Hello!  Nice to meet you and congratulations! You've just taken the first step to passing the bar exam. 

Who are we?

We are led by Michele Butts, Esq., a bar exam coach, former BigLaw lawyer and legal research and writing professor with more than 15 years of experience in coaching students to pass the bar exam. Michele taught legal research and writing for 10 years at two US law schools. She directed the First Year Legal Writing program at one of these law schools and taught a course that focused exclusively on preparing for the MPT exam. In addition, she taught ethics and a myriad of practical legal skills courses such as brief writing, negotiations, and contract drafting. Michele has experience with foreign-trained lawyers having taught internationally in South Africa, Kenya, and Turkey. 

What do we teach?

Take On Bar Exam Coaching is unlike any other bar exam preparation course out there and here's why?  Our coaching program gives you:

  • one-on-one tutoring sessions

  • small group writing workshops that teach you how to write essays for the bar examiners

  • once a week MBE essay tutorials, review, feedback and critiques

  • once a week MPT tutorials, review, feedback and critiques

  • once a week MBE test taking strategy and review sessions

  • discounted access to an online bar prep service that contains REAL bar exam questions

  • subject-specific outlines

  • mindset coaching

  • customized study schedules that fit your busy life

How do we teach?

We meet you right where you are. Our coaching program is entirely online. We work with you in the comfort of your home using video conferences, phone calls, and emails. We've coached clients from all over the United States, including New Mexico, Nebraska, Minnesota, Georgia, California, New York, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Maryland, and Florida, and as far away as South Korea.

Who is our coaching program for?

Our coaching program is for anyone who wants to pass the bar exam. Period. It does not matter if this is your first time taking the bar exam or your twentieth. We're here to help you make this the last bar exam that you take. We work with foreign-educated lawyers and LLM graduates also and English does not have to be your first language. If you want to pass the bar exam, we're here to help you do it.

Is this a one size fits all coaching program?

No. We focus on you and your individual needs and then customize a program for you. If you're worried about essays, we focus on essays while fostering improvement on the other parts of the exam too. If you're struggling with organization, time management, or test anxiety, we work to improve these areas. We work constantly on your current situation and needs to ensure that you're setting yourself up to pass the bar exam.

Aren’t you expensive?

Think about it this way. For how many years have you been trying to pass the bar exam? For how many more years will you keep going it alone without a great bar exam coach who can help to get you the results you want? If you add up the extrinsic and intrinsic costs of failing the bar exam, you’ll see that hiring a bar exam coach is the inexpensive choice. Really…it’s the only choice.

Still have questions?  Contact us. 

Need us? Send an email to: inquiry@takeonbarexam.com