BARWINNERS: Pass the California Bar Exam
How It Works
BARWINNERS Is A Complete California Bar Review Course
(No other bar course is necessary.)
BARWINNERS includes:
BARWINNERS includes:
- Comprehensive Essay Preparation
- Complete Performance Test Preparation
- Full Multi-State (MBE) Prep Course
- Live Interactive Classes
- Class Size Limited
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT KNOWING THE LAW... IT'S ABOUT KNOWING HOW TO APPLY IT THE WAY THE CALIFORNIA BAR WANTS IT.
Shari lived with a bar grader for 5 years (10 bar examinations.) She knows what the graders want. We have taken the guesswork out of passing the bar. If you were an expert on how the California bar wants it written you would be grading the California bar not taking it. You just need to give it to them the way we show you. You do not need to re-invent the wheel. The Bar Exam is a standardized test and must have standardized answers.
WE WRITE IT FOR YOU SO PASSING THE CALIFORNIA BAR EXAM BECOMES EASY!: The Approach Book, your bar exam "Bible" writes the bar for you. We write the substantive law the way the bar grader wants to see it. You don't have to decide how to start writing your essay, or what to say or how to state the rule of law properly. We have done all of that for you.
Click here to Sample Our Materials
The large bar review courses give you 149-page substantive outline each of the 15 bar subjects. That's over 2,000 pages to try and memorize and make sense of. Then it's up to you to figure out where to start, what to write and how to apply it the way the California bar wants it. At BARWINNERS WE DO THIS WORK FOR YOU SO PASSING THE CALIFORNIA BAR EXAM BECOMES EASIER.
Shari Karney and the BARWINNERS give you a comprehensive and direct approach to exam preparation. When you take the exam you will know exactly what the bar wants from you. We break the materials down into a manageable way (The Approach Book) and we teach you how to "Answer the Questions." During the exam itself, there is no guessing games or panic attacks. With Barwinners/The Karney Course, we de-mystified passing the California Bar Exam. Armed with BARWINNERS' techniques and California Bar Review Team, ANYONE can successfully take and pass the California bar exam.
Shari lived with a bar grader for 5 years (10 bar examinations.) She knows what the graders want. We have taken the guesswork out of passing the bar. If you were an expert on how the California bar wants it written you would be grading the California bar not taking it. You just need to give it to them the way we show you. You do not need to re-invent the wheel. The Bar Exam is a standardized test and must have standardized answers.
WE WRITE IT FOR YOU SO PASSING THE CALIFORNIA BAR EXAM BECOMES EASY!: The Approach Book, your bar exam "Bible" writes the bar for you. We write the substantive law the way the bar grader wants to see it. You don't have to decide how to start writing your essay, or what to say or how to state the rule of law properly. We have done all of that for you.
Click here to Sample Our Materials
The large bar review courses give you 149-page substantive outline each of the 15 bar subjects. That's over 2,000 pages to try and memorize and make sense of. Then it's up to you to figure out where to start, what to write and how to apply it the way the California bar wants it. At BARWINNERS WE DO THIS WORK FOR YOU SO PASSING THE CALIFORNIA BAR EXAM BECOMES EASIER.
Shari Karney and the BARWINNERS give you a comprehensive and direct approach to exam preparation. When you take the exam you will know exactly what the bar wants from you. We break the materials down into a manageable way (The Approach Book) and we teach you how to "Answer the Questions." During the exam itself, there is no guessing games or panic attacks. With Barwinners/The Karney Course, we de-mystified passing the California Bar Exam. Armed with BARWINNERS' techniques and California Bar Review Team, ANYONE can successfully take and pass the California bar exam.
Classes
Vibrant, Interactive Classes
You'll be a member of a barwinning team! Our classes are all LIVE interactive instruction. You learn, listen and participate with our professors' right there in class. We do not believe in student's passively watching videos.
