A lot of talk here about Baby Bar passing rates for the California DL law schools, i.e. Concord, Oakbrook, Taft, et al. With the exception of Oakbrook, the passing rates don't seem too impressive. As someone who is about to start the Concord JD-Bar program in April, I wonder if anyone here has insight as to what additional preparation a student at one of these schools can take to improve their chances of passing the Baby Bar? Third-party prep courses, books, CDs, anything? I feel a lot of honest hard work will increase my chances, but if it turns out I am being limited by quality-of-education factors, I am interested in doing what I can to ensure I still pass. Christian
There is a link on Jonnie's dl page about one person's experience with dl Law. Maybe you have already read this, if not it is probably worth checking out. dl law experience Good luck, Tony
BarPassers, Celebration, MicroMash, Bar/Bri?? One of them must offer some sort of review for the Baby Bar. I know PMBR is basically for the MBE so I don't know if that would help much.
Check out these links: Celebration: http://208.169.227.148/California%20Baby%20Bar%20Review.htm BarPassers: http://www.barpassers.com/law_school.html Caveat: I can't vouch for the quality of the CA Baby Bar materials offered by these firms. I did, however, use Celebration for the FL portion of the FL bar exam. The materials (print and audio tapes) were reasonably priced and were more than sufficient in terms of preparation for the exam.
Thanks Myoptimism and Homer for your responses and for the links. I'm already going through them. Christian
Christian: I have three friends that passed the Baby Bar on the first attempt. They all used Flemings' Baby Bar Review Course (you can do it in person or purchase the home-study version) and swear by it. Check out http://www.lawprepare.com. No, I am not a rep for Flemings. Good luck.
I passed the Baby Bar on my first attempt, with a respectable score, using the following: 1. The Fleming Review (home study) 2. The BAU video series 3. The relevant sections of Finz Multistate Method 4. Old exams sold by the CA Bar. My advice is to practice exam taking under timed conditions. Stamina is an issue. Writing four essays in four hours is quite demanding. I foun the multiple choice exam challenging not because of the difficulty level, but because you have less than 2 minutes per question. Many have said (and I agree) that most people spend too much time reviewing notes and cases, and not enough time practicing exam taking. Christopher
