A bar review is a series of classes that most law school graduates in the

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attend prior to taking a

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, in order to prepare for that exam. A typical bar review course will last for several weeks, beginning a few weeks after law school graduation and running until a few weeks before the next administration of the bar examination. "A full service bar review course prepares a student for both portions of a state's bar examination: multistate and state law. A supplemental bar review course prepares a student for only one portion of a state's bar examination".''American Professional Testing Service, Inc. v. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Legal and Professional Publications, Inc.'', 108 F.3d 1147 ( 9th Cir., 1997), O'Scannlain, J. Classes may be held in person, online, or with prerecorded material delivered to the student. Bar review courses are heavily marketed to graduating law students, as noted by Judge

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of the

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, which examined that practice in an

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case: Many companies offering bar review courses also offer a component to prepare bar takers for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus, ''Acing the Bar Exam'' (2016), p. 18-19.

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