The three best California Bar Exam Tutoring Programs
Who you see is who you ALWAYS get...
… and that’s JAY! The best California Bar Exam tutor and prep course come from real and trusted experience. While others delegate your work to their trainees, Esquired offers only the best with Jay Bijlani, who was a California bar grader and a law professor! Why settle for anyone else when SO much is at stake?
Jay Bijlani has a wealth of experience in grading thousands of exam answers and has trained under The State Bar of California itself. As a former faculty member at two California law schools, he has helped countless students achieve bar exam success.
At Esquired, you can trust that Jay will provide consistent, direct, and personalized attention to help you pass the California Bar Exam once and for all. Choose Esquired and Jay Bijlani for the bar exam prep and tutoring you can trust.
1. The Essential Program
Core Bar Preparation.
The Essential Program stands in the place of the impersonal, workshop-based California Bar prep classes found elsewhere. Receive one-on-one tutoring with Jay Bijlani, personalized, grader-focused feedback, expert guidance, and structured study support to maximize performance at a lower cost.
2. The Advanced Program
High-Support Tutoring.
The Advanced Program provides high-touch California Bar Exam preparation with proactive progress monitoring, increased feedback, and guided study pacing. Designed for those who want significantly more hands-on support, this program reinforces all Bar-tested skills and closes performance gaps faster.
3. The Complete Program
Unparalleled Bar Tutoring.
The Complete Program builds on The Advanced Program with intensive reinforcement of California Bar Exam-tested law and skill. The program delivers sustained accountability throughout the study cycle. Experience the most poignant handholding by a trusted mentor of any time in your law career!
The Pillars of the programs
Preliminary Diagnosis of Problem Areas
From the bar grader’s perspective, the program begins with a critical evaluation of your past work to immediately identify problems that may impact your performance on the California Bar Examination. Accordingly, this diagnostic allows you to get a running start!
Comprehensive Substantive Law
Review with far less stress by applying substantive law that is succinct, logically constructed and carefully designed to promote easier memorization. This eliminates your need to enroll in any of the major bar review programs, which often present substantive law inconsistently and incoherently.
One-on-One, Face-to-Face Tutoring Sessions
Meet with Jay Bijlani in private sessions from the comfort of your home, whether you are studying in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, San Jose or Timbuktu. Through these sessions, you will be armed with a consistently workable and effective strategy for success on the essays, performance test and MBEs.
PrepPlan
Study with clarity from the start with a PrepPlan, a realistic and closely monitored daily schedule. Jay Bijlani crafts the PrepPlan so that you allocate the proper amount of time to learn and memorize the substantive law while developing the skills needed to pass the bar exam.
Targeted Feedback
From the nuanced perspective a former bar grader and law professor, receive constructive and detailed assessment of strengths and weaknesses in reviewed assignments.
Effective feedback includes: identification and approaches to issues presented; clarification of rules of law; development of legal analyses; and a realistic bar score.
1. The Essential Program
Core Bar Preparation.
For the motivated quick learner on a tight budget, there’s the Essential Program! Don’t bother with with a piecemeal “supplemental” program that just adds substantive law workshops to lectures you already have from a big box bar review company. The Essential Program offers value, plus ALL the tools necessary to pass the California Bar Exam. This program replaces your major bar review course AND adds personal supervision by Jay Bijlani – a former bar grader and law professor!
The Essential Program includes:
Substantive law outlines for each subject tested on the Essay and MBE sections
- Developed by a former Bar grader - crafted with the knowledge of what the Bar grader is looking for and to maximize points.
- Designed meticulously for the Bar grader’s eyes - allows your answers align with grading expectations.
- Logical, succinct structure for efficient memorization – organized for quick review and easy recall under exam conditions.
- Tips, mnemonics, and examples included – optimized for comprehension, retention, and practical application to both essays and MBE questions.
- Available in hardcopy format – tangible outlines you can annotate, highlight, and reference throughout your study plan.
A PrepPlan: your detailed daily study schedule
- Optimally planned course of study – a daily schedule from program start to exam day.
- Clear deadlines for submissions – keep on track with Essays and Performance Tests graded personally by Jay Bijlani.
- Structured for efficiency and results – designed to maximize learning, retention, and confidence leading into the California Bar Exam.
