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State-specific · Wisconsin module

Built for Wisconsin — not a UBE bootcamp.

01 · questions only WI BBE examiners ask

WI-overlay MEE + MBE pool.

Wis. Stat. ch. 766 (Marital Property Act + community-property presumption) + § 766.31; Wis. Stat. ch. 767 (Family Law + § 767.405 48-month parenting plan); Wis. Stat. § 893.25 (10-year adverse possession — shorter than many states); Wis. Stat. ch. 904 (Wisconsin adopted the FRwE in 1991); SCR 20 RPC overlay. Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 588 U.S. ___ (2019).

02 · essay patterns WI graders reward

Cite Wis. Stat. § first, doctrine second.

Wisconsin’s marital-property system diverges from community-property states (and from common-law equitable distribution); WI graders dock answers that ignore § 766.001(2). Source-first IRAC: Wis. Stat. §, then the rule, then the multistate analogue.

03 · AI grading calibrated to WI scoring

WI 1–6 scale (2024 UBE cycle).

MBE 50 + MEE/MPT 50 weighted blend against 270; AI grading mocks the WI BBE band — Marital Property Act classification check first, then SCR 20:1.7 concurrent-conflict clusters under the BAR rule overlay.

04 · paced calendar dedicated to WI

13-week schedule for Feb/July WI UBE.

WI Bar Exam (Feb / July, UBE-adopter since Feb 2024); per-week cadence sized for working candidates, with Marital Property Act + Wis. Stat. § 893.25 10-year-adverse-possession weeks called out by week.

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The Wisconsin State Capitol dome rising over Madison at dusk.
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The Wisconsin State Capitol dome rising over Madison at dusk.
A quiet law library with green-shaded reading lamps and rows of bound legal volumes.
A desk lamp beside stacked books with a window in soft afternoon light.

Wisconsin bar prep, in three frames — the wisconsin state capitol dome rising over madison at dusk; a quiet law library with green-shaded reading lamps and rows of bound legal volumes; and a study desk for the late-afternoon run.

Wisconsin module · $499
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Feb & July · 2-day UBE · Madison

The Wisconsin module, written for the WI bar.

Wisconsin runs the Wisconsin Bar Examination under the Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) — a UBE-administering two-day, twice-a-year exam administered in February and July since adopting the UBE in February 2024. The Barstudyprep Wisconsin module is a $499 one-time pass to the WI essay outline, the WI-contextualized MBE bank, the 90-minute MPT workspace, and the Wisconsin study-guide library — all anchored to Wis. Stat. § X-Y, WI Const. art. I, Wis. R. Civ. P., Wis. R. Crim. P. 7, Wis. Stat. ch. 904 (Wisconsin adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence in 1991), and the Supreme Court Rules (SCR — BAR rule overlay).

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Madison · Feb & July · written for the Wisconsin bar.

WI jurisdiction framing

A community-property, UBE-overlay framing of the WI exam.

Wisconsin is one of the few community-property states east of the Mississippi River. Even after the UBE adoption, Wisconsin candidates anchor to the Wisconsin Marital Property Act + Wisconsin Family Law (with the 48-month parenting plan) + Mitchell v. Wisconsin on unconscious-driver blood draws — paired with multistate MBE + MPT infrastructure that carries every Wisconsin candidate through to a 270 scaled score.

Three-part WI overview

What the Wisconsin Bar Examination actually asks — under the UBE.

The Wisconsin Bar Examination is a two-day exam administered twice yearly since the UBE adoption. Day 1 AM carries the 90-minute MPT + Day 1 PM carries the six 30-minute MEE essays on the Wisconsin topic pool; Day 2 carries the 200-question multistate MBE. The three cards below open the matching follow-on page in the module.

Part 01 · WI essay outline

WI essay outline
A long-form essay outline grounded in the Wisconsin Marital Property Act (Wis. Stat. ch. 766 + § 766.31 marital-property classification with the § 766.001(2) community-property presumption), Wisconsin Family Law (Wis. Stat. ch. 767, with the 48-month parenting plan at § 767.405 and the best-interest-of-the-child standard at § 767.41), Real Property (Wis. Stat. ch. 706 + Wis. Stat. § 893.25 ten-year adverse possession), Business Associations (Wis. Stat. ch. 178/180/183), Constitutional Law (Federal + WI Const. art. I §§ 1, 8, 9 overlays), Criminal Law & Procedure (Wis. Stat. ch. 939–950 + Wis. R. Crim. P. 7 + Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 588 U.S. ___ (2019) on unconscious-driver blood draws, a 48-hour-rule analogue), Evidence (Wis. Stat. ch. 904 — adopted FRwE in 1991, including Wis. Stat. § 908.03(6) business records), Torts (Wis. Stat. § 895.045 modified comparative-fault framework with a 51% bar — not 50%), and Professional Responsibility (SCR — BAR rule overlay on the ABA Model Rules).

