Tutorial Program
It is no secret that the California Bar Exam has become increasingly difficult to pass. The Tutorial Program offers candidates one-on-one and small group interaction, personal guidance, full substantive review, extensive skills training and exam simulation as well as unlimited practice exam grading and feedback. It is a full-service, 10-week course covering all 3 sections of the bar examination. First-time candidates, who require a long-term review, can begin early under our guidance at no additional charge.
One-on-One and Small Group Interaction
Students meet weekly (see schedule) in live, small group, interactive skills workshops where they learn essay writing and performance test approaches and multiple-choice technique. In addition, periodic conferences with program professors or a member of our academic staff may be arranged as often as needed to address individual needs, including problems with substantive law, essay approach/technique and evaluation, performance test technique/problem areas and MBE questions.
Interactive Skills Training
Essay Writing Workshops
At the heart of the program are our live, in-class, small group interactive essay writing workshops where students learn issue-spotting and essay writing approaches for each subject and analyze past bar exam essay questions and crossover questions. Students prepare by listening to our substantive lectures and simulating past bar exam essay questions. These questions are then used in class a tool to teach the writing approaches and problem solving skills.
For a sample of our Criminal Law lecture, print out a copy of the lecture handout and click here to listen. For a sample of our Criminal Law Essay Writing Workshop, print out a copy of the essay hypothetical, read and outline it, and click here to listen.
Performance Test Intensive
A special Performance Test Intensive session is included in the Tutorial Program so that students have an opportunity to simulate the performance exam in-class and interact with professors to identify and correct performance test problem areas. Students prepare by completing our online Performance Test Workshop series in order to learn technique, performance test approaches and our specially designed attack plans for each document tested.
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) Workshops
The Tutorial Program also features our specially designed Multistate Techniques Review, a multi-session skills workshop focusing on the multiple-choice section. It is an essential portion of the program, helping students to identify testable areas of law, common pitfalls and specific problem areas within each subject on the MBE. There are more than 4000 MBE questions available for simulation and review.
Online Skills Training
Skills workshops are also available online for students who are unable to attend the live, small group, interactive skills workshops above. They can also be used to make-up or reinforce the live workshops. As above, students learn essay writing approaches, performance test skills and multistate techniques. The skills workshops include:
Substantive Review
The Tutorial Program also includes our online substantive law lectures which are designed to summarize and highlight the testable areas of law for each bar exam subject. Students annotate the highly acclaimed BarPassers flowcharts during more than 75 hours of lectures while laying a foundation for learning issue-spotting approaches, exam outlining and organizational skills.
Unlimited Grading
Practice is also a key element of the program. Students follow the rigorously paced Tutorial Testing Schedule, a series of in-class and at-home practice sessions wherein nearly 100 exams are assigned for grading and individual evaluation. Students may also submit an unlimited number of additional exams for grading and evaluation. There are more than 200 past bar exam essay and performance test questions with model answers available in our materials. Students may also attend all or part of our 3-Day Simulated Bar Exam.
Program Materials
The Tutorial Program materials* include all of the materials listed below plus the additional essay, performance test and MBE hypotheticals used in our interactive skills training workshops. These materials are integrated to create repetition and facilitate memory retention. They are also updated for every review course and are included at no extra charge.
*Subject to change without notice
Program Syllabus
Enrollees in the Tutorial Program follow a rigorous daily homework and study schedule, which is designed to ensure that performance peaks just before the exam. The syllabus can be customized as needed.
MPRE - Next Exam Date
March 17, 2012