Q&A About Retaking the Bar Exam

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! It's the season for bar results, and we've been talking with bar takers who didn't pass this time. Today, we've compiled a list of common questions we get about score reports, next steps, and getting mentally ready to study again.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Where to focus your study time
• Deciding when to retake the bar exam
• Should you use the same bar review program again?
• How to balance working and studying
• Evaluating your answers and score reports
• Is applying for accommodations worth it?
• The pending California bar changes

Resources:

• Private Bar Exam Tutoring (https://barexamtoolbox.com/private-bar-exam-tutoring/)
• I Failed! (https://barexamtoolbox.com/i-failed-the-bar-exam/)
• Podcast Episode 25: How to Interpret Your Bar Exam Score Report (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-25-how-to-interpret-your-bar-exam-score-report/)
• Podcast Episode 61: Making the Most of Your Commercial Bar Review Course (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-61-making-the-most-of-your-commercial-bar-review-course/)
• Podcast Episode 236: Quick Tips – Framing Failure as Feedback (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-236-quick-tips-framing-failure-as-feedback/)
• Podcast Episode 238: Managing Self-Sabotaging Behavior with a Solid Study Schedule (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-238-managing-self-sabotaging-behavior-with-a-solid-study-schedule/)
• Podcast Episode 261: Quick Tips – Bar Exam Accommodations Basics (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-261-quick-tips-bar-exam-accommodations-basics/)
• Podcast Episode 277: California Is Outsourcing the Bar Exam to Kaplan?!? (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-277-california-is-outsourcing-the-bar-exam-to-kaplan/)
• Podcast Episode 284: Reflections from a California Bar Grader – Part 1 (w/Jennifer Barry) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-284-reflections-from-a-california-bar-grader-part-1-w-jennifer-barry/)
• Podcast Episode 285: Reflections from a California Bar Grader – Part 2 (w/Jennifer Barry) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-285-reflections-from-a-california-bar-exam-grader-part-2-w-jennifer-barry/)
• Taking the Bar Exam Again? Tips for the Second Time Around (https://barexamtoolbox.com/taking-the-bar-exam-again-tips-for-the-second-time-around/)

Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-290-qa-about-retaking-the-bar-exam/)

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Thanks for listening!

Alison & Lee