Students enrolled in BARWINNERS Intensive Review Course have a *94% Pass Rate for First Time Takers and a *87% Pass Rate for Repeaters rate in BARWINNERS.

PASS THE BAR WITH BARWINNERS—Our Students Do!

All of our bar exam classes are held LIVE in a dynamic, interactive format.

BARWINNERS’ Intensive Review Course provides you with a structured, paced, do-able course specially designed to keep you on tract and focused to ensure you are at your peak performance during the bar exam. We have the very best faculty, all of who are outstanding teachers and qualified Bar Exam specialists.  Shari L. Karney and the rest of the BARWINNERS' faculty, love teaching and are excited to work with you. The BARWINNERS' TEAM show you exactly what the examiners want and how to give it to them within the bar exam time limits.  We have a passion for helping students pass the bar and reach their dreams.

Shari loves teaching and is excited to work with you. Shari shows you exactly what the examiners want and how to give it to them within the bar exam time limits. She has a passion for helping students pass the bar and reach their dreams.

Shari has discovered that the writing techniques that worked for you in law school probably won’t get you a passing score on the Bar Exam. Because, if what worked in law school worked on the Bar, then 100% of California law school graduates would pass the Bar. The official pass rate in California, however, is 29%-51%. This means that between 49%-71% of law students taking the Bar do not pass. That's why we give you all of the following

 
STEP-BY-STEP SUBSTANTIVE APPROACHES

Shari’s philosophy: Why re-invent the wheel? The Bar Exam is a standardized test and the Bar Graders are looking for standardized answers. Our Approach Book (The Bar Review “Bible”) (click here to view sample of Approach Book) is designed to give you the materials exactly the way you need to write it on the actual Bar Exam, step-by-step.

BARWINNERS materials are awesome. The APPROACH BOOK, which Bar-takers refer to as the “Bar Review Bible,” (click here to see a sample) lays out the material in exactly the way the Bar Grader wants to see it, Bar Ready in answer blueprints (beyond IRAC).

Shari designed and wrote THE APPROACH Book, the foundation of the BARWINNERS' COURSE.  The Approach Book covers all the essay-tested areas—Contracts, Torts, Remedies, Evidence, Real Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Business Associations, Community Property, Trusts, Wills, and Professional Responsibility.

You don’t have to re-organize or re-work the materials in order to write a passing Bar Exam answer. Our substantive approaches and rule statements are simple, straightforward and easy to memorize. We also give you the substantive law within the fact situations tested by the Bar Examiners. You are shown how each issue must be written and analyzed. You are given all the headings, sub-headings, and rules of law exactly as they should appear on your Bar Exam essay answer. All you have to do is apply the facts to the pre-memorized approaches during the actual exam. This maximizes your issue spotting and you will find that your answers practically write themselves.

Under the stress of sitting for the exam, and the time constraints put on you, we believe in giving you exactly what the readers need to see to score well. Our outlines and materials are user-friendly, with the right amount of law, but not so much, that you can’t memorize anything.

We give you 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.

We demonstrate proper format, style and best look for your exams to pass. The Bar Graders take 1-3 minutes to grade your essays and performance tests. We give you what you need to pass.

PERSONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION--
Vibrant Interactive Classes

You’ll be a member of a BARWINNING TEAM! Our students cooperate, collaborate and work with study partners to eliminate isolation. Professor Karney teaches many of the essay tutorials, focuses your studying, helps you get on a structure study schedule, and coaches you step-by-step how to write a passing answer easily—and within the Bar Exam’s time limitation.

Our classes are all live, interactive instruction. You learn, listen and participate with our instructors right there in class. We do not believe in student’s passively watching videos.

Class size is deliberately restricted in size. This ensures you get individualized attention and comprehensive feedback to meet your special Bar Exam needs.

MASTER THE PERFORMANCE EXAM

Our Performance Workshops show you how to organize and write a passing Performance Exam in the allotted three hours. —Taught by a Performance Exam expert. What makes our Performance Professor so good, is that he focuses on the fact that all of the Performance tests given on the Bar are alike—they have just a few issues and the issues are given in a limited number of ways. We have developed tips to help you both find the rules more quickly and to increase your comprehension. Our Performance Exam instructor will show you how to master the Performance Exam.

SIMULATED EXAMS

BARWINNERS simulates actual Bar Exam testing conditions for all three sections of the Bar Exam. You must do exams in class to have them graded. By doing exams in class, it helps you become more comfortable and de-sensitized to the stress of taking the actual Bar Exam. You will be more at ease and relaxed when the actual Bar Exam becomes a reality.