Preliminary diagnosis of problem areas
- Targeted diagnostic assignments – begin your program with specially selected Essay and Performance Test questions to identify strengths and weaknesses.
- Focus your first session – Jay Bijlani uses your diagnostic submissions to pinpoint key problem areas, ensuring your study time is highly efficient from day one.
- Strategic, results-driven approach – early identification of challenges allows for tailored guidance that maximizes improvement and exam readiness.
Three Skills and Strategies Sessions with Jay Bijlani
- Three personal, one-on-one sessions with former bar grader and professor Jay Bijlani—your work is never delegated to anyone else.
- 60 minutes each of focused, interactive instruction tailored to your specific weaknesses on Essays, Performance Tests, and MBEs.
- Mentorship you can trust – build a supportive, results-driven relationship with a tutor invested in your success.
- Flexible format – sessions conducted online or in person, depending on availability.
- Targeted skill development – deepen your understanding of substantive law and learn actionable strategies to improve exam performance.
Additional Weekly Check-In Sessions with Jay Bijlani
- Weekly one-on-one sessions with former bar grader and professor Jay Bijlani—your questions are never handled by anyone else.
- 15 minutes each of focused, personalized guidance to keep you on track.
- Comprehensive support – get Jay’s insights on substantive law, tested skills, memorization strategies, time management, and even non-academic concerns affecting your bar prep.
- Flexible and interactive – short, targeted sessions designed to answer your most pressing questions and maintain steady progress toward exam success.
All 4 Essays and Performance Tests graded personally by Jay Bijlani
- Line-by-line, multi-modal feedback from Jay Bijlani – each assignment receives approximately 30 minutes of personal grading, including written notes and recorded commentary to match different learning styles. Your work is never delegated to anyone else.
- Realistic bar score awarded by Jay Bijlani himself – he best understands the “minimum competence” standard and how California graders evaluate your work.
- Actionable feedback you can apply to new fact patterns – every comment is designed to help you improve across essays and PTs, not just the one you submit.
- Insight into what matters most to Bar graders – targeted guidance for efficiently focusing your time during the exam.
- Curated selection by Jay Bijlani – each essay and Performance Test is carefully chosen for commonly tested content, embedded analytical “tricks,” and lessons that improve scoring potential.
- Flexible grading options – choose the combination of Essays and Performance Tests you want to have graded, tailored to your study plan.
Subject-specific attack plans to significantly boost your performance on Essays and MBE
- Targeted essay strategies – learn enhanced techniques for accurately spotting major and minor issues most commonly tested on California Bar Exam Essays.
- MBE mastery strategies – gain methods to quickly identify the best answer choice and improve accuracy on the Multistate Bar Exam.
Clearly defined, results-based strategies to answer any Essay, Performance Test and MBE
- 16 Essay video lectures – presenting and applying a step-by-step process to each tested essay subject, helping you answer efficiently and accurately.
- 8 MBE video lectures – teaching a multistep approach to identify correct answers on each tested MBE subject.
- 2 Performance Test video lectures – demonstrating the multistep process for various objective and persuasive writing formats.
- Focused, actionable instruction – no endless, passive substantive law lectures; every video is designed to develop practical skills that directly improve your bar exam performance.
Price: 3,300
Installment payment plan available at no extra cost.
2. The Advanced Program
High-Support Tutoring.
Could you use more consistent handholding and oversight during your bar prep? The Advanced Program includes more personal time with former bar grader and law professor Jay Bijlani! This program includes a personalized study schedule and more one-on-one sessions and opportunities for detailed feedback. These additional tools offer you more accountability, a deeper dive to cure your weaknesses, and instill more confidence! The goal of passing the California Bar Exam never became more attainable!
The Advanced Program includes:
Substantive law outlines for each subject tested on the Essay and MBE sections
- Developed by a former Bar grader - crafted with the knowledge of what the Bar grader is looking for and to maximize points.
- Designed meticulously for the Bar grader’s eyes - allows your answers align with grading expectations.
- Logical, succinct structure for efficient memorization – organized for quick review and easy recall under exam conditions.
- Tips, mnemonics, and examples included – optimized for comprehension, retention, and practical application to both essays and MBE questions.
- Available in hardcopy format – tangible outlines you can annotate, highlight, and reference throughout your study plan.