Our students cooperate, collaborate and work with study partners to eliminate isolation. BARWINNERS focuses your studying, helps you get on a structure study schedule, and coaches you step-by-step on how to write a passing essay answer and performance test easily--and within the Bar Exam's time limitation.
Our students cooperate, collaborate and work with study partners to eliminate isolation. BARWINNERS focuses your studying, helps you get on a structure study schedule, and coaches you step-by-step on how to write a passing essay answer and performance test easily--and within the Bar Exam's time limitation.
Class Size
Class size is deliberately restricted. This ensures you get more attention and comprehensive feedback to meet your special Bar Exam needs. Our Professors, mentors, tutors and administrator are available to students by phone or e-mail. If you are in one of our tutorial programs, tutors and mentors are available in person.
Course Location & Schedule
Course Schedule
Our Course IS VERY STRUCTURED. We give you a comprehensive class schedule and we help you set your full bar study schedule. Every day, before you even sit down to study, you will know what you will be studying, how much time you will be spending on that area of study, how many MBE's you are committed to taking that day, how many practice exams, outlines and study group questions you will be doing every day. In addition, homework is assigned after every class, for the following class. Homework is checked regularly.
Class Schedule
BARWINNERS Intensive Bar Review Course meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:00-10:00 PM (approximately); Saturdays, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM; and Sundays 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, allowing students who must work full/part-time, those with family responsibilities, or those with longer commutes to attend.
*Commuters. We match you up with driving partners or car pools with classmates to reduce your bar studying/commuting stress. The Reason Classes Are NOT Every Day.
*Commuters. We match you up with driving partners or car pools with classmates to reduce your bar studying/commuting stress. The Reason Classes Are NOT Every Day.
Why You Don't Have Class Every Day
It's simple. You need time to study, memorize and work with the material. If you are in bar review classes 6 days a week, by the time you get home, you are too tired to effectively study. Our schedule gives you out-of-class time to learn, memorize and practice essay, Performance Tests and take practice MBE's. Also, it gives you time to do the homework and preparation assigned after every class for the next class. One of the reasons our pass rate is so high, is we understand how the mind learns and memorizes and we adjust our schedule to maximize your understanding, memorization and retention.
Essay Workshop Schedule (9 Essay Workshops)
Essay Workshop Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings (7:00 PM-10:00 PM approximately). We meet at night so you can study during the day.
In each essay workshop, our expert faculty reviews the substantive law for the subject(s) scheduled for that night. The Professor then reviews the substantive approach.
Our Approach Book (The Bar Review "Bible") (click here to view sample of Approach Book) gives you the substantive materials presented in a Bar Ready writing approach for every tested issue for the essays. We give you the substantive materials (step-by-step) in exactly the way and order you will need to write them on your bar exam booklet during the bar. We give you THE FORMAT and ALL the HEADNOTES and SUB HEADNOTES that you are going to use on the actual exam. We show you what issues you need to write for heavily tested areas. We give you pre-memorized and easy to write rule statements.
The Professor then shows you how to apply that approach (i.e. the law) to actual bar exam questions. Next, you are shown how to outline a Bar Essay in 15 minutes using the Bar-Ready Approach for that subject. (The first 15 minutes are key--they will determine whether you pass or fail that essay.)
Then the Professor goes over the essays assigned as homework. We then hand out the model outline prepared by Professor Karney and Barwinners.
You are taught how to write passing Bar Exam Answers easily and quickly. Because you have analyzed and written so many previous Bar Exam questions at BARWINNERS, you will find during the actual bar exam, the answers practically write themselves. All you have to do is give the Bar Examiners what we give you, and simply fill in the applicable facts.
The Bar Examiners take 1-2 minutes to grade your essay. YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY EXPECT TO SEE (i.e. WHAT MATCHES THEIR GRADING SHEET) from the very first sentence of your essay. They must see, right-out-of-the-gate, that you are minimally competent. The Bar Exam is not a test of creativity, or even a test of how good a lawyer you are going to make.
