BARBRI vs. Themis (2027): Prices, What You Get, and Which to Pick

What the official product pages establish

As of the update date shown, BARBRI advertises package-dependent course access ranging from months to longer early-start windows, a personalized study plan, NCBE-licensed questions or NextGen sets, simulations, and package-dependent feedback or tutoring. Themis advertises a four-month primary exam-prep window, a directed study schedule, attorney-graded writing, and UWorld integration. Offerings and promotions change, so treat these as dated product descriptions, not permanent facts.

• Confirm legacy UBE, NextGen, California, or other state track
• Count included graded submissions
• Check whether question-bank access is included or separately activated
• Compare start date, expiration, and repeat terms
• Read the enrollment agreement before paying a deposit

Price table as listed on the providers' own pages

Prices move with promotions, so treat these as dated. BARBRI's prices are dated September 25, 2026 and Themis's September 24, 2026.

• BARBRI Premium: $2,099 shown, $2,999 crossed out. 4 or more months of access. 1,000-plus NCBE-licensed MBE questions.
• BARBRI Elite: $3,099 shown, $3,999 crossed out. Premium plus AdaptiBar MCQ Simulator, AdaptiBar Writing Guide, CriticalPass cards and Quimbee SideBar videos.
• Themis 2027 tuition: $2,995 listed, $1,895 limited-time price paid in full, or $2,095 with $25 down. Four months of access. More than 4,000 multiple-choice questions with an integrated UWorld MBE QBank, unlimited essay grading by attorney graders and a closed-system AI grader.
• Themis part-time course for international and LL.M. candidates: $3,895 with limited-time reductions, 10 months.
• BARBRI Extended U.S. Bar Prep for the same group: 6 or 10 months with an attorney mentor, priced on a separate page.

Dated evidence: what each provider put in writing

BARBRI's guarantee page says Premium and Elite buyers who do not pass get one free Premium retake in the same jurisdiction at the next offering, with supplements excluded, and that Essentials buyers must complete 75 percent of the course and show they sat. BARBRI's pass-rate claim is nearly 90 percent of students who do the average amount of work, and its own article claims an average 19-point UBE score advantage from a model built on LSAT and GPA at more than 30 law schools. Its Trustpilot page held 4.1 stars from 424 reviews, and the common complaint was practice questions that differed from the real exam.

Themis's page states no contract is needed for its $25 payment plan, and that payments must be made as specified to keep promotional prices. It publishes a pass-rate methodology, and we suggest reading its definition of who is counted before comparing it to BARBRI's.

Verdict

Choose Themis if you have about four months, want one directed plan, care about price and want UWorld's question bank without buying it separately. Choose BARBRI if you want a longer runway or an extended option, want to pick a tier and add tools later, or want the free retake terms in writing. Choose neither on a pass-rate headline, since the two figures count different groups.

If you are a repeat taker, BARBRI Elite's bundled extras or Themis's dedicated essay grader are the two features most worth comparing in a demo. If you are paying yourself and the $1,000 gap matters, start with Themis or BARBRI Premium and add one tool for your weakest skill.

Who may prefer each structure

A candidate starting early, seeking a longer runway, or wanting package tiers may find a BARBRI option easier to match. A candidate who likes shorter lectures, a tightly directed daily schedule, and built-in UWorld practice may prefer Themis. Those are fit hypotheses, not outcome guarantees.

The decisive test is a demo: complete one doctrinal lesson, one question explanation, and one writing-feedback sample. Choose the interface and teaching sequence you can execute consistently for hundreds of hours.

Do not compare pass-rate headlines without denominators

For any provider claim, identify who counts as enrolled, who counts as a completer, whether first-time and repeat candidates are separated, whether results are verified, and which jurisdictions and administrations are included. A provider-specific completion cohort cannot be compared directly with a statewide population without adjustment.

Timing your practice against the real exam

NCBE's MBE preparation page says each session is three hours with 100 questions, which is 1.8 minutes per question, and that all answers must be marked within the time limit. NCBE says the MEE has six 30-minute questions and the MPT has two 90-minute items.

Whichever course you compare, check that its timed sets use those limits. A course that offers only untimed practice leaves the pacing skill untested.

A same-hour trial: test both structures on one topic

Sign up for whatever free sample each provider offers, then run the same one-hour test in both: study one subject block, answer 20 questions on it, and write down three numbers for each product, namely minutes spent on instruction, minutes spent on questions and the number of answer explanations you actually read. The comparison that matters is not which felt better but which one made you work on questions sooner.

Add a fourth note: how long it took to find your own mistakes afterward. If one platform makes a wrong-answer review a five-click task and the other a single click, that gap repeats several hundred times over an eight-week study period.