FAQs

The bar exam is offered twice a year, in February and July. Since the MBE is a standardized exam used in most jurisdictions, it is always administered on the last Wednesday of February and July.

That depends on the "state specific" day. The majority of states administer their state section on the last Tuesday of February and July. However some states offer their "state specific" day on the last Thursday of February and July, allowing a candidate to sit for two exams concurrently, requiring three days of testing.

It is nearly impossible to accumulate the necessary materials, prepare a 2-month study plan and discipline yourself to accomplish this task without a review course. Additionally, most law students could not take all topics tested on their state's bar exam in law school. Even if a student did study a bar topic in law school, it is generally taught from a different perspective than how it is tested on the bar exam. Enrolling in Encompass provides the experience and expertise of bar exam professionals. These professionals know what areas are tested on the bar exam and how these areas are tested.

We have a national and regional faculty of bar exam specialists. They are experts in teaching for this unique exam and they know how their subjects are tested on the bar. Many of these specialists have been teaching for Encompass for more than 25 years.

Encompass does more than prepare students for the bar exam. We also offer final exam review lectures providing Encompass students a distinct advantage in their law school studies. The Encompass First Year Volume contains comprehensive outlines for first year subjects, plus practice first year multiple-choice and essay questions. First Year StudySmart® Software (available exclusively on the web) is an excellent tool.

While tuition increases vary from state to state, students who enroll in their first year of law school can save hundreds of dollars by not waiting until they graduate to enroll.

Students enrolled in Encompass may change their year of the bar exam, course location or transfer to another jurisdiction altogether at any time.Encompass is the nation's largest bar review provider and offers courses in preparation for all jurisdictions' bar exams. Your registration fee "locks-in" the discounted tuition in effect at the time of registration for whichever jurisdiction you eventually take.

Encompass's Upper Level Volume contains outlines for the most critical upper level topics and is free to all enrollees. Your tuition will also be "locked-in" at a substantially lower amount than if you wait until your last semester to register. Furthermore, most upper level students take the Encompass MPRE course in preparation for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam while in law school.

Yes, Encompass is a full-service bar review course with more than 30 years of experience preparing law students for bar exams nationwide. Encompass's coverage includes substantive and practical preparation for the MBE, the "state specific" section and the Multistate Performance Test or Multistate Essay Exam for states that have adopted those components. We provide the perfect balance of expert lecturers, supplemented by written materials and reinforced with constant practice testing.

Encompass presupposes that students have not taken every subject tested on the bar exam. Moreover, students probably have not been exposed to the local law tested on their state's exam. The Encompass course is designed to teach exactly what you need to know, even if you didn't take the subject.

Yes,Encompass students take a full 6-hour simulated MBE that is computer graded against all other Encompass students nationwide. Your exam may be graded against as many as 35,000 other Encompass students. The computer analysis of your exam results offers a personalized evaluation as to your strengths and weaknesses.