In each essay workshop, our expert faculty reviews the substantive law for the subject(s) scheduled for that night. The Professor then reviews the substantive approach.
Our Approach Book (The Bar Review "Bible") (click here to view sample of Approach Book) gives you the substantive materials presented in a Bar Ready writing approach for every tested issue for the essays. We give you the substantive materials (step-by-step) in exactly the way and order you will need to write them on your bar exam booklet during the bar. We give you THE FORMAT and ALL the HEADNOTES and SUB HEADNOTES that you are going to use on the actual exam. We show you what issues you need to write for heavily tested areas. We give you pre-memorized and easy to write rule statements.
The Professor then shows you how to apply that approach (i.e. the law) to actual bar exam questions. Next, you are shown how to outline a Bar Essay in 15 minutes using the Bar-Ready Approach for that subject. (The first 15 minutes are key--they will determine whether you pass or fail that essay.)
Then the Professor goes over the essays assigned as homework. We then hand out the model outline prepared by Professor Karney and Barwinners.
You are taught how to write passing Bar Exam Answers easily and quickly. Because you have analyzed and written so many previous Bar Exam questions at BARWINNERS, you will find during the actual bar exam, the answers practically write themselves. All you have to do is give the Bar Examiners what we give you, and simply fill in the applicable facts.
The Bar Examiners take 1-2 minutes to grade your essay. YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY EXPECT TO SEE (i.e. WHAT MATCHES THEIR GRADING SHEET) from the very first sentence of your essay. They must see, right-out-of-the-gate, that you are minimally competent. The Bar Exam is not a test of creativity, or even a test of how good a lawyer you are going to make.
Performance Skills Workshop Schedule (8 Performance Skills Workshops)
Performance Skills Workshops meet Saturdays (10:00 AM-1:00 PM approximately) followed by a Simulated Performance Exam for grading.
Our Performance Workshops show you how to organize and write a passing Performance Exam in the allotted three hours. When faced with the voluminous amounts of Performance Test materials, examinees can panic. That is why our Performance Test Expert will show you how to master the performance test in a methodical way. Whether it is a Memo, Points and Authorities, Discovery Plan, Opening Statement, Ethical Consideration or other Performance task, we show you how to structure, organize and write a passing performance exam answer. Then we give you practice doing it.
Our Performance Workshops show you how to organize and write a passing Performance Exam in the allotted three hours. When faced with the voluminous amounts of Performance Test materials, examinees can panic. That is why our Performance Test Expert will show you how to master the performance test in a methodical way. Whether it is a Memo, Points and Authorities, Discovery Plan, Opening Statement, Ethical Consideration or other Performance task, we show you how to structure, organize and write a passing performance exam answer. Then we give you practice doing it.
Multi-State Workshop Schedule (4-day MBE Workshops)
MBE Workshops meet Sundays (10:00 AM-6:00 PM)
Our Multistate (MBE) expert will show you the tricks, red herrings, nuances and repetitive patterns on the MBE so as to greatly increase your score. We give you a method to take each question, so you finish on time with the highest score. We teach you how to deal with long fact patterns and how to select the correct answer once you've narrowed it down to two choices.
Our MBE Workbook has over 2,000-practice questions with explanations as to why the answer choice is correct and why the other three answer choices are incorrect.
Our MBE Expert lectures on the substantive law as it is tested on the 6 MBE subjects.
After taking the BARWINNERS MBE Workshop many of our students show a 20-30-question JUMP IN THEIR RAW SCORE (especially in Real Property and Evidence MBE questions).
Our Multistate (MBE) expert will show you the tricks, red herrings, nuances and repetitive patterns on the MBE so as to greatly increase your score. We give you a method to take each question, so you finish on time with the highest score. We teach you how to deal with long fact patterns and how to select the correct answer once you've narrowed it down to two choices.
Our MBE Workbook has over 2,000-practice questions with explanations as to why the answer choice is correct and why the other three answer choices are incorrect.
