Resources for the Bar

The Supreme Court of Ohio is the best online resource for Ohio Bar information.

Courses Tested

• Courses tested on the Bar. 
• Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of the Ohio Bar (PDF on Supreme Court site) - Compiled in November 2002, this document was released by the Supreme Court of Ohio to show subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar.

Bar Preparation Courses

Capital University Law School Bar Prep Course: Advanced Bar Studies

Course Description: This course provides students with an intensive substantive review of selected legal material routinely tested on the bar exam and uses problems and exercises in a bar exam format to familiarize students with techniques for answering multiple choice (MBE) questions and analyzing, organizing, and writing essay and multistate performance (MPT) questions. Advanced writing, analysis, and test-taking skills are emphasized.

Students are required to conference regularly with the course instructor to review written work and evaluate bar exam preparedness.

Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. 

Prerequisite: This course is limited to students in the last year of law school.

Recommended: This course is recommended for students in their final semester.

Bar Exam Testing Format 

• Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) - Find official information about the MBE from the National Conference of Bar Examiners
• Multistate Performance Test (MPT) - Find official information about the MPT from the National Conference of Bar Examiners