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| 1. | How is Fastpass Bar Review
Course different from a traditional bar review course like Barbri
or Barpassers Bar Review? Barbri & Barpassers lectures are top notch. Barbri and Barpassers both have great bar review books. Many of my students attend or have attended Barbri or Barpassers and they continue to use the Barbri or Barpassers Bar Review Course materials. My Bar Review Tutorial is different. It is taught by a former Bar Exam Grader. My specialty is strategy. |
| 2. | How are Fastpass Bar Review Course
classes organized? I tutor one student at a time. This way I'm able to evaluate and tailor a bar review course to fit each student's needs. Typically, I will meet with a student for eight one-on-one private tutorials. A tutorial is about an hour and a half or two hours long. Tutoring may take place in my office or, if appropriate, via phone, fax, email, etc. Again, this differs from a bar review course like Barbri or Barpassers where classes are filled with other bar review course takers and where you view videotaped lectures. |
| 3. | What about the Fastclass and Faststart
Bar Review Courses? Fastclass and Faststart Bar Review Courses are small group classes offered by request only. Fastclass is a two-day class on strategies for getting extra points on essays and performance tests. Faststart is an eight-week "head start" class that is offered during the fall and spring semesters. Typically, I teach these bar review courses at the request of law schools or study groups. |
| 4. | What does the Fastpass Bar Review
course material and work consist of?
My bar review varies depending on the particular student. In general, I put my students on a writing regimen (about eight essays in each substantive area & several performance tests). With each essay or performance test there are at least two answers (and sometimes three or four) which are written during the bar. Many received grades of 80%. I have some 85%, 90% and 95% answers. I also use "cheet sheets." These help with issue spotting and with crossovers. |
| 5. | What happens at an individual
class of Fastpass Bar Review Course?
I teach "tried and true techniques" for answering bar exam essays and performance tests. I also address particular problems you may be having. This can be substantive, but the usual problem stems from misunderstanding the wording of an essay or performance test. I also know the common problems of bar takers and I review those as well. |
| 6. | Does Paula
read and grade the practice exams herself as a component of Fastpass
Bar Review Course? Yes, I do all my own practice exam reading and I provide comments and recommendations from the perspective of a California Bar Exam Grader. |
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How am I able to decide that Fastpass Bar
Review Tutorial is right for me? Ask for references.
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