Our MBE Expert lectures on the substantive law as it is tested on the 6 MBE subjects.
After taking the BARWINNERS MBE Workshop many of our students show a 20-30-question JUMP IN THEIR RAW SCORE (especially in Real Property and Evidence MBE questions).
Simulated Examinations Session Schedule: "Stress Inoculation"
BARWINNERS SIMULATES THE ACTUAL BAR EXAM for all three sections of the Bar. What we have discovered is that you perform better on the actual Bar Exam when you practice writing essays and Performance Tests under Bar Exam conditions.
Lessons in Survival: Like vaccines, a small challenge. (Simulated Exams) prepares and defends you against a bigger challenge. (Like sitting for the actual bar exam). In other words, we expose you to pressure in simulated exams so you'll build up your immunity. It helps de-sensitized you to the stress of taking the actual Bar Exam. You will be comfortable and relaxed when you sit for the actual Bar Exam.
Our students report that the bar exam was easy. They had taken so many simulated exams that they were actually comfortable during the real exam.
We grade your exams exactly like the Bar Examiner's. We give you precise, focused, accurate feedback. Our instructors and graders show you how to turn what you are doing into a passing essay or performance test score.
Lessons in Survival: Like vaccines, a small challenge. (Simulated Exams) prepares and defends you against a bigger challenge. (Like sitting for the actual bar exam). In other words, we expose you to pressure in simulated exams so you'll build up your immunity. It helps de-sensitized you to the stress of taking the actual Bar Exam. You will be comfortable and relaxed when you sit for the actual Bar Exam.
Our students report that the bar exam was easy. They had taken so many simulated exams that they were actually comfortable during the real exam.
We grade your exams exactly like the Bar Examiner's. We give you precise, focused, accurate feedback. Our instructors and graders show you how to turn what you are doing into a passing essay or performance test score.
Simulated Essay Exam Schedule
Simulated Essay Examinations for grading are all done in class, under bar exam timed conditions, Saturdays, (10:00 AM-1:00 PM.)
Simulated Performance Testing Schedule
Simulated Performance Tests for grading are all done under in class under bar exam-timed conditions, Saturdays or Sundays, depending on class schedule, (2:00 PM- 5:00 PM.)
Simulated MBE Exams Schedule
MBE Simulated Exams for grading are all done in class, under bar exam-timed conditions, depending on class schedule.
Grading
Barwinners grades every one of your simulated essay and performance tests. Our grading is within 2.5 points of the actual grade you would receive by the bar exam grader.
Comprehensive Feedback
Our former bar graders and attorneys show you how to turn what you are doing into a passing essay or performance test score. We know what you need to do in order to pass and we impart that knowledge to you with care and respect. We give you precise, focused, accurate feedback.
We do not inflate grades nor do we shy away from giving you actual grades with real and precise feedback. All exams are graded promptly and returned to you personally.
We do not inflate grades nor do we shy away from giving you actual grades with real and precise feedback. All exams are graded promptly and returned to you personally.
All Classes are Held Live in Southern California
Our evening classes meet in Santa Monica. Our weekend workshops meet at Loyola Marymount University near LAX or at a hotel near LAX.
Free Tutoring and Mentoring
Mentoring via Email
Barwinners has mentors who are available by e-mail to answer your questions.
Free In-Class Tutor
Barwinners has made available for all students an in-class tutor who is available. 1 hour before every essay workshop. No prior appointment is necessary. Just come to class1 hour early to see the tutor.
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I PASSED THE CA BAR EXAM
Your positive energy, constant encouragement and individual attention were the key to my success. You helped me focus on passing the Bar, and I DID IT!
BARWINNERS COURSE WAS AWESOME
The Intensive Classes was excellent. I learned how to write the bar exam in a grader-friendly style. I learned how to Approach each essay tested subject and issue. I prepared exactly how I was going to write an issue each issue and sub issue well before I sat down to take the actual bar. I felt in control. I know I’m a decent writer, but I clearly wasn’t connecting with the graders. Then, during your Simulated Exams, I was able to put my new skills to work. Thanks to the thorough and prompt feedback I received on each practice exams, I could quickly see where I was improving, and where I still needed work.