COMPREHENSIVE FEEDBACK

Our instructors know what you need to do to pass the Bar-and they impart that knowledge to you with care and respect.

We grade your exams exactly like the Bar grades. We do not inflate grades to give you a false sense of security. We grade within 2.5 points of how that essay or performance test would score on the actual Bar Exam. We show you how to fix your writing to make it more Bar-friendly.

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.

RAISE YOUR RAW MBE (Multistate) SCORE

Our Multistate Workshop is tailored to meet your specific needs. We particularly focus on those of you who struggle, or have never liked multiple-choice questions. We cover issues and questions that are consistently repeated on the MBE. We teach the nuances and subtle distinctions which are now so common on the MBE. BARWINNERS shows you the tricks, red herrings and patterns so as to greatly improve your MBE 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. After taking the BARWINNERS MBE Workshop many of our students show a 20-30-question raw score improvement (even on Real Property and Evidence MBE questions).

Our MBE Workbook has over 2,000-practice questions with answers and full explanations.

              BARWINNERS INTENSIVE REVIEW CLASSES INCLUDES…

Eight Essay Writing Workshops:

We provide a substantive Approach review for all 14-tested subjects on the Bar Exam. We give you   a Bar Ready writing approach for each tested subject and area on the Essay Portion of the Bar Exam. We give you exactly what you need to write for each tested issue. All you have to do is give the Bar Examiners what we give you, and simply fill in the applicable facts.

We show you how to apply the law that you are memorizing to actual Bar questions. BARWINNERS' believes that students have difficulty on the Bar exam, because although they study the law, they need to spend a lot more time on how that law gets applied to actual Bar questions.  BARWINNERS gives you over 70 practice questions that we do in class and in your study groups.

In every essay class, we show you how to apply to actual bar questions, what you are studying. Too often, students try to learn the law in a vacuum.  They may understand the First Amendment in Constitutional Law, but when it comes to writing a passing Bar Exam essay on it, they may get confused, disorganized. 

We show you exactly how to outline, organize, headnote, and write a passing bar exam essay for every tested issue on the Bar Exam.  Everything you need to do well on the Essays is provided.  If you follow what we show you, you WILL PASS. 
 
We demonstrate how to outline a Bar Essay in 15 minutes. The first 15 minutes are key—they will determine whether you pass or fail that essay and ultimately, the Bar Exam.

Remember, the Bar Graders take 1-3 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.
Give them what they want and you will get what you want—to pass this milestone and move on with your life.

You will be taught to easily write passing Bar Exam Answers. We will analyze lots of previous Bar Exam questions. During the actual exam, you will find the answers practically write themselves.

• Introduction to Bar Exam Writing
  We give you the exact format, style, and structure that the Bar Examiners would like to see on your essay.
• Torts/Remedies
• Contracts/Remedies/Crossovers
• Professional Responsibility
• Evidence/Constitutional Law
• Real Property/Community Property
• Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure
• Trusts/Wills
• Civil Procedure/Business Associations

Eight Simulated Bar Exam Sessions:

BARWINNERS SIMULATES THE ACTUAL BAR EXAM for all three sections of the Bar Exam. What we have discovered is that you perform better on the actual Bar Exam when you practice writing essays and Performance Exams under Bar Exam conditions. 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.

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.

Eight Performance Test Workshops

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.

• Organizing and Analyzing Performance Materials
• Simulated Performance Test
• Reading, Recognizing and Applying Relevant Facts to
  Performance Materials
• Simulated Performance Test
• Lecture and Performance Learning Exercises
• Simulated Performance Test
• Tactical Skills and Ethical Considerations
• Simulated Performance Test

Four-Day Multistate (MBE) Workshop

Our Multistate (MBE) expert will show you the tricks, red herrings, nuances and repetitive patterns on the MBE to increase your score. Also, BARWINNERS provides a 2,000-question MBE Workbook.

• MBE Question Review & Substantive Lecture
  Torts, Contracts
• Review 200 MBE Questions
  Real Property, Evidence
• Review 200 MBE Questions
  Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure
• Review 200 MBE Questions
  Simulated MBE Exam

BARWINNERS COURSE BOOKS AND MATERIALS INCLUDED:

BARWINNERS 200-plus Page QUESTION BOOK contains ACTUAL BAR EXAM QUESTIONS given on previous California Bar Exams.  We have carefully reviewed all the questions the California Bar has given over the years, and hand-selected the best questions to prepare you to pass YOUR Bar Exam. 

