BAR EXAM PREPARATION TOPICS
Learn to write effectively and efficiently both on a bar exam and under a short deadline. Develop strategies for flexing memory muscles; build scheduling and organizational skills; and improve legal writing, analysis, organization, and editing abilities for bar-exam essay and performance task-style questions.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Law JD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate competency in legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral communication appropriate for a variety of legal contexts. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop the skills necessary to issue spot a fact pattern and formulate an answer in a variety of legal areas and modalities. Audience: Graduate 3. Practice effectively maneuvering the time constraints of the bar exam for each portion of the exam. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law by producing a library of materials in four substantive areas and utilizing said library for a variety of assessments. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate competency in legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral communication appropriate for a variety of legal contexts. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop the skills necessary to issue spot a fact pattern and formulate an answer in a variety of legal areas and modalities. Audience: Graduate 3. Practice effectively maneuvering the time constraints of the bar exam for each portion of the exam. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law by producing a library of materials in four substantive areas and utilizing said library for a variety of assessments. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027