MY MBE SCORE SKILLS IMPROVED AT LEAST 20 POINTS!
After every MBE Workshop (which were incredible), I wrote out my own personalized outline, which combined my class notes and the workbook for each of the six MBE tested subjects. The MBE Workshop gave me at least 6-10 questions that I recognized on the bar exam. As I practiced the MBE’s using BARWINNERS/The Karney Courses’ techniques, my MBE scores steadily increased.
THE APPROACH BOOK truly has the magic formula. Everything I needed to pass was in your Approach Book! You gave me a manageable amount of law to learn, and laid it out in an easy-to-understand manner. I wish I’d had your approach book in law school!
Thank God I never have to look at my outlines again!
Thanks again, Shari, for all that you’ve done. I’m eternally grateful to you and your team.
Your positive energy, constant encouragement and individual attention were the key to my success. You helped me focus on passing the Bar, and I DID IT!
BARWINNERS COURSE WAS AWESOME
The Intensive Classes was excellent. I learned how to write the bar exam in a grader-friendly style. I learned how to Approach each essay tested subject and issue. I prepared exactly how I was going to write an issue each issue and sub issue well before I sat down to take the actual bar. I felt in control. I know I’m a decent writer, but I clearly wasn’t connecting with the graders. Then, during your Simulated Exams, I was able to put my new skills to work. Thanks to the thorough and prompt feedback I received on each practice exams, I could quickly see where I was improving, and where I still needed work.
MY MBE SCORE SKILLS IMPROVED AT LEAST 20 POINTS!
After every MBE Workshop (which were incredible), I wrote out my own personalized outline, which combined my class notes and the workbook for each of the six MBE tested subjects. The MBE Workshop gave me at least 6-10 questions that I recognized on the bar exam. As I practiced the MBE’s using BARWINNERS/The Karney Courses’ techniques, my MBE scores steadily increased.
THE APPROACH BOOK truly has the magic formula. Everything I needed to pass was in your Approach Book! You gave me a manageable amount of law to learn, and laid it out in an easy-to-understand manner. I wish I’d had your approach book in law school!
Thank God I never have to look at my outlines again!
Thanks again, Shari, for all that you’ve done. I’m eternally grateful to you and your team.
Barwinners is the ultimate bar preparation program. I finally came upon this
website that declared it had one of the HIGHEST passage rate in the state. Was I
skeptical? Of course! Who wouldn’t be so, I called Shari and she spent almost an hour on the phone with me that day assessing my strengths and weaknesses in studying for and passing the bar exam.
It was incredible how Shari was able to pinpoint my “issues” without even looking at my exam answers. I literally just told her some of my results over the phone, she asked me a few questions, and then came to a preliminary spot-on conclusion on what I needed to do to pass the bar this time. And she was right!
How could this woman know me without even meeting me after just one phone conversation? It seemed that BARWINNERS was a unique program with an emphasis on test taking and it would be a good fit for me.
I talked it over with both my mentor and my family because picking the right bar review was such an important life decision for me.
Then, I took the leap. I signed up for the BarWinners Course and the platinum tutoring package.
I can tell you now—It was the best leap I’ve EVER made. Shari’s class has been so well thought out and crafted over the years.
SMALL CLASSES TAILORED TO FIT YOUR NEEDS
Her classes are small and fit everyone’s needs. They are small enough to ensure the personal attention that everyone needs as well. No other program offers the number of practice tests (Essay, MBE, and Performance) and practical grading that BarWinners provides.
There isn’t enough time in the world to say all the good things about this Course that I’d like to say. But know that the best part is Shari’s and the whole BarWinners team total dedication to your journey and eventual success.
BAR WINNERS IS THE ULTIMATE RECIPE TO PASSING THE CA BAR. BarWinners is the best. Don’t waste your time enrolling in other bar prep courses.
