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The bar-exam one-stop shop.

One family of independent sites for the journey from 1L to licensed attorney: a state-by-state bar-exam guide (UBE vs. non-UBE, with California, Texas, New York, and Florida in depth), the MBE's 7 subjects decoded, tutorials on essay method and performance tests, 12- and 16-week study plans coached by Eli, interview prep for law-school admissions and OCI, and an accreditation hub for law schools — plus the working exam app. Everything is grounded in public, official sources. Nothing here is affiliated with any official body, and nothing here is legal advice.

This site is unofficial: it is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by the NCBE, the ABA, any state bar, or any law school. The authoritative sources are always the official sites — the NCBE for the national exams, the ABA Section of Legal Education for accreditation, and your jurisdiction's bar admissions agency for your exam. Eli is a study copilot, not a lawyer.

The universe

Two doors, one shared brain

Pick the topic you need. Every site links back here, and Eli answers on all of them from the same knowledge — state-aware, so California essays get California treatment and UBE states get UBE treatment.

The platform

Bar-Exam App — banks, builder, coaching

The working platform: original MBE-style practice questions across all 7 subjects, timed practice, study modes, MPRE practice, an item-writing academy, and interview prep. Eli tutors inside the app.

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Start here

State Bar Guide — UBE vs. non-UBE

Pick your state on the map: which exam you take, how it's built, and what to verify with your bar admissions agency. California, Texas, New York, and Florida in depth.

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Guides

The MBE, decoded

200 questions, 175 scored, 25 per subject across 7 subjects — what each subject really tests, pacing, and where the points concentrate. Straight from the NCBE structure.

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Tutorials

How-to tutorials

How to study for the bar, the MEE essay method, the MPT walkthrough, and MPRE ethics — methods, not magic.

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Guides

12- and 16-week study plans

Phase-based plans with weekly checkpoints and Eli check-ins — honest about what works: active recall, mixed review, and timed writing.

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Guides

Interview prep

Law-school admissions and OCI/job interviews: question banks, structured-answer coaching, and Eli's mock interviews.

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For schools

Accreditation Hub — ABA depth

The ABA Standards in plain language, a documentation toolkit for self-studies and evidence, and an interactive readiness checklist. Materials support documentation — Eli never declares a school compliant.

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One-pagers

Resource Library

Printable one-pagers: MBE subject checklists, the essay approach sheet, an MPT template, and an MPRE ethics quick-reference. Print-ready, original, cited.

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Accounts

Sign-ups are coming

Accounts are activating soon. Student and faculty sign-ups are not open yet — until then, the exam app's guest practice runs with no account at all. Your progress stays on your device, and nothing is ever sold.

How it works

A translator, not a pundit

Bar admission runs on documents: the NCBE's exam descriptions, the ABA Standards, state bar admissions rules. They are authoritative and, frankly, hard to read — scattered across sites, dense PDFs, and jargon. SI Law School puts the working parts of those documents into plain language in one place, grounded in what the official sources actually say. Long-form pages carry inline citations to those sources, and where we synthesize, we say so explicitly: “Our read:” marks our interpretation. Nothing here replaces your bar admissions agency, the official exam sites, or a licensed attorney.

Public data only

Every exam fact cited carries a source. No leaked questions, no confidential anything — only what's published and citable. All practice questions are 100% original.

Guidance, not legal advice

These sites give you the information to think clearly about law school and the bar exam. They are not legal advice and are not a substitute for a licensed attorney. See the disclaimer.

Officials cited, links kept

Official publications are summarized and paraphrased, never reproduced at length. The original document is always one click away, with links checked regularly.