LexBar was originally designed just for new graduates. Most students who are in that position are also simultaneously enrolled in a Virginia-specific program from Barbri or Themis. LexBar is a perfect add-on to ensure your essay exam skills are on-point, and the LexBar program can be accomplished along with your study schedule in your primary bar prep program.

Each LexBar lesson after the first one takes about one hour to complete, and most students do not find it too difficult to work this into their schedule with another bar prep program. Most traditional bar exam students start the LexBar program about four weeks prior to their exam, and do one (1-hour) lesson every-other day up to their exam.

Out-of-state attorneys who wish to get licnesed here will benefit from LexBar. The Virginia Bar offers a couple of ways to get licensed here. If you want to know more about how LexBar helps out-of-state attorneys obtain Virginia licensure, see our trasferring attorneys page. 

Note that the Virginia Essay Exam is challenging. It is not like the more straightforward state-specific exams "attorneys exams" that tend to exist in UBE states. The essay exam is comprehensive, covering twenty subject areas (depending on exactly how you break them out) and focusing mainly on unique distinctions of Virginia law. LexBar will help you succeed on this challenging exam, but for some students, LexBar alone is not enough.

Some students use publicly available materials along with LexBar to self-study, and succeed on the exam using that method. But some LexBar students are also enrolled in a Virginia-specific program from Barbri or Themis. If you’re only taking the essay exam, those programs’ MBE materials will not be very useful, but they also have full outlines of Virginia law and other Virginia-specific resources that will help you memorize the many legal rules you will need to know to pass the exam. Again, to discover much more about this, everything you need to know is on the transferring attorneys page. 

LexBar uses interactive practice to help you learn the law. Depending on which LexBar plan you choose, that will include practice essays, flashcards for Va Civ Pro, multiple-choice quizzes, live tutoring classes, and suggested assignments that can be completed using free resources outside of the course. But LexBar does not include full outlines of Virginia law or day-by-day study schedules. If you are a student who feels that you need those things, you will still need to purchase a Virginia-specific course from Barbri or Themis in addition to LexBar.

LexBar is just the addition that some students need to pass the exam. It's designed to give you an added boost on your essay exam. This makes sense as a strategy for passing because your essay exam is worth 60% when taken with the MBE. One of the decisions some eligible retakers need to make is whether to take only the essay exam or repeat the MBE as well. This exam is difficult and many students fail it and have to retake it. Hang in there! You can do it! 

Unfortunately, many people do fail the Virginia Bar Exam , so you are not alone. If you scored 137 or higher on the MBE, you probably should not retake it. This is especially true if your essay section score was also in the 130’s or higher. Many students can increase their essay scores dramatically, but their MBE score is relatively more stable from attempt-to-attempt.

Yes! But the Virginia Essay Exam is challenging. It is not like the more straightforward state-specific exams that tend to exist in UBE states. The essay exam is comprehensive, covering twenty subject areas (depending on exactly how you break them out) and focusing mainly on unique distinctions of Virginia law. LexBar will help you succeed on this challenging exam, but for some student, LexBar alone it is not enough.

Some students use publicly available materials along with LexBar to self-study, and succeed on the exam using that method. But most LexBar students are also enrolled in a Virginia-specific program from Barbri or Themis. If you’re only taking the essay exam, those programs’ MBE materials will not be very useful, but they also have full outlines of Virginia law and other Virginia-specific resources that will help you memorize the many legal rules you will need to know to pass the exam.

LexBar uses interactive practice to help you learn the law. Depending on which LexBar plan you choose, that will include practice essays, flashcards for Va Civ Pro, multiple-choice quizzes, live tutoring classes, and suggested assignments that can be completed using free resources outside of the course. But LexBar does not include full outlines of Virginia law or day-by-day study schedules. If you are a student who feels that you need those things, you will still need to purchase a Virginia-specific course from Barbri or Themis in addition to LexBar.

Not really. Virginia does offer a process called “Admission Without Examination” but given its many requirements, we wouldn’t call it a “wavier” necessarily. We have written an article that covers all the options for out-of-state attorneys getting admitted in Virginia .

LexBar is self-paced, and you will have access to it for six months from the date you purchase the course. Ideally, we suggest starting the course about 4 to 8 weeks before your exam and doing one lesson every few days. It is possible to complete the course in 2 weeks doing one lesson per day, but we recommend taking a slower approach than that, if possible. Note that when you enroll in LexBar you receive six months of unlimited course access. If you delay taking the exam beyond your LexBar expiration date, you would have to re-enroll to regain access.

LexBar can be used as a supplemental course alongside one from Barbri or Themis. Each LexBar lesson after the first one takes about one hour to complete, and most students do not find it too difficult to work this into their schedule with another bar prep program.

For the two LexBar plans that include essay grading, as you work through the lessons in LexBar, in most lessons, you will write an answer to a practice essay and then self-grade your answer by watching our short video explanations of the correct answer and reviewing an expertly written LexBar Model Answer. On three lessons you will upload a Microsoft Word document of your answer. Within 24 hours of uploading, one of our small team of highly-trained Virginia lawyers will return your essay to you via email with detailed, actionable comments and a score.

No. All LexBar subscriptions are for a fixed term of 6-months, after which they expire and all your course progress data is deleted. There is no automatic rebilling. If you wish to renew, you would have to purchase again.

No. LexBar does not include full outlines of Virginia law or day-by-day study schedules. It also includes nothing related the the MBE. Many LexBar students are also enrolled in a Virginia-specific course from one of the big bar prep companies to gain access to the full outlines of Virginia law those companies provide, have a structured daily study schedule, and have resources to practice for the MBE portion of the exam. LexBar was originally designed as an add-on to a primary bar review course, and can be completed in 1 hour per day over the last 14 days of your study period.

In recent years, many students who are only taking the Virginia essay exam have opted to forgo the big bar prep companies and use LexBar along with free publicly available sources many of which we reccomend within our lessons. LexBar uses interactive practice to help you learn the law. Depending on which LexBar plan you choose, that will include practice essays, flashcards for Va Civ Pro, multiple-choice quizzes, live tutoring classes, and suggested assignments that can be completed using free resources outside of the course. 

But LexBar does not include full outlines of Virginia law or day-by-day study schedules. If you feel that you need those things, then you will still need to purchase a Virginia-specific course from Barbri or Themis in addition to LexBar.

Your subscription to LexBar includes six months of access. We don’t pause or extend memberships for free, but you can continue to use the course all the way until it expires at the end of six months, even if that is beyond the next bar exam date. After the end of six months, you would then have to purchase the course again to continue using it.

LexBar students have an average pass rate of 93% across all the years of our existence, but whether you pass depends largely on your dedication to using interactive learning techniques and spending your time wisely. LexBar is a tool that will help, but your own study and preparation are still critical to your success. We do not have a guarantee related to passing the bar exam because that would be counter-productive. 

There are no refunds or discounts on LexBar when repeating the course or the bar exam.