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    Hiring a Bar Exam Tutor

    You can hire me as a tutor by following this link. My hourly rate is $150 an hour, and a half-hour initial consultation is $75. Usually my students and I discuss practice essays, but black letter law issues aren’t uncommon, and sometimes we discuss scheduling or other practical issues related to bar exam preparation.

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    All of the prominent bar review courses and tutors advertise on this website. I encourage you to check them out. See what they’ll tell you for free. Judge how well-written and thoughtful their on-line materials are. Get a sense for who they are. There’s an art to working with a tutor. Even a brilliant, clever, humble guy like me isn’t the right choice for everybody.

    In case you’re curious, I wrote a series of articles for Law.Com about taking the bar exam. You can read them, along with other material, at this link.

    People who succeed on the bar examination tend to have certain qualities in common, in addition to passing scores. These include, inter alia:

    Law Knowledge

    Obviously, you have to know a lot of black letter law to pass a bar exam and get a license to practice law. (More)

    English Reading and Writing Skills

    The bar examination is a test of language skills. You have got to be fluent and sharp in order to get through a timed bar examination and pass it. (More)

    Test Taking Technique

    It is amazing how many people fail bar exams because they spend too much time studying and not enough time practicing. (More)

    Physical and Emotional Endurance

    Preparing for and taking any bar examination takes a lot of strength. (More)

    Luck

    Luck is one idea that most bar review professionals don’t like to talk about.  (More)

    I’ve been working one-on-one with bar exam candidates since 1988.  There is nothing mysterious about coaching people to pass the bar examination.  We evaluate the student’s situation, taking a holistic approach to the bar exam. Then we set up a game plan and play it out.

    Anybody who is looking for personal coaching on the bar exam is well-advised to shop carefully. There’s an element of personal chemistry in a tutorial relationship that’s worth points on the bar exam. It’s also true that each of us has our own learning style. That implies that one tutor might approach the exam in a way that’s more in line with your own way of thinking.

    There’s no one right way to write essays on the California Bar Exam. If there was, all of the answers published by the Examiners would be much more uniform than they are. That suggests that there’s more than one right way to teach writing for the bar exam.

    California has a competitive market for bar exam experts. Many of them advertise on this website. Check them out and compare. Of course, I’m available too. You can get a clear idea of how I approach the exam, and even spend quite a few hours watching the core of my program materials on-line for free.