# bar-prep-questions

Generates targeted MBE and essay practice questions for US bar exams. It aligns with your jurisdiction and tracks recurring errors in a study plan.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 600 installs · ★ 9797
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/law-student/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bar-prep-questions

## What it does

The skill loads student settings from `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md` and current weak areas from `study-plan.yaml`. It generates multiple-choice MBE questions or essay prompts tailored to specific legal subjects. Before running any drill, it enforces an exam gate to check whether the test is NextGen, traditional UBE, or state-specific. It tracks recurring mistakes.

Answers break down the exact rule splits between majority doctrines and local state laws. Running with `--session <n>` executes a batch test and saves the score to `session_history`. If an inquiry touches upon real-world legal disputes or active personal deadlines, the skill stops immediately to prevent unlicensed advice. The tool refuses to produce questions until you confirm your target jurisdiction.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill bar-prep-questions -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/bar-prep-questions/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill bar-prep-questions -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill bar-prep-questions -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal bar-prep-questions
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill bar-prep-questions -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --path law-student/skills/bar-prep-questions
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill bar-prep-questions -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/law-student/skills/bar-prep-questions/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- practice MBE and essay questions focused on known weak legal topics
- clarify rule distinctions between UBE majority standards and state laws
- record test scores directly into study-plan.yaml session history
- catch and separate real-world legal disputes from exam hypotheticals

## Example prompts
- /bar-prep-questions --mbe Evidence
- /bar-prep-questions --session 10
- Test me on weak Civil Procedure topics for the California bar exam

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: bar-prep-questions
description: >
  Bar prep questions — MBE or essay, targeted at your weak subjects and bar
  jurisdiction. Tracks misses and comes back to patterns. Use when the user
  says "bar prep", "MBE questions", "practice essay", or "test me for the
  bar".
argument-hint: "[subject, or --mbe / --essay / --session <n>]"
---

# /bar-prep-questions

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md` → bar jurisdiction, exam format (NextGen / traditional UBE / state-specific), weak subjects, prep course.
2. Also load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/study-plan.yaml` if it exists — it tells you what subject is scheduled for today and what subtopics are still weak.
3. Apply the framework below.
4. **Exam-type gate (do not skip).** If exam format or jurisdiction isn't in the practice profile, ask before generating anything. The NextGen Bar Exam and the traditional UBE test materially different subjects — studying the wrong list is the one mistake that isn't recoverable. Point the student at the NCBE's jurisdiction page (<https://www.ncbex.org/>) to confirm their exam format and subject scope.
5. **Jurisdiction-rule gate.** If the student's jurisdiction has a state-specific component (CA, LA, NY Law Exam, FL state essay, VA, etc.) AND the subject is one where majority-vs-state rules diverge (Evidence, PR, Civ Pro, Criminal), ask whether this session is UBE/majority-rule, state-specific, or mixed. Do not silently default.
6. Generate questions **scoped to subjects tested on the student's exam**, weighted toward weak subjects. Label each question by rule body (`[UBE/majority]` or `[CA-specific]` / `[NY-specific]` / etc.) when running mixed.
7. When rules diverge between UBE/majority and the student's jurisdiction, explain the split explicitly in the answer — see `## Jurisdiction handling` below.
8. After each answer: explain why right/wrong. Track patterns in misses.
9. `--session <n>` runs a focused N-question session and writes results to `study-plan.yaml` under `session_history`.

---

## Real-matter check

If the question the student is asking sounds like it's about a REAL situation — their lease, their parking ticket, their family's business, their friend's arrest, a real dollar amount, a real deadline, a real party name — stop.
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