BARBRI NextGen Course
Students deserve more than readiness. They deserve excellence.
Meet Your Students Where They Are
At BARBRI, we understand that every learner is different. That’s why the NextGen course is intentionally designed to meet students exactly where they are—regardless of background, jurisdiction, or learning style. Built on the trusted pedagogy of our enhanced Legacy course, the NextGen course takes a bold step forward to meet the demands of the redesigned bar exam. It goes beyond basic readiness, combining research-driven learning science, immersive educational technology, and scenario-based instruction to promote deeper understanding, stronger performance, and greater confidence—so your students aren’t just ready, they’re prepared for excellence.
Support for Academic + Bar Success Professionals
BARBRIʼs NextGen course was intentionally aligned around our newly established and effective UBE course pedagogy to make it easier to support students taking the bar exam in different jurisdictions while allowing you to support all students with consistency.
Foundations Episodes
Animated, story-driven videos introduce core legal concepts through narrative and characters students can relate to. Engaging and memorable, these episodes lay the groundwork for deeper learning.
Deep Dive Lectures + Practice
Faculty-led, bite-sized lectures dive into subjects in greater detail using scenario-based learning aligned with the NextGen scope. Practice sets mirror the exam’s structure, building real-world legal reasoning.
Final Review
Focused review of NCBE-starred topics, key strategies, and additional practice sets solidifies knowledge and boosts confidence just before exam day.
Skills Scenarios: Learn by Doing
Our new NextGen Skills Scenarios bring learning to life by placing students in realistic legal situations. These modules walk students through three phases of learning and application:
- Immersive Client Scenarios
Students take on the role of an associate at a fictitious law firm, building foundational skills through realistic, hands-on legal tasks. - Interactive Question Sets
Integrated, unfolding questions mirror the format of the NextGen exam, reinforcing both knowledge and applied skills. - Expert Instruction
Students receive scenario-based feedback from faculty experts, helping them apply skills with confidence and clarity.
Primer Videos: Untested Essential Subjects
Although Family Law, Trusts & Estates, and Professional Responsibility aren’t directly tested on the NextGen exam, key concepts from these areas often appear in integrated questions and performance tasks. To ensure students are fully prepared, BARBRI includes Primer Videos that use animated narrative storytelling to provide essential context and foundational understanding.
These short videos help students grasp complex topics quickly and effectively, showing how abstract legal principles apply in real-world scenarios, so they can approach integrated tasks with confidence.
Support for Every Learning Style
From visual and auditory learners to those who prefer interactive tools, BARBRI meets students where they are with content designed to support all learning styles:
- Engaging Foundations Episodes
- A new eBook interface with note-taking, highlighting, text-to-speech, and flashcard tools
- Redesigned Course Companion with learning hypotheticals
- The all-new CMR Max: a visual-first, streamlined review tool
- NextGen Critical Pass Flashcards for active recall
Evidence-Based Learning Science
BARBRI offers bar prep grounded in real legal tasks, designed with adult learning theory in mind to build the critical reasoning and applied skills students need to succeed. Every component of our course is backed by educational science:
- Scenario-based instruction tailored for adult learners
- Spiral learning design to revisit and reinforce concepts
- Spaced repitition to maximize retention
- Interleaving of subjects to help students make connections across topics
Unmatched Personalization + Support
- Small group coaching via MyBARBRI Connect
- 2,500+ new NextGen-style multiple-choice questions
- Integrated grader feedback and self-assessment tools
- Customizable study calendars that adapt to performance
- NextGen-style Performance Tasks, Integrated Item Sets, and model answers
- Early course access and a Benchmark Exam for early feedback
- A redesigned user interface and enhanced dashboards with personalized data insights
Partner Portal: Get Real-Time Insights
Stay informed and proactive with access to the BARBRI Partner Portal: your one-stop dashboard to monitor student progress, engagement, and performance throughout bar prep. You’ll have the data you need to intervene early, offer targeted support, and ensure your students stay on track.
Guiding Your Students to Success Starts Here
Reach out to your BARBRI Director of Legal Education or email us to learn more about the BARBRI NextGen course.
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