A Personalized PrepPlan: a detailed daily study schedule customized for you
- Customized to your personal and/or work schedule – study plan tailored to your unique timing and obligations.
- Optimally planned course of study – a daily schedule from program start to exam day.
- Clear deadlines for submissions – keep on track with Essays and Performance Tests graded personally by Jay Bijlani.
- Structured for efficiency and results – designed to maximize learning, retention, and confidence leading into the California Bar Exam.
- Built-in flexibility – additional days off included based on your start date and schedule, so you can balance bar prep with other commitments without losing momentum.
Preliminary diagnosis of problem areas
- Targeted diagnostic assignments – begin your program with specially selected Essay and Performance Test questions to identify strengths and weaknesses.
- Focus your first session – Jay Bijlani uses your diagnostic submissions to pinpoint key problem areas, ensuring your study time is highly efficient from day one.
- Strategic, results-driven approach – early identification of challenges allows for tailored guidance that maximizes improvement and exam readiness.
Four Skills and Strategies Sessions with Jay Bijlani
- Four personal, one-on-one sessions with former bar grader and professor Jay Bijlani—your work is never delegated to anyone else.
- 75 minutes each of focused, interactive instruction tailored to your specific weaknesses on Essays, Performance Tests, and MBEs.
- Mentorship you can trust – build a supportive, results-driven relationship with a tutor invested in your success.
- Flexible format – sessions conducted online or in person, depending on availability.
- Targeted skill development – deepen your understanding of substantive law and learn actionable strategies to improve exam performance.
Additional Weekly Check-In Sessions with Jay Bijlani
- Weekly one-on-one sessions with former bar grader and professor Jay Bijlani—your questions are never handled by anyone else.
- 15 minutes each of focused, personalized guidance to keep you on track.
- Comprehensive support – get Jay’s insights on substantive law, tested skills, memorization strategies, time management, and even non-academic concerns affecting your bar prep.
- Flexible and interactive – short, targeted sessions designed to answer your most pressing questions and maintain steady progress toward exam success.
All 14 Essays and Performance Tests graded personally by Jay Bijlani
- Line-by-line, multi-modal feedback from Jay Bijlani – each assignment receives approximately 30 minutes of personal grading, including written notes and recorded commentary to match different learning styles. Your work is never delegated to anyone else.
- Realistic bar score awarded by Jay Bijlani himself – he best understands the “minimum competence” standard and how California graders evaluate your work.
- Actionable feedback you can apply to new fact patterns – every comment is designed to help you improve across essays and PTs, not just the one you submit.
- Insight into what matters most to Bar graders – targeted guidance for efficiently focusing your time during the exam.
- Curated selection by Jay Bijlani – each essay and Performance Test is carefully chosen for commonly tested content, embedded analytical “tricks,” and lessons that improve scoring potential.
- Flexible grading options – choose the combination of Essays and Performance Tests you want to have graded, tailored to your study plan.
Subject-specific attack plans to significantly boost your performance on Essays and MBE
- Targeted essay strategies – learn enhanced techniques for accurately spotting major and minor issues most commonly tested on California Bar Exam Essays.
- MBE mastery strategies – gain methods to quickly identify the best answer choice and improve accuracy on the Multistate Bar Exam.
Clearly defined, results-based strategies to answer any Essay, Performance Test and MBE
- 16 Essay video lectures – presenting and applying a step-by-step process to each tested essay subject, helping you answer efficiently and accurately.
- 8 MBE video lectures – teaching a multistep approach to identify correct answers on each tested MBE subject.
- 2 Performance Test video lectures – demonstrating the multistep process for various objective and persuasive writing formats.
- Focused, actionable instruction – no endless, passive substantive law lectures; every video is designed to develop practical skills that directly improve your bar exam performance.
Price: 5,950
Installment payment plan available at no extra cost.
3. The Complete Program
Unparalleled California Bar Tutoring.
With The Complete Program, experience legal education and bar review like they were meant to be: dedicated, laser-focused on building knowledge, skill and confidence. Intensive practice of the skills tested on the bar exam is critical to bar success. Receiving even more feedback personally from a former bar grader on multiple issues presents unmatched preparation for the California bar exam. By the end of this program there is arguably no one more familiar with your work than Jay Bijlani.
The Complete Program includes:
Substantive law outlines for each subject tested on the Essay and MBE sections
- Developed by a former Bar grader - crafted with the knowledge of what the Bar grader is looking for and to maximize points.
