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The Best Podcast For Law Students & Bar Exam Prep

The Best Podcast For Law Students & Bar Exam Prep

Discover the best podcast for law students and bar prep right here and how you can use it to sharpen your law content knowledge anytime, anywhere!

How Hard Is The Bar Exam & How Can You Make It Easier?

How Hard Is The Bar Exam & How Can You Make It Easier?

The bar exam is obviously hard. But why and what can you do about it? We explore 8 reasons why the bar exam is hard and the advice you can follow to tip the scales in your favor.

How to Study for the Bar Exam More Efficiently

How to Study for the Bar Exam More Efficiently

Don't waste your time on bar study techniques that don't work. Use this guide to optimize your time, learn quickly, and crush the bar exam.

How to Take A Practice Bar Exam—23 Key Tips

How to Take A Practice Bar Exam—23 Key Tips

Practicing for the MBE is essential, but there are ways to do it more effectively. Follow these tips to get the most out of your practice MBE.

Prepare for Law School & Beyond.

A career in law is a calling. But the path to practicing is long, arduous, and littered with enormous challenges for those who feel the tug of the gavel on their heartstrings. We’re here to make that journey a whole lot smoother with the Brainscape Law Academy: a rich and valuable resource that’ll equip you with the right study techniques and mindset to take on law school and the mighty bar exam!

How to Survive and Thrive at Law School

Studying law is like drinking out of a fire hydrant. It feels never-ending. There’s always more to know and it comes at you in an overwhelming deluge. The challenge is synthesizing the law into a coherent body so you can use it to ace any assessment that stands between you and a lucrative career.

To help you do just this, the team here at Brainscape has compiled some brilliant guides on how to effectively study for your law exams so that you’re prioritizing what’s important (and remembering what you’re learning). And, of course, there’s Brainscape’s collection of MBE flashcards for law school and bar exam prep (available via web or our mobile app), which will help you master the content so much more efficiently and conveniently.

Armed with these, you’ll position yourself to be enormously successful in your law studies.

Study for the Bar Exam More Efficiently

Your smarts and passion for law have gotten you through law school but now it’s time to take on the bar exam. And while that guy on Suits made it look stupidly easy, the reality of the challenge is the absolute antithesis.

The bar exam is an enormous, academic undertaking. Candidates require several months of full-time study in order to onboard the colossal volume of information they need to pass and pass well so that they are considered desirable to hiring law firms. (That's why we developed Brainscape’s MBE flashcards: to facilitate consistent and valuable daily study!)

We’ve also written a suite of science-backed study guides on what you can expect from the bar and the best ways to study efficiently for this notorious exam. We’ve also got some excellent advice on how to take a practice bar exam so that you can get the most out of this valuable preparation.

Next Stop: a Career in Law

There’s a reason why John Grisham, Law and Order, Suits, and countless other authors, TV shows, and movies write so prolifically within the genre of law. A career in law is both punishing and exhilarating, and sprinkled with epic, plot-worthy reckonings.

To prepare you for this, you’ve got the Brainscape Law Academy and MBE pre-made flashcards in your corner: the ultimate study weapons to get your career in law on track!

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Where Do Brainscape's MBE Flashcards Come From? (And Are They Legit?)

Where Do Brainscape's MBE Flashcards Come From? (And Are They Legit?)

Discover the intricate creation process, sources, and players behind Brainscape’s expert-made, vetted, and continuously whetted MBE bar exam flashcards.

How to Effectively Train Paralegals at a Law Firm

How to Effectively Train Paralegals at a Law Firm

Discover (and integrate) the key learning principles that are crucial to the efficient, cost-effective onboarding of paralegals in your law firm.

How To Study In Law School Using Brainscape

How To Study In Law School Using Brainscape

Discover how to get the very most out of Brainscape as a law student and all the game-changing features, tools, and resources at your disposal!

Defeat Law School Stress With These Mental Health Resources

Defeat Law School Stress With These Mental Health Resources

Rather than “tough it out”, here are some top mental health resources you can use to succeed at and enjoy your law school education.

The Best Bar Exam Apps For Law Students In 2025

The Best Bar Exam Apps For Law Students In 2025

The 12 best apps for law students and bar exam students to help you learn more efficiently, access a multitude of resources, be better organized, and cope with stress.

When Should I Start Studying For The Bar Exam?

When Should I Start Studying For The Bar Exam?

When should you start studying for the bar? How many weeks before your test date? And how many hours should you study per day? Discover right now!

5 Tips For Staying Sane During Bar Prep

5 Tips For Staying Sane During Bar Prep

In this guide, we explore five ways that'll help you survive your bar exam preparations with your mental health intact.

What Happens If I Fail The Bar Exam?

What Happens If I Fail The Bar Exam?

What happens if you fail the bar exam? Why did you fail? And how can you pass the next time? We answer all these questions and more in this guide!

How To Pick A Bar Review Course

How To Pick A Bar Review Course

In this guide, we explore the steps law grads should take to figure out what the best bar review course is to suit their learning needs and lifestyle, and, ultimately, pass the bar exam!

How To Decide What Type Of Law To Practice

How To Decide What Type Of Law To Practice

In this Law Academy guide, we’ll help you better reflect on what kind of law you should practice, taking into account your interests, personality, and ambitions.

The Biggest Reasons People Fail The Bar Exam

The Biggest Reasons People Fail The Bar Exam

In this guide, we reveal the top 6 reasons law graduates fail the bar exam, with advice on how to avoid these potholes on the road to becoming a licensed lawyer.

Key Tips For Your Law Firm Interviews

Key Tips For Your Law Firm Interviews

From what to wear, say, and how to stand out to dealing with shaky nerves, the Brainscape team has got the full scoop on acing your law firm interviews and landing the job!

10 Female Lawyers You Should Know

10 Female Lawyers You Should Know

Brainscape honors the trail-blazing women who established careers in law, in spite of the prevailing attitudes of the time and created opportunities for those to follow in their footsteps.

The Best Law YouTube Channels For Law Students & Lawyers In 2025

The Best Law YouTube Channels For Law Students & Lawyers In 2025

Brainscape’s panel of law experts weigh in on their favorite YouTube channels for law students, with great advice on bar exam prep and careers in law.

Should I Go To Law School? Reasons For And Against

Should I Go To Law School? Reasons For And Against

If you’re still asking yourself “should I go to law school?” and deciding whether a career in law is for you, this is the ultimate guide to help you decide for once and for all!

How To Deal With Bar Exam Stress

How To Deal With Bar Exam Stress

Your comprehensive guide on combating bar exam stress through acknowledging fear, proper preparation, self-care, and a test day strategy.

The Best MBE Flashcards For Law School And Bar Exam Prep

The Best MBE Flashcards For Law School And Bar Exam Prep

If you want to succeed at the Multi-State Bar Exam, use the best MBE flashcards to help you learn and remember bite-sized portions of law.