Early Bar Exam Preparation ProgramIn recent years, the pass rate for first time takers of the California State Bar Examination who attended ABA-approved law schools located in California has ranged from 69.4 to 79 percent for the July exam and 49.5 to 57.4 for the February exam. Statistics compiled by the California State Bar demonstrate that the pass rate is dramatically less for repeat takers. Therefore, in the spring semester, graduating students of Chapman University School of Law are offered an Early Bar Exam Preparation Program. The program is not intended to replace the commercial bar exam preparation courses most students take during the two month period prior to the bar exam. Instead, the program supplements these commercial courses. Students are introduced to the components of the California State Bar Exam, receive testing tips and strategies, review the substantive law tested on the exam, and take simulated exams. The program is conducted by providers of commercial bar examination preparation courses, as well as members of the law school faculty. The Early Bar Exam Preparation Program is provided at no cost to Chapman Law School students. In addition, Chapman offers two graded 3 unit courses designed to prepare students for the California Bar Exam. One of these courses, Legal Analysis Workshop, focuses on the analysis and drafting of legal documents commonly prepared during the first few years of law practice and tested on the performance section of the California Bar. The other course, Selected Topics in American Law, focuses on the subjects tested on the essay section of the California Bar Exam, and how to organize and write commonly-tested essay subjects. |
|
|
|
|