[blindLaw] The perennial bar prep question.

[Maura Kutnyak]

Thanks everyone for sharing your perspectives. 

I agree with you Julie! The pricing is uncomfortably high! That is in part why I want to be very careful about making the right choice. I don’t want to do this more than once!. I used Themis for MPRE prep. It was free and quite usable with a couple  quirks that I can’t quite remember. I didn’t like it that much though. The Contant felt a little thin but in the end I guess it worked well enough because I passed.

Seif, i’ll sit for the bar in New York. I’m pretty sure that means I’m looking for UBE questions. Thanks for all the great tips and resources.

Sanho, as always, thank you very much for being generous with your time and knowledge. I really appreciate the detailed email you sent off list! 

Sincerely,

Maura Kutnyak, M.P.A.
University at Buffalo 
School of Law, J.D. 
anticipated spring 2023
716-563-9882

> On Nov 11, 2022, at 8:57 PM, Sanho Steele-Louchart via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Julie,
> 
> I would say that Barbri was worth it. Perhaps vocrehab or other
> scholarship opportunities could cover it?
> 
> Warmth,
> Sanho
> 
>> On 11/11/22, Julie McGinnity via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Thanks for sending this. I am also beginning to research bar prep
>> options. OMG they are expensive! So I want to get something that's
>> worth the price. I think one of them offers a free course for prepping
>> for the MPRE. I'm going to test that out first.
>> 
>> I'm truly blown away at how expensive it is to study for and take the
>> Bar. I hope there's at least one option that's worth it from an
>> accessibility standpoint and provides lots of practice questions.
>> 
>> Julie
>> 
>> 
>>> On 11/11/22, Seif-Eldeen Saqallah via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Are you looking for UBE or state-specific?
>>> 
>>> I used Barbri and, after coordinating with their accessibility person,
>>> was able to have all the materials, including mp4 video files, mailed
>>> to me on a flashdrive or sent by dropbox. For content, I loved Barbri.
>>> I also liked JD advising's onesheet and had accessible copies of those.
>>> 
>>> Lastly, I quite benfited from Crushendo's audio outlines and their
>>> headings-organized pdfs. (They also had unprotected pdfs that they
>>> sent me if I need to convert.)
>>> 
>>> It condensed the subjects into an hour-or-so long outline
>>> had audio mp3 files (helpful when moving around or for background tasks),
>>> a good formatted pdf.
>>> and, importantly, memorable mnemonics and an attack outline I found
>>> helpful.
>>> It is also not limited for the bar; they are good for general exam
>>> studying
>>> too.
>>> Each audio outline comes with a music version (soft classical music in
>>> the bacground to help).
>>> 
>>> You can download a free subject to see how it works for you:
>>> I suggest choosing a subject with which you are least familiar (to see
>>> how it teaches you), or one you know more (to see how its learning
>>> compares to what you know/how you learn).
>>> Property and Civpro were helpful for me.
>>> 
>>> Shop - Crushendo®
>>> https://crushendo.com/shop/
>>> Code: 5687freetrial.
>>> (I hope that code is still valid; if not, contact them and they should
>>> give you the updated one.)
>>> 
>>> Happy to talk to anyone about the bar too.
>>> Including listening to rants about how bad it is. :)
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Seif
>>> 
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>> Julie A. McGinnity
>> MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
>> Law, JD Candidate 2023
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