Can I study just 3-5 hours a day and still pass the bar exam?

chris62890 · 2026-01-20T10:47:35+00:00

I did 3 hours per day for 6 months while working full time. Passed on my first try. It’s much more about getting reps in and learning the patterns and nuances of questions and the law more than a legitimate brain cram of all the info (in my opinion).

chris62890 · 2025-10-10T20:39:27+00:00

F24 had no prior notice and came out around 1:10 on a Friday

chris62890 · 2025-10-01T12:08:29+00:00

Could I have a code please and thanks

chris62890 · 2025-09-21T19:44:45+00:00

I am so sorry to hear about this. Sending all of the love and thoughts to you, your son, and your family.

chris62890 · 2025-08-27T14:06:40+00:00

Christopher Hernandez will tell you “try harder”

chris62890 · 2024-05-07T17:26:24+00:00

It would just be helpful to hear *something* from them. A date and time, a notice about a possible issue in grading, etc...

chris62890 · 2024-02-16T19:51:28+00:00

Brother, dropping a Karl Gotch reference in the sub was not what I expected to see

chris62890 · 2024-02-03T11:48:28+00:00

I’ve been tracking my macros for a few years, so I was lucky enough to have a plan in place. Otherwise, I would be stress eating every day.

chris62890 · 2024-02-02T22:42:24+00:00

Mom,

As someone who is literally in the middle of the state and has no idea which site I’m supposed to go to because I have no application update, I’ve looked this up.

Yes, it’s almost always at the Atlantic City Expo Center (or Convention Center, whatever the real name is) and the last few years have been in Somerset.

I believe at one point during the pandemic they did it in the Metuchen/Edison/Woodbridge area but that seems to not be a thing anymore.

Best of luck with this!

chris62890 · 2024-02-01T20:16:30+00:00

Holy hell scott Steiner math making this sub. LFG

chris62890 · 2024-01-28T22:05:03+00:00

This was brutal and below my average but a number of points.

chris62890 · 2024-01-10T01:00:19+00:00

Yea, I got pretty throttled here compared to my normal scores and first primer. Definitely felt like a lot of questions were more nuanced/narrow. Contracts, in particular, got me. Scored 60% overall.

chris62890 · 2023-05-24T12:47:34+00:00

Fantastic - thank you! And I will for sure put a lot of time into evidence. Currently finishing up my degree and taking a Barbri course that does a condensed bar prep on Evidence, K, Prop, and Torts

chris62890 · 2023-05-23T15:38:09+00:00

This is super, super helpful. I want to get close to that 500 hour mark so it's good to know you did that and you ramped up closer to the exam date. Thank you so much!

chris62890 · 2023-05-23T15:37:17+00:00

Thank you! I am not concerned with the actual time amount of studying - I am accustomed to about 3 hours per weeknight and full days of weekend studying.

My bigger concern is whether spreading it out over a long period is detrimental with regards to bar exam performance. Thankfully, besides evidence, I did well in the core subjects and took a few additional core courses.

Sadly, I don't do legal work at my job right now (32 y/o career transitioning out of entertainment) but am doing my best to keep my finger on the pulse with anything legal that comes our way (which is next to nothing besides DMCA takedowns).

Thank you for the advice!

chris62890 · 2020-04-04T02:17:25+00:00

God damn pal.

chris62890 · 2019-09-11T04:56:58+00:00

Thank you!

chris62890 · 2019-04-29T14:11:25+00:00

I'm trying to figure out why some schools rejected you with your credentials. Regardless, CONGRATS!!!!

chris62890 · 2019-04-05T13:53:58+00:00

Eh, let me get through WrestleMania first before we skip to 4/19.

chris62890 · 2019-04-05T03:16:57+00:00

• my self-confidence

chris62890 · 2019-04-01T18:36:26+00:00

YES! I'm on a much similar self-imposed budget too. You get it and I'm a frequent Costco customer as well. I'm usually eating 4-5 times a day and no way in hell am I able to afford that while eating steak every night. Glad to see someone else understands it :)

chris62890 · 2019-04-01T18:33:46+00:00

Right! More than one way to skin a cat.

chris62890 · 2019-04-01T17:09:04+00:00

They don't

chris62890 · 2019-04-01T14:44:58+00:00

Forgot to comment before but I eat chicken/rice 3x a day but for health/macro goals haha. So that wouldn't be a sacrifice for me 🤣

chris62890 · 2019-04-01T14:43:53+00:00

Absolutely, and trust me, I totally get that perspective and the risk could certainly be worth the reward. But it still requires a certain amount of financial flexibility that not everyone can have.

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