How to Bar Exam Study. So you’ve graduated from law school (most states) and are ready to sit for the dreaded bar examination. The bar exam is a culmination of all the learning you’ve been doing for the past few years and it’s not an easy task to cram all of that information into your head for one swoop through a massive exam, but here are some tips to help you through. These are generalized tips for a bar exam including state specific information and a Multi State Bar Examination sections. See my article specifically focused on the MBE for more specific information on that.