The Mindset You Need to Pass the Bar feat. Caroline Vickers (December 2021)

About this episode

Caroline Vickers discusses the importance of mindset in passing the bar exam and her journey in building a coaching business for lawyers.

Caroline Vickers is an attorney, entrepreneur, and founder of Bar Prep Champs, where she coaches first time and repeat bar takers to pass the exam with strategy and confidence. In this episode, Caroline shares how her own law school experience shaped her career, why mindset is the missing piece in bar prep, and how she built a business helping lawyers overcome shame and finally pass. What Can You Do with a Law Degree Caroline’s legal career included clerking for multiple judges, working in private practice, nonprofit work, and federal government service. She had the credentials. She had the licenses in Maryland and DC. She had the traditional path. But as she began helping friends study for the bar while working as a law clerk, something clicked. She saw a pattern in repeat takers that was not about intellect. “I realized that there's a mindset piece that's missing from the bar exam experience and nobody's really talking about it," explains Caroline Vickers, on this episode of You Are a Lawyer. Her law degree gave her credibility, but more importantly, it gave her perspective. She understood how law students think, how lawyers internalize failure, and how ego and shame can derail…

People in this episode

Host: Kyla Denanyoh

Guest: Caroline Vickers

Topics covered

• bar exam preparation
• mindset in law
• career transitions
• law school experience
• coaching for lawyers

Keywords

• bar exam
• mindset
• law school
• coaching
• lawyers
• Bar Prep Champs
• career change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bar Prep Champs

Places: Maryland, DC

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