Raise the Bar

Welcome to Raise the Bar

Our mission is to help you pass the bar exam

 

Raise the Bar is a St. Mary’s sponsored supplement to your commercial program designed to give you critical guidance and one-on-one support as you prepare to tackle the bar exam. Raise the Bar is an innovative, data-driven program built around what St. Mary’s students need to pass the bar exam! We will help coach you on how best to leverage the resources of your commercial company to your success. 

To help you prepare for the bar exam, we offer practice sessions online and also work with you one-on-one to provide individualized guidance. Ultimately, you choose what components of Raise the Bar work for your schedule and your preparation needs. We offer:

  • Sessions focused on developing skills, substantive knowledge, and providing opportunities for practice
  • Feedback on submissions requested by your Raise the Bar coach
  • Simulated practice days (practice before you sit for the real thing)
  • One-on-one coaching sessions 
  • Schedule creation, review, and guidance
  • Strategic advice based on your progress
  • Access to all of our resources online
  • And much more!

There is no need for you to go into your bar exam blind. Conquer the exam with confidence. Enroll today!

Questions about enrollment?

Please contact Arturo Zapata azapata2@stmarytx.edu

Use the raise the bar program and listen to what your coach tells you to do. Be honest and vulnerable about your weaknesses. Deviating from my commercial program and using the Raise the Bar materials can be helpful if you are stuck in a certain area in your commercial program and feeling like you are not improving.

Summer 2020, Bar Taker

I found the Raise the Bar Program to be more beneficial than the bar prep course I paid for. I’m very grateful. The best part, in my opinion, was knowing that there were professors who really cared about my success. Just knowing that the Raise the Bar professors would be there to provide feedback, listen to me whine, and offer me suggestions made all the difference in the world. I am thankful I had the opportunity to take advantage of the services they provided.

July 2018, Bar Taker

I know today is a big day for you and many at St. Mary’s so I will keep it brief. I got my results back. I am going to be a lawyer. 
Thanks again to you for all your support and help during the entire process. I hope that many share the same news I received today. 
Just wanted to reach out and sing the praises for raising the bar and the team. 
July 2022, Bar Taker

I passed the bar exam!! That schedule you helped me make for the last 2 weeks was really helpful. It was the perfect amount and type of work and I was able to get my MBE up to where I needed them.

July 2022, Bar Taker

Thank you for everything! I truly wouldn’t have been able to do this without you and the support of St. Mary’s! 

July 2022, Bar Taker

It is with absolute excitement to inform you that I passed the Bar! You have no idea how much you helped me through the process. I am forever grateful for [this] amazing program. I have no doubt Raise The Bar will continue to help many students be successful.  Again, thank you so much!

July 2019, Bar Taker