Celeste Boles

Celeste Boles - BarMax Author

BarMax Content Director Celeste Pagano Boles holds a B.A. with High Honors from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. After five years of transactional practice, Celeste completed a teaching fellowship at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and became a professor at two other law schools, teaching Contracts, Property, Legal Writing, and other courses.

Celeste passed the bar in three states before the UBE was an option, clerked in two federal courts, and tutored the bar exam privately before joining BarMax full-time in 2019. Now, she leads a talented team of content creators and instructors working together to help BarMax students achieve their dreams.

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Disability Accommodations on the Bar Exam

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