Bar Exam Preparation

Preparing You For Life

The sole focus of Loyola's Bar Preparation Department is to assist all Loyola students and alumni in preparation for any bar examination. Loyola offers courses, lectures, workshops, and individual tutoring for current students and graduates.

For students, Loyola offers both civil and common law sections of the 3.0-hour courses Bar Preparation I (Fall) and Bar Preparation II (Spring). The Louisiana courses focus on commonly-tested subjects found on the Louisiana Bar Exam. The common law courses focus on the subjects found on the Multistate Bar Exam. These courses frequently test students during the semester, require homework, and require a final exam. Both civil and common law students are tested through essay and multiple choice questions. Students learn substantive law, study tactics, and writing strategies.

In addition, the Bar Preparation Department offers workshops to students throughout the year on applying for and preparing to take a bar exam. These workshops include lectures from the director of Bar Preparation, presentations by the Louisiana State Bar Association, and panels of previous graduates who successfully passed their bar exam.

For all of its graduates, Loyola offers civil law and common law supplemental courses, which allow graduates to ask questions about any bar examination and to receive answers from Loyola professors. The goal of the supplemental courses is to ensure that graduates are not studying for the bar examination in isolation. Instead, the Loyola community remains connected after graduation such that the graduates may directly contact professors, post questions on Canvas, attend or view Loyola bar examination lectures, and interact with one another.

If you are a student, graduate, or prospective student, please see below for more detailed information regarding the student and graduate courses offered by Loyola. Additionally, please review the pertinent bar exam information for each state.