Bar Exam Champions
Your contribution to NYLS's Bar Success Fund directly empowers our future lawyers. By donating, you provide essential resources such as bar exam day lunches, access to our distinguished Bar Success faculty, the cutting-edge AdaptiBar Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) simulation app, realistic practice exams, and an unmatched alumni mentor program.
Your support ensures our bar takers are confident and prepared to become NYLS Bar Exam Champions!
Read about why your support matters:
Ilyse Wofse, Assistant Dean for Bar Success
“Supporting New York Law School's bar takers while they study is critical to first-attempt success on the bar exam. Our incredible Bar Success Team and NYLS Alumni Mentor Program provide individual and group support throughout the bar study period. Bar Exam Champions also allows us to continue offering AdaptiBar MBE Simulator, lunch and snacks at academic workshops and simulated exams, and boxed lunches on the actual bar exam days. Alumni support helps us alleviate stress for each bar taker and increase student engagement and bar pass rates.”
Anthony Fong ’14, NYLS Alumni Association Board Member
“As someone deeply committed to the success of new legal professionals, I can attest to the transformative power of the Bar Exam Champions program. The financial support and mentorship provided by our community not only alleviate the practical burdens of bar preparation but also offer a vital source of encouragement and guidance. Resources like AdaptiBar and the provision of lunches on exam day play a crucial role in ensuring our graduates are well-prepared and focused. This program exemplifies the spirit of NYLS, fostering a supportive environment where every bar taker can excel. By contributing to Bar Exam Champions, we collectively invest in the future of the legal profession and uphold a tradition of excellence and support."
Alexandra Simels ’19, NYLS Alumni Association Board Member and Co-Founder of NYLS’s Alumni Bar Mentor Program
“As an attorney and someone who took the bar, I want to support others on their road to becoming attorneys. As an NYLS alum, I take this one step further—I am particularly invested in our recent graduates passing the bar.
Every resource that can be provided is one less thing for a bar taker to worry about. I believe it is important to support our bar takers in any way we can so that it can be even a fraction easier to come out on the other side and pass the bar. Lunches and AdaptiBar (seriously AdaptiBar is a huge game changer) helped get me through.
As alums, we were once where this summer’s bar takers are and know what it can be like to feel unsupported. I think it’s part of our job to extend a hand. It’s easy to make a difference.”
Angel F. Espinal ’21
“AdaptiBar was crucial in my preparation for the bar exam. Answering a few questions during my commute to and from the library made a drastic difference in my overall performance. AdaptiBar helped transform my weakest part of the bar, the MBE, into my strongest on test day.”
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