• What are the bar graders looking for?
• How much substantive law must I know to write a passing essay?
• How should I organize my essays?
• What study techniques should I use to prepare for the essay portion of the exam?
• How can I improve my essay scores?
• What should I do if I forget the substantive law during the exam?

Mastering the substantive law covered by the essays is not enough to receive passing scores; your essays must be written to show the graders what they want to see.

Only 20-30% of repeat takers pass the CBX. In many cases, this is not because they haven't mastered the substantive law, but rather because they're using the essay writing techniques that they learned in law school which caused them to fail the exam before. LawPrism's workshops teach you how to enhance what you already know to be able to write essays that will receive passing scores.

LawPrism is pioneering the use of the Internet to deliver live, interactive bar prep workshops. If you've never experienced distance education before, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. Our workshops are conducted using easy to use cutting-edge technology provided by Cisco WebEx, allowing participants to watch presentations, share documents and applications, tele- and videoconference, chat, take online quizzes, and potentially break out into working groups — all without having to leave the comfort of your home or office and without incurring travel expenses.

LawPrism's Essay Frameworks provide concise templates of all the important points of substantive law that you may need to include in a CBX essay, organized into templates to make it easy to spot "Issue Clusters" when writing your essays and earn more points.

There is one Essay Framework per topic. Currently, the Essay Frameworks are provided only as part of our Essay Subject Workshops.