Pass the bar, the first time

Follow the pathway to success. The Bar Exam Course provides all you need to pass the bar.

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Combined experience of hundreds of candidates

In its 11th iteration, the Bar Exam Course has incorporated feedback and learning from hundreds of candidates to provide a proven pathway to passing the bar.
Beat the high failure rates
The exam for entry to the bar readers’ course in Victoria is notoriously difficult with a pass rate of 35-45%. In 2024, VicBar announced changes to the exam and emphasised that passing requires a ‘base level of core knowledge’ in each of three subject areas: evidence, ethics and procedure. The content is expected to remain voluminous. Structured and efficient study is critical to success.
Pass the first time
Studying for the exam is a significant undertaking. There is a large amount of material that you need to understand and be prepared to apply to the exam format. To prepare properly, you need to take time away from your family and friends and it will put additional pressure on your usual workload.  By enrolling in the BEC, you give yourself the best chance of avoiding the pressures and impact of sitting the exam again.
Carefully designed
The course allows you to study in the most efficient and effective way possible.  The VicBar Reading Guide becomes more digestible by being broken down into weekly blocks, helping you remain on track.  You apply that content to exam style practice questions, compare your answers to examples to help you identify areas for improvement and discuss proper answer technique in weekly seminars.  You assess your progress over four practice exams.  No second is wasted using the BEC method.
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The Course

The Bar Exam Course is 15 weeks long and most successful candidates spend at least 20 hours each week on the BEC. If this is not an option for you, early enrolment allows you to start preparing in advance and reduce the workload during the formal course period.
The Bar Exam Course is designed to be a completely comprehensive guide to preparing for the exam. The Guide provides the recommended study technique and approach. The Study Plan breaks up the content into weekly portions. There are practice questions with example answers each week to test your understanding, apply your knowledge in the exam style format, and assess and improve your content knowledge and technique. Weekly seminars cover content in a different format and provide guidance on study approach and technique. Four Practice Exams are delivered throughout the course using ExamSoft technology (the tech used by VicBar for the exam), allowing you to put your preparation to the test.
A custom built online learning system allows you to save your answers, build out template answers, customise your to do list, identify your areas of weakness and more.
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Features

Study plan and guide
The 15 week Study Plan identifies what to read each week. It breaks the VicBar Reading Guide into manageable portions, providing a structured way to cover all content and remain on track.  The BEC Guide provides the study technique to apply to this material. Adopting the BEC technique promotes development of ‘deep knowledge’ of the content as well the ability to answer in the required style, in the time constraints of the exam.  The Guide also incorporates the most up to date and compelling research on success and achievement to create a holistic approach to bar exam preparation. 
Practice Questions
Each week, answering the Practice Questions requires you to transform the abstract knowledge you have gained from the readings into the format you need to deploy in the exam.  This consolidates your learning and deepens your understanding of the topics.  By analysing the structure and content of the example answers and comparing them to your own answers, you can learn what makes up a successful answer and identify areas you can improve upon.  This process of practicing and perfecting exam style answers is the study technique which correlates most highly with success.
Practice Exams
Every three weeks, you will sit a Practice Exam using Examplify software, the same technology used for the exam itself. The Practice Exams promote development of issue spotting, answer technique and time management skills – the critical foundations for exam success.  Most candidates report adjusting the way they study following their first Practice Exam as they then have a more concrete understanding of the demands of the exam and the type of preparation required. You will have the option (subject to availability) of paying to receive marked feedback on your exams. All candidates will receive example answers.
Community
Our online community provides you with encouragement, support and a huge network of fellow candidates covering all practice areas. You can find and connect with others to form study groups. You are encouraged to ask questions and contribute answers – the combined experience of the cohort leads to valuable, high-level discussions. Whether interstate, overseas or doing the course anonymously, you will feel connected and motivated by the group going through the same intellectual and emotional challenges.
Online Learning System
The online learning system has been carefully designed to meet the specific needs of bar exam candidates and encourage those habits and practices which correlate most strongly with success.  The practice question database allows you to develop your answer technique, see example answers, build out template answers, generate your own question lists, and practice under timed conditions.  You can also utilise customisable to do lists, track your progress, assess how you are spending your time, identify your areas of weakness and improve upon them.
Seminars
Weekly recorded seminars cover course content, answer style, study and exam technique.  The introductory seminar identifies the essential skills required to pass the exam and the tools you can use to develop those skills.  The weekly seminars cover the big topics and break down the components of better and worse answers.  Around the time of the Practice Exams, we discuss and reflect upon exam and study technique.  Throughout, you will be encouraged to adopt specific study and exam techniques that our research has shown correlate most highly with success.
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What customers say about us.

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Absolutely Wonderful
Thanks for all your encouragement and support! The BEC videos and sample exam notes were super helpful in consolidating knowledge and the practice exams, absolutely wonderful! 
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Derek Dunn
Enjoyable to learn
I really enjoyed studying for the exam this year and really enjoyed your course. It gave me what I was initially looking for, a schedule and a plan, but also gave me so much more in terms of content, learnings and insights into the exam itself. It was a really well structured course and the way in which the content was delivered was enjoyable to digest and learn. Because of your course, I feel I have gained more experience in the legal field. Overall, the course really assisted me with the exam but also helped to cement my knowledge, particularly in crime.
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Derek Dunn
The Bar Exam Course works
I just wanted to once again thank you for everything - your course is legendary; within 3-4 months I was able to pass the Bar Exam with no legal experience whatsoever and having just graduated from law school in February.  The Bar Exam Course works!! True grit for life!!
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Derek Dunn
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Derek Dunn
Absolutely Wonderful

Thanks for all your encouragement and support! The BEC videos and sample exam notes were super helpful in consolidating knowledge and the practice exams, absolutely wonderful! 

The Bar Exam Course Works

I just wanted to once again thank you for everything - your course is legendary; within 3-4 months I was able to pass the Bar Exam with no legal experience whatsoever and having just graduated from law school in February.  The Bar Exam Course works!! True grit for life!!

Enjoyable to learn

I really enjoyed studying for the exam this year and really enjoyed your course. It gave me what I was initially looking for, a schedule and a plan, but also gave me so much more in terms of content, learnings and insights into the exam itself. It was a really well structured course and the way in which the content was delivered was enjoyable to digest and learn. Because of your course, I feel I have gained more experience in the legal field. Overall, the course really assisted me with the exam but also helped to cement my knowledge, particularly in crime.

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Enrolments for the May 2025 course are now open!

The date for the May 2025 exam is not yet set. The BEC will commence 15 weeks in advance of the exam date.  For example, if the exam is set for Sunday 4 May, the course will commence on 20 January 2025. Early enrolment will provide you with access to the 2024 written materials and seminars.

Course Pricing

New Students 🚀

This is for those who have never enrolled with us before.
$2695
GST Included
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Individual subjects as follows:
Evidence
$1452
Procedure
$1012
Ethics
$561

Returning Students ✨

This is for those who have enrolled in one of the last two courses.
$2695
$1870
GST Included
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Individual subjects as follows:
Evidence
$1452
$979
Procedure
$1012
$715
Ethics
$561
$407
Enrolment and re-enrolment provides you with access to the following:
Now:
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Weekly study plan
Practice questions with example answers
Recorded seminars
2025:
Examinable case summaries, questions and example answers
Practice exams delivered through ExamSoft
Access to the custom built online learning system
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Frequently Asked Questions

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