Wis. Stat. citation + WI Const. art. I + SCR

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Part 02 · 90-minute MPT

90-minute MPT workspace.
A 90-minute Day-1-AM workspace running the legal-memo / objective-memo / persuasive-brief task-model skeleton anchored to Wisconsin authorities — Wis. Stat. § 852.01 (intestate succession), Wis. Stat. § 893.25 (ten-year adverse possession), Wis. Stat. § 895.045 (modified comparative-fault 51% bar), Wis. Stat. § 908.03(6) (business records under Wis. Stat. ch. 904 — Wisconsin adopts the FRE), SCR 20:1.7 (BAR rule overlay — concurrent client conflicts) — plus four past prompts with sample-answers.

Day 1 AM · 90 min · 1 workspace

Part 02Of 03
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Part 03 · MBE

MBE — Day 2.
200 multistate questions across 7 subjects, each tagged with the Wisconsin overlay where the multistate rule diverts — Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 588 U.S. ___ (unconscious-driver blood draws), Wis. Stat. ch. 766 (Marital Property Act overlay), Wis. Stat. § 893.25 (ten-year adverse possession — shorter than many states), Wis. Stat. § 895.045 (modified comparative-fault 51% bar — not 50), Wis. Stat. ch. 904 (Wisconsin adopted the FRE in 1991), WI Const. art. I § 1 (independent state equal-protection overlay), SCR 20:1.7 (BAR rule overlay — concurrent conflicts). Two 100-question sessions across 6 hours.

Day 2 · 200 Qs · 7 subjects · 6 hrs

Part 03Of 03
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WI Board of Bar Examiners · administration

How the Wisconsin Bar Examination is administered — and what every candidate has to clear.

The four administrative facts every Wisconsin candidate should know before sitting. Sourced to the Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) acting under the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Rules (SCR — BAR rule overlay). This is the statutory ground the module is written on top of, not a sales pitch.

01 · administrator

Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners (BBE)

Bar admission is administered by the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) acting under the authority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Rules (SCR). The Board processes applications, sets the exam (now the UBE since Feb 2024), and certifies admissions.

02 · eligibility

JD from an ABA-approved law school

A JD from an ABA-approved law school is the default eligibility path under the BBE rules. The Board also accepts the foreign-trained LLM alternative for applicants who complete an approved LLM program from an ABA-approved U.S. law school.

03 · the bar exam

Two-day UBE, Feb & July · MPT + MEE + 200 MBE

Day 1 AM: the 90-minute MPT. Day 1 PM: six 30-minute MEE essays on the Wisconsin-flavored topic pool. Day 2 AM: 200-question multistate MBE (6 hours, two 3-hour sessions). Wisconsin adopted the UBE on Feb 2024 with the standard 270 scaled-score pass threshold.

04 · MPRE + SCR + post-admission CLE

MPRE scaled ≥ 85 + SCR 20 (BAR rule overlay)

The MPRE scaled ≥ 85 is required within the eligibility window. The Supreme Court Rules (SCR) — including SCR 20 (Professional Responsibility) — govern ethical practice post-admission. Post-admission CLE is the published Wisconsin State Bar annual cycle, with the jurisdiction-specific professional-responsibility requirement.

Barloom vs legacy multi-state course

What you actually pay for — versus the chapters you will never sit in.

Two ways to study for the Wisconsin bar. One is written for the authority you sit under; the other bundles chapters and essay coverage for every U.S. jurisdiction, including the ones you will never test in. The four rows below are the four pieces the price tag decides between — feature-level, not dollar figures.

Barloom · Wisconsin module
state-specific

Written for Wisconsin, not for every state.

  • State-specific outline

    Essays anchored to Wisconsin authorities — Wis. Stat. § X-Y, Wis. R. Civ. P., Wis. R. Crim. P. 7, Wis. Stat. ch. 904 (Wisconsin-adopted FRE), and the SCR. No chapters on the jurisdictions you will never sit in.

  • Wisconsin-tuned MBE bank

    Every multiple-choice carries the Wisconsin statutory + constitutional overlay where the multistate rule diverges from local practice — not a paid add-on chapter shipped separately.

  • Paced calendar, written for Wisconsin

    A schedule built around the Feb / July two-day UBE-cycle Wisconsin Bar Examination in Madison, with uneven-week and repeat-candidate recovery rules tuned to your actual sitting date — not retrofitted from a multistate template.

  • AI-graded essays on the Wisconsin rubric

    Drafts scored against the WI Day-1 MPT / Day-1 PM MEE / 200-Q MBE blend rubric (UBE since Feb 2024) — WI MPT + MEE + MBE blend (UBE since Feb 2024). Self-graded against your own draft is not the default.