- Designed meticulously for the Bar grader’s eyes - allows your answers align with grading expectations.
- Logical, succinct structure for efficient memorization – organized for quick review and easy recall under exam conditions.
- Tips, mnemonics, and examples included – optimized for comprehension, retention, and practical application to both essays and MBE questions.
- Available in hardcopy format – tangible outlines you can annotate, highlight, and reference throughout your study plan.
A Personalized PrepPlan: a detailed daily study schedule customized for you
- Customized to your personal and/or work schedule – study plan tailored to your unique timing and obligations.
- Optimally planned course of study – a daily schedule from program start to exam day.
- Clear deadlines for submissions – keep on track with Essays and Performance Tests graded personally by Jay Bijlani.
- Structured for efficiency and results – designed to maximize learning, retention, and confidence leading into the California Bar Exam.
- Built-in flexibility – additional days off included based on your start date and schedule, so you can balance bar prep with other commitments without losing momentum.
Preliminary diagnosis of problem areas
- Targeted diagnostic assignments – begin your program with specially selected Essay and Performance Test questions to identify strengths and weaknesses.
- Focus your first session – Jay Bijlani uses your diagnostic submissions to pinpoint key problem areas, ensuring your study time is highly efficient from day one.
- Strategic, results-driven approach – early identification of challenges allows for tailored guidance that maximizes improvement and exam readiness.
Five Skills and Strategies Sessions with Jay Bijlani
- Five personal, one-on-one sessions with former bar grader and professor Jay Bijlani—your work is never delegated to anyone else.
- 75 minutes each of focused, interactive instruction tailored to your specific weaknesses on Essays, Performance Tests, and MBEs.
- Mentorship you can trust – build a supportive, results-driven relationship with a tutor invested in your success.
- Flexible format – sessions conducted online or in person, depending on availability.
- Targeted skill development – deepen your understanding of substantive law and learn actionable strategies to improve exam performance.
Additional Weekly Check-In Sessions with Jay Bijlani
- Weekly one-on-one sessions with former bar grader and professor Jay Bijlani—your questions are never handled by anyone else.
- 15 minutes each of focused, personalized guidance to keep you on track.
- Comprehensive support – get Jay’s insights on substantive law, tested skills, memorization strategies, time management, and even non-academic concerns affecting your bar prep.
- Flexible and interactive – short, targeted sessions designed to answer your most pressing questions and maintain steady progress toward exam success.
All 21 Essays and Performance Tests graded personally by Jay Bijlani
- Line-by-line, multi-modal feedback from Jay Bijlani – each assignment receives approximately 30 minutes of personal grading, including written notes and recorded commentary to match different learning styles. Your work is never delegated to anyone else.
- Realistic bar score awarded by Jay Bijlani himself – he best understands the “minimum competence” standard and how California graders evaluate your work.
- Actionable feedback you can apply to new fact patterns – every comment is designed to help you improve across essays and PTs, not just the one you submit.
- Insight into what matters most to Bar graders – targeted guidance for efficiently focusing your time during the exam.
- Curated selection by Jay Bijlani – each essay and Performance Test is carefully chosen for commonly tested content, embedded analytical “tricks,” and lessons that improve scoring potential.
- Flexible grading options – choose the combination of Essays and Performance Tests you want to have graded, tailored to your study plan.
Subject-specific attack plans to significantly boost your performance on Essays and MBE
- Targeted essay strategies – learn enhanced techniques for accurately spotting major and minor issues most commonly tested on California Bar Exam Essays.
- MBE mastery strategies – gain methods to quickly identify the best answer choice and improve accuracy on the Multistate Bar Exam.
Clearly defined, results-based strategies to answer any Essay, Performance Test and MBE
- 16 Essay video lectures – presenting and applying a step-by-step process to each tested essay subject, helping you answer efficiently and accurately.
- 8 MBE video lectures – teaching a multistep approach to identify correct answers on each tested MBE subject.
- 2 Performance Test video lectures – demonstrating the multistep process for various objective and persuasive writing formats.
- Focused, actionable instruction – no endless, passive substantive law lectures; every video is designed to develop practical skills that directly improve your bar exam performance.
Price: 7,200
Installment payment plan available at no extra cost.