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Bar Passage Program

​Led by​ Director of Bar Passage Jamie Kleppetsch, DePaul Law annually provides all students with courses, workshops and individual counseling to assist them with their bar exam preparation, personal bar exam preparation plans, and character and fitness concerns.

For-Credit JD Bar Preparation Courses 

  • LAW 252 Applied Legal Ethics
  • LAW 253 Bar Passage: Performance Test Strategies
  • LAW 254 Bar Passage: Capstone

Bar Preparation Workshops and Programs

1Ls:

  • What 1Ls Must Know About the Bar Exam (Fall)
  • Bar Talks with Professor Kleppetsch (Fall and Spring) 

2Ls: 

  • 2L Bar Exam and MPRE Updates (Fall)
  • Bar Talks with Professor Kleppetsch (Fall and Spring)
  • MPRE Workshops (Fall, Spring, and Summer)

3Ls:

  • Bar Exam Application Meetings (Fall and Spring)
  • Bar Talks with Professor Kleppetsch (Fall and Spring)
  • MPRE Workshops (Fall, Spring, and Summer)
  • Bar Exam Essay Writing Workshop (Fall and Spring)
  • MBE Review Workshop (Fall and Spring)
  • MPT Review Workshop (Fall and Spring)
  • DEMON Bar (Summer and Winter)

Bar Exam Preparation at Each Stage of Law School

Bar Prep Timeline