How to Use LawMaster
You made a great decision. The bar exam is one of the most demanding tests in the country, and the way most people prepare for it — passive reading, bloated outlines, cramming — does not work. LawMaster is built differently. Every piece of this platform exists for one reason: to get you to passing day with the knowledge and confidence you actually need.
Before we dive into how LawMaster works, let's take a moment to make sure you understand the exam you're preparing for.
The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE)
The UBE is a standardized bar exam used across many U.S. jurisdictions. One of its most important features is portability: your UBE score can be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions, meaning you don't necessarily have to retake the exam if you later decide to practice in a different state. Your jurisdiction has its own minimum score required to pass out of the 400 total points available.
The UBE is administered over two days and has three components:
The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) is taken on the second day of the exam. It is worth 50% of your total score. You will answer 200 multiple-choice questions over six hours, covering seven subjects (we call them modules): Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts. Each module is tested in roughly equal proportion, but individual units within each module carry different weights — something LawMaster accounts for throughout your preparation.
The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) is taken on the first day of the exam. It is worth 20% of your total score. You will complete two 90-minute performance tasks. Each task gives you everything you need to complete it — a file of facts and a library of applicable law. The MPT tests your ability to apply legal reasoning to a realistic professional task, not your memorization of doctrine.
The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) is also taken on the first day of the exam. It is worth 30% of your total score. You will write six essays in three hours — 30 minutes each. The MEE tests all seven MBE modules, plus two additional modules: Agency & Partnership, and Corporations & LLCs. Not every module appears on every administration, and a single essay can draw on more than one module at once.
Together, these three components make up the full UBE. LawMaster covers all of them.
Your Home: The Tasks Page
When you finish reading this, you'll navigate to your Tasks Page. Think of this as your command center. Everything you need to do — every lesson, every flashcard session, every practice test — lives here. You will return to this page constantly throughout your studies.
The Next Task Button is the most important feature on this page. When you're ready to study, click it. It will take you directly to whatever you should be doing right now. When you finish that task, you'll come back to the Tasks Page and click it again. That's the rhythm: tasks page, next, complete, repeat.
Practice Tests are accessible via the arrow tab on the top right of the tasks table. These are scheduled to be taken around specific dates in your study plan. Don't skip ahead — the scheduling is intentional and tied to where you are in your preparation.
The Streak Visual tracks your daily momentum. If you hover over the info icon next to it, you'll see how many more tasks you need to complete today to keep your streak alive. That number isn't arbitrary — it's calculated by an algorithm that analyzes your study habits and determines the optimal minimum daily workload for you. It may be different from day to day; keep in mind that it represents a minimum, so we encourage you to go above and beyond the number prescribed by the streak algorithm.
One important habit to build early: if you have any expired tasks waiting for you, complete those first before moving on to new ones. Expired tasks have risen to the top of your queue because they need attention — they will re-enter your flow automatically, so you won't miss them.
How Your Content Is Organized
LawMaster structures your preparation across three types of content: lessons, flashcards, and practice tests/tasks.
Lessons and Flashcards are the foundation of your MBE and MEE preparation. As you work through each unit, LawMaster's flashcard system uses the Leitner method to reinforce what you learn. When you flip a card, you rate your recall honestly — you didn't know it, you kinda knew it, or you knew it well. Your rating determines when you'll see that card again. Cards you struggle with come back sooner. Cards you've mastered fade into the background. Over time, this method builds durable, long-term retention rather than the kind of knowledge that evaporates a week after you crammed it.
Practice Tests come in different varieties, and you'll encounter all of them as your studies progress.
Unit practice tests cover individual units within each MBE module. These are shorter, focused assessments designed to confirm that you've achieved real proficiency in a specific area before moving on.
Module practice tests are longer and cover entire modules. For modules that appear on both the MBE and the MEE, you'll encounter two distinct module practice tests: the first is MBE-style, the second is MEE-style. You will likely take multiple module practice tests for each module over the course of your studies as your mastery deepens and the algorithm determines you're ready for another round.
Simulated MBEs are full-length, timed MBE practice experiences. LawMaster has four of them, each comprising 50 questions. These are designed to mirror the pressure and pacing of the real exam.
MPT Tasks are seven full, 90-minute performance tasks that simulate what you'll face on exam day. Everything you need is provided in the prompt, just as it will be on the real exam.
Tracking Your Progress
LawMaster gives you several tools to stay oriented and motivated as you study. You can find these under the My Practice tab in the navigation bar.
My Stats lets you visualize your performance across modules and units. Use this to identify where you're strongest and where you need more attention. Patterns that aren't obvious during day-to-day studying often become clear when you see the data laid out.
My Outline gives you a complete structural view of all three exam components, along with your percentage completion for each module and unit. It's a useful compass when you want to see exactly where you stand across the full scope of the exam.
Mnemonics is a dedicated table containing all mnemonics we teach throughout the platform. These are memorable patterns designed to help you recall legal rules quickly and accurately under time pressure on exam day. You'll encounter them naturally as you study, but the table is always there as a reference.
Your Mastery Badges
Every task on LawMaster carries a mastery badge that reflects your current level of understanding. You start at Not Attempted and progress through Novice, and upward from there — with Master as the ultimate goal.
Badges also determine when a task expires. Tasks expire based on two factors: how well you've mastered the material, and how much that material is weighted on the actual exam. A higher-weight topic that you haven't fully mastered will expire — and therefore resurface — more frequently. The system is not trying to overwhelm you. It's trying to make sure you're ready.
A Few Things Worth Knowing Before You Begin
Follow the order of tasks. The sequence you're given is not arbitrary. LawMaster's content builds on itself, and jumping ahead can create gaps you won't notice until they hurt you on exam day.
Complete each task fully. A half-finished flashcard session or an abandoned practice test doesn't give the algorithm what it needs to support you properly. Finish what you start, then come back for the next thing.
Be honest in your flashcard ratings. It can be tempting to mark a card as "knew it" when you sort of knew it. Resist that temptation. The only person those ratings are helping — or hurting — is you.
Trust the process. Some days will feel slow. Some days you'll feel like you're not making progress. You are. The combination of spaced repetition, flashcard review, and structured practice testing is one of the most evidence-backed approaches to learning complex material that exists. Stay with it.
You're ready to start. Click to your Tasks Page, find the Next Task button, and begin. We'll see you on the other side.