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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Aug 4, 2007
Pros: Teaches you all you need to pass the Bar with their tried and proven methods.
Cons: Expensive, uneven quality of lecturers and materials
Summary: Update: Several readers have quibbled with my title, "Who needs three years of law school when BarBri can cram it into two months." Just in case the body of this review does not flesh my conclusion out, let me be very clear: I believe that an ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 4, 2011
Pros: Comprehensive materials. Good lecturers. Readymade outlines. Online MBE questions & score reports are outstanding.
Cons: Expensive. Arbitrary practice essay grading. Very poor essay feedback. Unrealistic "paced program" schedule.
Summary: -While fretting over which bar review course to take I stumbled on the earlier reviews for BARBRI and vowed to write my own if I ended up passing the bar. I got the good news, so here goes.-By way of background I'm a graduate of a good ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 26, 2009
Pros: Workbooks were helpful
Cons: Overpriced, over inclusive and repetitive, bad customer service
Summary: I spent all the money and got the new course. I should have just bought used books. Over-priced. Not needed. I didn't even follow the study schedule, didn't listen to all of the iPod lectures and still passed very well. The MBE workshop is so worthless; ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 26, 2008
Pros: outlines, class structure, frequency chart
Cons: cost, inefficient, materials not similar to the exam
Summary: There are very few people who won't tell you that you NEED to take BarBri to pass the bar. It doesn't matter how intelligent you are, what school you attended or how well you did in law school--people feel BarBri is necessary. Looking at reviews here, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2007
Pros: I did pass.
Cons: BARBRI kind of annoys me.
Summary: BARBRI has come up with a truly ingenious business model. Step 1 – Create a bar review class that claims to teach students everything they need to know to pass the bar. Step 2 – Talk lots of students into taking the class and learning ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 21, 2005
Pros: Thorough, covers all required subject areas, knowledgable lecturers, practice exams, practice questions
Cons: Expensive, some subject matter is drier than others, needs state MBE subject video lectures
Summary: Ah, the Bar Exam--that monster of a test that law professors scare you with all throughout law school. And for good cause--it surely is not your average multiple choice test. Instead of having one clearly correct answers and three clearly wrong answers, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 6, 2005
Pros: Pacing; excellent lecturers; good coverage of MBEs and the performance exam
Cons: Expensive - but worth it, no doubt
Summary: There are two very important reasons why a good bar prep course is worth every penny you will pay. First, it will help you relearn all the substantive areas of law that are fair game for the exam. Second, although the bar exam is similar to the exams ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2004
Pros: The package provides support for students throughout law school!
Cons: Expensive, but I suppose it will be worth it (if I pass!)
Summary: ** NOTE: this review will cover the BAR/BRI Bar Review package that students receive PRIOR to graduation. Once I take the bar exam this summer, I'll review that portion of the package. And, by the way, I don't understand why being able to name off ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2003
Pros: Thorough
Cons: Not focused enough, and difficulty getting in touch with people for help.
Summary: I took part of Barbri's home study course, as well as their lecture series in Jan/Feb, 2002. The tapes were of poor quality. I had to purchase a boom box to hear many of them. Also, many broke while playing them, causing delays.
Most of the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 2, 2001
Pros: Comprehensive and well organized
Cons: May be tempting fate by playing the odds
Summary: I've used Bar/Bri twice now, the first time to take and pass the NY bar and most recently to take and pass the CA bar. While I feel comfortable with Bar/Bri's methods, I do have concerns that they are so set in their ways that they could end up hurting ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2001
Pros: thorough; can help you spank the Bar
Cons: could be more focused and bit less profuse
Summary: This is the ONLY Epinion rating BarBri's HomeStudy program from someone who just used it. Yes, I took the July 24-25th Bar Exam in Illinois--and am still alive to talk about BarBri's role in it! :-)
Is BarBri more like barbed wire that ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 31, 2001
Pros: It will help you pass. End of story.
Cons: Studying is hard, but by this point, it's just three more months.
Summary: Every morning for two and a half months, I woke up, turned to my trusty Bar Bri calendar, and did what they told me to do. Having just finished law school, I had no desire to ever have to sit through another lecture again, but recognized that I had to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 28, 2000
Pros: Good study guides; experienced lectures
Cons: Expensive but necessary
Summary: You are foolish to think that what you learned in law school is enough to pass the bar. Unfortunately, bar review courses are a necessary evil. They make money off our misery.
BAR/BRI offers a good course. I took it for about 6 weeks before ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 24, 2000
Pros: Study Guides during law school
Cons: $1500-$2000 OUCH!!!
Summary: HOW IT WORKS: (I'll use myself as an example)
When I entered law school the Barbri course was $1500 for TX. By the end of October that year the price went up to about $1580. The price 3 years later, now that I'm about to graduate is $1800. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 21, 2000
Pros: Helps you prepare for the bar exam
Cons: Too expensive for the program
Summary: I hate BarBri, I hate BarBri, I hate BarBri. There, I said it. I feel better now! As much as I hated the BarBri program, I'm very glad I took it because I am now a practicing attorney. I never could have done all the work required to pass the bar on ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 16, 2000
Pros: Clear, concise, well-paced
Cons: A little easy on the multiple choice
Summary: You need to sign up for BarBri. Follow what they tell you and memorize, memorize, memorize. Do all the practice exams. All of them. Seriously.
As a California Bar taker, the essay questions on the Bar might have well been straight out of the BarBri ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 28, 2000
Pros: passing the bar
Cons: the bar
Summary: The fact of the matter is that you have got to take BAR/BRI in order to pass the bar. At least if you are taking the bar in New York state. Sure, it's a monopoly, but at least BAR/BRI is knowledgeable and experienced.
While it is expensive, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 11, 2000
Pros: Long-time veterans of the bar prep game
Cons: May be crowded or pricey, but do you really want to risk going cheap?
Summary: This is a pass/fail test. Anyone who makes it through the years of school required to qualify should come equipped with the basic skills, talents, and knowledge base to get at least half the questions right – roughly what you need to pass. So why, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 6, 2000
Pros: It ends in July
Cons: Let's see, just about everything
Summary: Before I came to lawschool I had visions of a John Housman like professor grilling me over some trite, latin statute that had absolutely no relevance in society. And while the reality of lawschool proved to be nothing compared to the horrors of ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 8, 2000
Pros: well organized and thorough
Cons: some outlines were annoying
Summary: I took Bar/Bri in 1999 and passed the Bar Exam. Who can say what role Bar/Bri played in that. Although I cannot quantify the value I can point out some of the areas I found helpful and some that I disliked.
1. The course reminds you of ... read more
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