Take it from someone me—this is the way to go! Good luck on the Bar.
website that declared it had one of the HIGHEST passage rate in the state. Was I
skeptical? Of course! Who wouldn’t be so, I called Shari and she spent almost an hour on the phone with me that day assessing my strengths and weaknesses in studying for and passing the bar exam.
It was incredible how Shari was able to pinpoint my “issues” without even looking at my exam answers. I literally just told her some of my results over the phone, she asked me a few questions, and then came to a preliminary spot-on conclusion on what I needed to do to pass the bar this time. And she was right!
How could this woman know me without even meeting me after just one phone conversation? It seemed that BARWINNERS was a unique program with an emphasis on test taking and it would be a good fit for me.
I talked it over with both my mentor and my family because picking the right bar review was such an important life decision for me.
Then, I took the leap. I signed up for the BarWinners Course and the platinum tutoring package.
I can tell you now—It was the best leap I’ve EVER made. Shari’s class has been so well thought out and crafted over the years.
SMALL CLASSES TAILORED TO FIT YOUR NEEDS
Her classes are small and fit everyone’s needs. They are small enough to ensure the personal attention that everyone needs as well. No other program offers the number of practice tests (Essay, MBE, and Performance) and practical grading that BarWinners provides.
There isn’t enough time in the world to say all the good things about this Course that I’d like to say. But know that the best part is Shari’s and the whole BarWinners team total dedication to your journey and eventual success.
BAR WINNERS IS THE ULTIMATE RECIPE TO PASSING THE CA BAR. BarWinners is the best. Don’t waste your time enrolling in other bar prep courses.
Take it from someone me—this is the way to go! Good luck on the Bar.
I owe you a big thanks for helping me through the stressful time of studying for the bar, for being a positive light in all the havoc and a great teacher in my quest to pass the bar.
Barwinners is an amazing course. I knew that everyone taking the bar would be studying the law. I also knew that the law is irrelevant unless you know how to write it out properly on the exam. I signed up for Barwinners because I wanted something more than a course that recited the law. I was looking to be taught how to write and apply the law so I could pass the bar.
Another important aspect of Barwinners which was vitally important to me but which easily gets passed over is the environment you created. You were always positive, clear, and precise with what we had to do to pass the bar. You made the bar seem like a little quiz that everyone of us could pass. Whereas my friends in other programs were running scared the whole time because the instructors made the bar out to be this huge insurmountable obstacle. Thank you for keeping me grounded and for making me laugh.
Barwinners is an amazing course. I knew that everyone taking the bar would be studying the law. I also knew that the law is irrelevant unless you know how to write it out properly on the exam. I signed up for Barwinners because I wanted something more than a course that recited the law. I was looking to be taught how to write and apply the law so I could pass the bar.
Another important aspect of Barwinners which was vitally important to me but which easily gets passed over is the environment you created. You were always positive, clear, and precise with what we had to do to pass the bar. You made the bar seem like a little quiz that everyone of us could pass. Whereas my friends in other programs were running scared the whole time because the instructors made the bar out to be this huge insurmountable obstacle. Thank you for keeping me grounded and for making me laugh.
I just wanted to let you know the good news. I PASSED THE BAR!! Professor, I have you to be eternally grateful for and the Course. You gave me back my confidence along with all the study materials, APPROACH BOOK, simulated exams, MBE Workshops and feedback. Your Course is the BEST.
IT’S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I’M A LAWYER TODAY!
Thank you so much. I will recommend your course to anybody who is going to take the Bar. And Professor, once again, THANK YOU, so very much. Thank you.
IT’S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I’M A LAWYER TODAY!
Thank you so much. I will recommend your course to anybody who is going to take the Bar. And Professor, once again, THANK YOU, so very much. Thank you.
Contact Us
sharikarney@barwinners.com
Phone: (310) 451–0519
Fax: (310) 582–5344
1223 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #834
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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