Why Choose

CA Bar Style?

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CA BAR STYLE COMPARED TO OTHER BAR PREP COURSES

Many Applicants do not utilize their due diligence when choosing a CA Bar Exam Preparation company and end up spending thousands on courses that promise a great deal, and offer very little!  Preparation for the exam is fundamental to passing and must be stellar!  You must go with a program that will maximize your investment and cares about your individual journey to passing!

Corporate type Bar Preps like Barbri, Kaplan and Themis

Smaller type Bar Preps with one main tutor

Materials

Overwhelming, long and unfocused. Covers areas not tested on the exam.

Many tell applicants to use Barbri materials, unorganized and do not have materials of their own.

Our own focused and concise substantive law outlines, flashcards, mnemonics, substantive law support, all essays and performance tests and our own model answers to all written submissions.

Essay Approach Materials

Hardly Any or long and confusing road maps.

A few or none.

Over 50 essay approaches on how to write for every possible tested area of the exam.

Performance Test Approach

Offers a cookie cutter approach.

Offers a cookie cutter approach or no approach at all.

Has a proven effective and organized step-by-step approach to tackling a persuasive or objective PT in a 90 minute time frame.

Office Hours and Personal Tutoring

No personal tutoring or personal attention.

Some offer personal tutoring but charge additional for it. Many delegate tutoring services. Most have no real office and meet with applicants at Starbucks, libraries, etc.

Personal tutoring comes with every CA Bar Style Package. Tutoring is only done by Shana Karpeles and never delegated. Tutoring can be done in our beautiful Sherman Oaks office or via Skype, phone conferencing.

Live Classroom or online Instruction

Offers in class instruction and online options.

Offers in class options or no class options at all. Some offer pre-recorded sessions.

Offers weekly in-class instruction that can be viewed live or online. All classes are recorded.

Grading Feedback

Very little feedback, leaves applicants confused on where they fell short. Several different graders hired to grade.

Very little feedback at many companies, grading turnaround can take a long time.

Line by line grading of essays and performance tests. Applicants are also assigned to specific graders that oversee their progress weekly with Shana Karpeles.

Accessibility to Head Tutor

No personal tutors.

Tutors from some companies have been known to disappear after getting paid, or do not like to be “bothered” with personal concerns from applicants.

Owner and tutor Shana Karpeles responds to Applicant calls and emails within a few hours maximum. Shana genuinely cares about all of her applicants and is there to help guide applicant through any personal or preparation obstacle that may arise.