Passing the Florida, California or New York Bar Exam when English is your Second Language

Passing the Florida, California or State bar exam is hard enough, especially when English is your second language. For those students who are foreign educated attorneys looking to take New York or California or for those law students who have struggled through law school, you now face your biggest challenge: passing the bar exam.

Bar Professors have worked with many foreign educated lawyers and the major issue we find is in writing skills. The students know the law, they just don’t know how to articulate it in written form. As we know, quality writing skills are imperative to passing any bar exam.

For those Foreign Educated Lawyers waiting to sit for the California bar exam or New York bar exam, you must start early. You cannot expect to learn the law, practice your writing skills and hone your analytical skills in only two months. Start at least six months ahead of the bar exam.

Here are some things you can do to help you be successful on the Bar Exam:

• Start by obtaining a private tutor to critique and aid in practicing writing essays. Many ESL or EFL have trouble organizing essays because of the difference in language structure - you will need to work hard on solving this potential problem.

• Practice writing one essay per day and have the essay evaluated.

• Follow all suggestions from your bar exam tutor.

• Memorize the state law, including all exceptions.

• As for the MBE, do as many questions as possible.

Foreign educated lawyers must start to study now for the February bar exam.
BarProfessors provide private tutorials for ESL and EFL students and repeat bar takers. Send all inquiries to pass@barprofessors.com.

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