Legacy · multi-state course
generic

One bundle, every jurisdiction, one flat price.

  • One-size-fits-all outline

    You pay for chapters and essay coverage across 50+ jurisdictions — including the ones you will never sit in.

  • Generic MBE bank

    State-specific overlays are sold as a paid add-on chapter, or are not provided at all.

  • Multistate calendar, retrofitted

    A national cadence patched to your sitting date — uneven-week and repeat-candidate recovery rules stay generic.

  • Self-graded essays

    Human graders ship as a paid add-on upgrade; otherwise you grade against your own draft.

Legacy multi-state pricing shifts by provider and by year; this block is feature-level, not dollar-figure, so it stays evergreen as the market moves. The Wisconsin column says exactly what the Barloom module ships — anchored to Wisconsin authorities end to end.

Pricing · Wisconsin module

Buy the Wisconsin module — $499 one-time.

One payment, access through the next WI exam window to the WI essay outline, the WI-contextualized MBE bank, the 90-minute MPT workspace, the study strategy + 13-week calendar, and the Wisconsin study-guide library. The $499 price is resolved server-side from the StateModule row; compare Barstudyprep vs Barbri / Themis / JD Advising on the compare page.

Wisconsin module · FAQ

The four questions Wisconsin candidates ask us.

These are the questions the WI candidates ask before purchase — what the four pieces cover, the NextGen overlay drift on the new Feb-2024 UBE anchor, when the next Madison cycle lands, and where the free preview ends and the Stripe-gated purchase surface begins.

What four pieces make up the Wisconsin module, and how does it differ from a generic UBE prep?

Four slices: a long-form WI essay outline grounded in the Wisconsin Marital Property Act (Wis. Stat. ch. 766 + § 766.001(2) community-property presumption), Wisconsin Family Law (Wis. Stat. ch. 767 with the 48-month parenting plan at § 767.405), Civil Procedure / Criminal Law & Procedure (Wis. R. Civ. P. + Wis. R. Crim. P. 7, Mitchell v. Wisconsin 588 U.S. ___ (2019) blood-draw analogue), Evidence (Wis. Stat. ch. 904 — Wisconsin adopted the FRE in 1991, including Wis. Stat. § 908.03(6) business records), Torts (Wis. Stat. § 895.045 modified comparative-fault 51% bar — not 50%), and the SCR 20 BAR-rule overlay. The four pieces: Day 1 AM 90-minute MPT workspace, Day 1 PM six 30-minute MEE essays on the WI topic pool, Day 2 AM 200-Q MBE, and the WI study-guide library + 90-day calendar. What the Wisconsin module adds above a generic UBE prep is the Marital-Property / Family-Law / Mitchell-v.-Wisconsin overlay on the multistate baseline, plus a 48-month parenting plan the multistate rule does not address.

How does the NextGen-overlap drift apply to the Wisconsin UBE cycle?

Wisconsin adopted the UBE on Feb 2024 with the standard 270 scaled-score pass threshold. The drift candidate should know is: WI writes Day 1 AM MPT + Day 1 PM MEE + Day 2 AM 200-Q MBE — i.e. the same UBE shape every other UBE state uses — but the WI overlay on the MEE essays (Marital Property, 48-month parenting plan, Mitchell v. Wisconsin blood-draw facts) is jurisdiction-specific and not addressed in NCBE-published baselines. Drilling a generic UBE bank without the WI overlay misses the WI topic pool where the multistate and Wisconsin rule actually diverge, especially in Family Law (Wis. Stat. ch. 767) and Torts (Wis. Stat. § 895.045 51% bar).

When is the next Wisconsin Bar Examination administered, and how does the Feb / July cycle anchor the module?

The Wisconsin Bar Examination runs twice a year in Madison since the UBE adoption on Feb 2024 — the February administration (~2027-02-23/24) and the July administration (~2027-07-27/28). The Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners opens the application window about four months ahead and the late-filing fees climb sharply after the priority deadline (~60 days ahead). The Barstudyprep Wisconsin module runs a 90-day study calendar against either Feb or July anchor — extend against the cycle nearest your eligibility window, with the recovery-day rules protecting the final-week hold for the Madison-administered exam.

What does the $499 Wisconsin-module access pass include, and how does the preview at /wisconsin differ from the purchase surface?

The $499 access pass unlocks the WI essay outline, the 90-minute MPT workspace, the WI-contextualized MBE bank, the study-guide library, the study strategy + 13-week calendar, and the MPRE + Character & Fitness + Wisconsin State Bar CLE primers. The /wisconsin preview is free and shows every public page (the hero, the three-part WI overview, the Board-of-Bar-Examiners administration, and the $499 CTA). The /module/wisconsin purchase surface is where the Stripe-gated access-pass checkout lives — the moment the payment clears, the full $499 bundle unlocks.

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