Washington DC (UBE) & Virginia Bar Exam Tutoring & Self-Study

Author: Dwight Zenzano

  • Virginia February 2019 bar exam results released

    Results have been posted for the Feb 2019 Virginia bar exam here. Go check out the results and be sure and look at both pass lists. The numbers look ok for a February exam with some schools doing quite excellent.

    The overall pass rate was 62.64% with first time takers doing a little better at 68.66%. Big kudos go out to UVA for both winning the NCAA and having a 100% pass rate for ALL test takers on this exam! Props also go out to Liberty for a 100% pass rate for all takers and to Appalachian School of law for 100% of their first time takers passing the exam.

    The swearing in ceremony will be on June 5th, get dressed in your best suits and enjoy the celebration! For those of you waiting for DC results, hopefully early May will bring us results but after the pass list debacle last time it may be more delayed this time around, fingers crossed.

  • Tutoring/coaching for the February 2019 exam is full

    Title says it all, no more slots available for the February 2019 exam. I am mostly referral only these days so please keep that in mind. Happy to give tips/advice anytime, cheers!

  • July 2018 Virginia Bar Exam is Over

    After a few weeks off to decompress and enjoy the summer, decided to do a little recap of the July 2018 Virginia bar exam. The morning section was pretty typical, Crim law, Wills, Property/Corporations, Fed Civ Pro, Sales and some VA Civ Pro as always. The afternoon was a little more funky, with more civ pro, creditors rights, PR, and domestic relations. Overall a straightforward, fair yet tough Virginia bar exam as we have come to expect. The MBE was the same as in the past couple of years, no major changes, still the usually favorites and the difficulty/spread of the questions is in line with previous exams. I’ll add a new post when the results are posted in October, until then enjoy the rest of the summer and congratulations to everyone on getting through the exam.

  • Virginia Bar Exam Results for February 2018 are posted

    The VBBE has posted the Feb 2018 Virginia Bar Exam results. The pass percentages are a little discouraging for first time takers with only 60% passing. The overall pass rate was just below 50%. Congratulations to the students from Regent University with the highest pass rate at almost 82% with UVA coming in a close second place at 75%. I felt this exam was slightly harder than usual but this is usually accounted for with the scale and other factors, but the properly prepared students passed. Here is a link to the full results.

    For those of you who passed, congratulations! Your hard work paid off and you are now Virginia licensed attorneys. The swearing in ceremony is Wednesday June 6, 2018 at 10:30AM in Richmond. It’s a great ceremony and well worth attending with friends and family. For those of you who didn’t pass, do not be discourage. Instead, re-evaluate your approach to studying and determine what you could and should do differently next time.

    Hoping for the DC results at the first week in May.

  • Tutoring for the February 2018 bar exam is full

    My roster for the February 2018 bar exam is completely full. If you have emailed me and not received a response then it is unlikely I will be able to secure a spot for you. Each exam that comes I receive more and more requests and this season is no exception. I am going to go through and finish responding to everyone before the end of the year but for all intents and purposes my roster is full. I will resume taking requests for tutoring shortly after the February bar for the July 2018 bar exam with priority given to referrals from previous students as always.

  • VA and DC bar exam results for July 2018 are posted

    Virginia and Washington DC released their bar exam results the same week for the first time I can remember. Here are the stats and my thoughts on each one.

    For Virginia, 71% of all test takers passed the exam with over 76% of first time takers passing. Regent University had the highest overall pass rate at a very impressive 94% followed closely by (more…)

  • July 2017 Bar exams are over (VA breakdown)

    The Virginia and DC bar exams for July 2017 are officially history. Things seemed to go relatively smoothly in both locations this time around. DC broke the groups up into a few rooms so that may have helped.

    On the Virginia bar exam we saw the following subjects tested: VA Procedure, Fed Procedure, Criminal, Local Govt, Domestic Relations, Real Property, Equity, Sales, Personal property, Creditor’s Rights and agency. So, again, no Wills or Trusts this time around, is this becoming a pattern of sorts?

    Congratulations to everyone for sticking through it. Results for both DC and Virginia should be out sometime in mid to late October. Until then, enjoy the rest of your summer!

  • Tutoring is full for the July 2017 bar exam

    My roster is now full for the summer 2017 bar exam and do not anticipate filling all waitlisted slots for the July 2017 bar exam. If you have already emailed me I will respond back and let you know if you are on the waitlist and if I will be able to take you on. In DC news, DC results letters started coming in this weekend so if you have not received it yet, it should be today or tomorrow hopefully at the latest.

  • DC Bar Exam Results for February 2017

    The Committee on Admissions posted the February 2017 DC Bar Exam results on Friday. The overall pass rate was a very low 46% with first time test takers doing better but still barely half with a 53% pass rate. 496 total applicants took the exam this past February, showing a continued increase since DC join the UBE program. For those that did not pass, the review of answers will be on June 9th, so be sure and attend. For everyone that did pass, congratulations and be sure and sign up for the mandatory class, details will be in your acceptance letter. Full details and pass list are here.

  • Virginia Bar Exam Results from February 2017 are posted

    The Feb 2017 Virginia Bar Exam results have been posted at the VBBE website here.

    Looks like the overall pass rate was 53.19% , with first time test takers doing pretty good at 70.71%. Congratulations to George Mason University School of Law grads for having the highest overall pass rate at 92.86% and also for 100% of their first time takers passing. Good job to William and Mary and U. Richmond first time takers as well achieving a 100% pass rate. And of course, congratulations to everyone who passed!

    If you did not pass, don’t despair. Take a couple days off and then think about the plan you used to study along with how much you studied. Do you feel you did enough? Maybe too much? Maybe not enough? The Virginia bar exam is one of (if not the most) difficult bars in the country and requires well laid out study strategies.