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Bar Exam Resources

Highlights important information and services for law students as they prepare to take the bar examination in Pennsylvania or elsewhere.

Bar Review Course Information

These resources are listed for your information only. Widener University Commonwealth Law does not officially endorse any commercial bar review course.

Commonwealth Bar Courses

Fundamentals of the Bar

Fundamentals of the Bar Exam is a pre-bar review, skills-development course offered to graduating students in their final fall or spring semester. Through repeated exposure to bar examination materials, students learn the basic techniques for answering the multiple choice, essay, and performance test questions found on the bar examination. Students are required to work collaboratively in class and have regular homework assignments to complete.

Writing for the Bar

This course helps jumpstart students’ preparation for the essay and performance tests on the bar exam. In this course, students will enhance their legal writing, analytical, and organizational skills through intensive studying and writing practice. Students’ legal and factual analytical reasoning skills and writing skills will be developed through multiple practice essay exams and performance tests. This course is designed to help students develop the skills needed to succeed on the bar exam and as newly admitted attorneys. This course is not a substitute for a bar preparation course. Students are encouraged to take this course in the year immediately preceding graduation.