBN: 1634606183

Publication Date: 2016
Pass the Bar! by Denise Riebe; Michael H. Schwartz
Call Number: On Class Reserve

ISBN: 1594601658

Publication Date: 2005
The Zen of Passing the Bar Exam by Chad Noreuil
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF303 .N673 2011

ISBN: 1594609349

Publication Date: 2010
You Can Pass Any Bar Exam by Edna Wells Handy
Call Number: On Reserve: KF303 .H36 1997

ISBN: 087224105X

Publication Date: 1997

Additional Support

Your Guide to Taking the Bar (Again) by Keith Elkin; Basick Mary; Schindler Tina
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF303 .Y68 2012

ISBN: 1454830751

Publication Date: 2012-11-01
How to Achieve Success after the Bar Exam: a Step-by-Step Action Plan by Joan R. M. Bullock
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF300 .B86 2014

ISBN: 1614381836

Publication Date: 2014