The Question Book covers all the issues and areas of the law that are heavily tested by the California Bar Examiners as well as potential "surprise" issues and CROSSOVERS. Included in BARWINNERS' question book are:  Contracts, Torts, Remedies, Evidence, Real Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Business Associations, Community Property, Trusts, Wills, and Professional Responsibility and all crossover possibilities.

BARWINNERS' 550-Page ANSWER BOOK (Vol. I and II), contain ACTUAL BAR EXAM RELEASED SUGGESTED ANSWERS, as well as suggested answers and outlines written by BARWINNERS'.  All suggested answers have received a score of  80 for high from the California Bar Examiners.  We show you how to write a passing answer and give you samples of what a good answer looks like.  We also show you what students have written and why the Bar Examiners have given the exam answer an 80 or above.  We have carefully hand-selected the best questions to prepare you to pass YOUR Bar Exam. 

The Answer Book covers all the issues and areas of the law that are heavily tested by the California Bar Examiners as well as potential "surprise" issues and CROSSOVERS. Included in BARWINNERS' Suggested ANSWER BOOK are:  Contracts, Torts, Remedies, Evidence, Real Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Business Associations, Community Property, Trusts, Wills, and Professional Responsibility and all crossover possibilities.

A 900-Page PERFORMANCE TEST WORKBOOK with templates on how to organize and respond to the most commonly tested tasks on the Performance Test. Also included are Practice Performance Tests with sample answers. Covered, are the most heavily tested Performance Tasks and areas.  We have included FORMAT TEMPLATES for each. Included in the Performance Workbook are templates and Performance Exams that cover Memorandums of Points and Authorities, Inter-Office Memos, Client Letters, Legal Briefs, Declarations, Affidavits, Letters to Opposing Counsel, Documents of Legal Significance, Settlement Agreements, and Ethical Considerations.  Each Performance Test has a File, Library, and Suggested Answer.  

Professor Karney and our expert team at BARWINNERS give you individualized feedback in a small- personalized class setting. WE SEE YOU AND KNOW YOU. WE DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS on the Bar Exam. We show you how to outline, organize and effectively write essays and performance tests so that you can pass the bar exam easily. We provide comprehensive, quality feedback. We use former bar exam graders and licensed California attorneys who are experts on what the California Bar Exam is looking for.

MULTISTATE MATERIALS ("MBE")

BARWINNERS’ POWERFUL MBE WORKBOOK is designed to prepare you for the Multistate Bar Exam (“MBE”).  Powerful, efficient, it includes over 2,000 practice questions with full explanations, 18 hours of simulated exams, and pages of substantive review materials.

This is an entire MBE system for taking and scoring high on the MBE.

MBE Instructor and Expert, Paul Fredrix, graduated from Yale Law School and teaches BARWINNERS’ students a system for scoring high on the MBE portion of the Bar Exam.

Each section of BARWINNERS’ MBE Workbook, gives you questions and explanations building up to the “Diagnostics” section.  Our system is a more rational, logical study system for mastering the multistate bar exam material. Unlike some traditional methods, our Workbook builds your knowledge and confidence in practical and reasonable steps.  Key terms and concepts are defined and explained.

We have an outstanding Multistate workshop. We have seen our students’ raw MBE scores jump from a 115 to a 153!

Thousands of bar exam takers pass the bar exam with the help of BARWINNERS Intensive Course.

We look forward to helping you pass the Bar Exam so you can be FREE. 

*Disclaimer of Warranties/Accuracy of Data

Although the data found using The BARWINNERS website and other promotional materials, have been produced and processed from sources believed to be reliable, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregate uses of the information. The BARWINNERS web site provides this information on an "as is" basis. Test score results and pass rates on this web site and in other promotional materials vary for students based on their adherence to study methods, number of hours devoted to studying, the ability to adapt their writing style and studying to the California Bar Exam as instructed by BARWINNERS, aptitude, individual desire, ability to follow instructions, and general academic background. Further, it is based on the students who have followed the BARWINNERS approach and adhered to Shari Karney's California Bar prep instuctions, who have attended all classes, taken all Simulated Bar Examinations, and followed course instruction and feedback. All warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, freedom from contamination by computer viruses and non-infringement of proprietary rights ARE DISCLAIMED.