# California Bar Complete > Complete prep for all three scored components of the California Bar Exam: the five written ESSAYS (13 subjects — Business Associations, Civil Procedure, Community Property, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Real Property, Remedies, Torts, Trusts, Wills & Succession), the PERFORMANCE TEST, and the multiple-choice MBE (7 subjects). Trigger whenever someone is studying for the California bar (or the MBE) and says things like: "give me the rule for [issue]", "big issues in [subject]", "drill/quiz me on [topic]", "MBE questions on [subject]", "teach me [doctrine]", "build an attack outline", "grade my essay", "memorizable paragraph for [issue]", "performance test approach", or "make a study plan" — or names any tested essay/MBE subject in a study, memorization, drilling, or practice-question context. Also trigger when a student uploads a practice essay, PT, or question set to be graded or turned into rule blocks. When in doubt during bar prep, trigger. - Skill: `gabrielmoreira/california-bar-complete` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 39 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/california-bar-complete` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/california-bar-complete/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - License: MIT. Study aid only — not legal advice. - Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira) - Updated: 2026-09-09 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/california-bar-complete --- # California Bar Complete End-to-end prep for the **written and multiple-choice** halves of the California Bar Exam, weighted roughly 50/50: **five one-hour essays** (any of 13 subjects), **one 90-minute Performance Test**, and the **200-question MBE** (7 subjects). This skill centralizes the black-letter **rules**, **pre-written memorizable IRAC paragraphs**, **MBE practice**, and **exam-day strategy** a student needs. Core philosophy: **memorize a bank of issue paragraphs in advance**, then on exam day **spot the issue and transcribe the paragraph**, filling the application sentence with the facts in front of you; for the MBE, **drill original questions** until the rules and their traps are automatic. The banks make both fast. ## Three components | Component | What it is | Where the material lives | |-----------|-----------|--------------------------| | **Essays** | 5 essays drawn from 13 subjects | `references/essays/` (attack outlines + IRAC rule blocks) + `references/standard-paragraphs/` (memorizable paragraphs) | | **Performance Test** | 1 closed-universe lawyering task (90 min) | `references/pt/performance-test.md` | | **MBE** | 200 MCQs across 7 subjects | `references/mbe/` (method + 7 subject files) | Exam strategy for all components: `references/exam/exam-day.md` (timing, IRAC discipline, issue-spotting, triage). ### The 13 essay subjects Business Associations · Civil Procedure · Community Property · Constitutional Law · Contracts · Criminal Law & Procedure · Evidence · Professional Responsibility · Real Property · Remedies · Torts · Trusts · Wills & Succession. Each subject has two files: `references/essays/.md` (a condensed **attack outline** plus full **IRAC rule blocks**) and `references/standard-paragraphs/.md` (flowing **memorize-and-transcribe paragraphs** with an *Apply:* frame for each issue). The standard-paragraphs file is the **most complete memorization set** for a subject — it may include a few issues not broken out in the attack-outline file — so prefer it when a student is memorizing, and use the attack outline for issue-spotting structure. For deeper calibration, the State Bar of California **publicly releases** past essay questions, Performance Tests, and selected answers on calbar.ca.gov — point students there for authentic practice material, and build issue maps from those released questions on the fly when grading or generating practice. ### The 7 MBE subjects Civil Procedure · Constitutional Law · Contracts · Criminal Law & Procedure · Evidence · Real Property · Torts. See `references/mbe/mbe-method.md` first, then the per-subject files for high-yield rules, distractor traps, and the all-important **MBE-vs-California** splits. ## How to use it — pick the component, then the mode Figure out which **component** (essay, PT, or MBE) and which **mode** the student wants from how they ask, then act. Students chain these constantly. ### Mode 1 — Retrieve (default) "Give me the rule for [X]" / "what are the big issues in [subject]." Open the relevant essay or MBE file and surface the matching attack-outline slice and IRAC rule block(s) or paragraph(s). If only a subject is named, lead with the **major issues** that anchor most questions, then offer the minor ones. ### Mode 2 — Drill / Teach "Drill me", "quiz me on the rules", "teach me [doctrine]." Run active recall: prompt with an issue label → student states the rule → reveal the stored rule and diff what was missed. Track misses and re-test those first. One issue at a time; keep it brisk. ### Mode 3 — MBE Quiz / Timed Drill "Quiz me with MBE questions", "give me a timed set." Follow `references/mbe/mbe-method.md`: generate **original** NCBE-style questions (never reproduce real exam questions), reveal the best answer with a full explanation of why it's right and why each distractor is wrong, and flag any MBE-vs-California divergence. ### Mode 4 — Grade (full answers and outlines) "Grade my essay/PT answer" or "mark my outline." For **full answers**: build the question's **issue map** (every issue a strong answer must raise, majors first) from the fact pattern and the subject's attack outline, then mark against it — issue spotting, IRAC integrity, rule accuracy, whether the answer got the **hard structural move** the question turns on, and missed CA divergences. Give an estimated **40–100 band** (CalBar's essay scale) with the 2–3 highest-leverage fixes. For **outlines** (no time to write it out), mark spotting + sequencing + rule-cue accuracy only. Missed majors = the biggest leak (flag 🔴). Always state this is self-study calibration, not an official score. ### Mode 5 — Generate / Plan (incl. essay & outline creation) "Build an attack outline / memorizable paragraphs for [topic]", **"write me a practice essay question"**, or a student uploads their own outline or question set. To **author new essay questions or model outlines**: pick 4–7 issues from the subject's attack outline (majors anchoring, one crossover), weave a fact pattern that raises each one, plant ambiguities that cut both ways and at least one CA-divergence trigger, and label output *original practice question in CalBar style*. For rule content, produce new material in the existing file format (major issue first, then minor), in **original** wording. Also handles study-plan requests — build a week-by-week plan across the three components using `references/exam/exam-day.md`. ### Working from released CalBar material When the user brings released CalBar questions, selected answers, or their own scored essays into a session, use them freely **within the session** — build issue maps, anchor grading, diff the student's answer against what scored well. Do not reproduce vendor prose or graded student essays in outputs; distill them into original issue maps and analysis instead. ## California divergences are the highest-yield points Throughout, 🔴 flags mark where California law departs from the majority/MBE rule — CEC vs FRE, CA community property, the CA Rules of Professional Conduct, pure comparative negligence, CA civil procedure, CA criminal statutes. On the **essays** the CA rule usually controls; on the **MBE** the majority/federal rule controls. The MBE subject files keep these two answers explicitly separate so students don't cross them up. ## Sourcing, accuracy, and disclaimer - All rules and all practice questions are stated in **original wording**. Black-letter law is not copyrightable, but specific vendor prose and real NCBE questions are — never reproduce them. - Items marked `> ⚠️ VERIFY` involve recently amended or unsettled law (e.g., CA Rules of Professional Conduct, Evidence/Probate Code section numbers, felony-murder reform, recent Supreme Court decisions). Confirm against current authority before relying on them. - Exam scope can change. Confirm the tested subjects against the State Bar of California's current scope outline near the exam date. - **This skill is a study aid, not legal advice.** End substantive outputs with: *"Study aid only — verify against current California authority. Not legal advice."* ## Conventions - Confidence flags: 🟢 settled · 🟡 verify nuance · 🔴 high-divergence-from-MBE or recently changed. - Keep retrieval tight — show the block(s) asked for, not a whole file. - Cross-reference overlapping subjects (Contracts↔Remedies, Crim Law↔Crim Pro, Wills↔Trusts↔Community Property, and every MBE subject ↔ its essay-subject files).