I was on advocacy teams and the law review at my school, I was a tutor, and I had excellent grades. Statistically, I was not supposed to fail the California Bar Exam, but I did. I had worked extremely hard to prepare, and I followed all of the bar prep course instructions to a fault. When I received the bad news last November, I was surprised and devastated. While I felt capable of tackling the subject matter itself on my own for the second time around, I knew that I needed the someone who was familiar with the test inside and out from a strategic standpoint, and who could give me individualized feedback based on my particular strengths and weaknesses. Lee was just that person.

From the first time we spoke on the phone, it was clear to me that Lee was an expert in bar exam preparation, and I was very impressed with how detail-oriented, organized, and knowledgeable she was. Since I was living outside of San Francisco while studying, it was crucial to me that my tutor be someone I could depend on from a distance and communicate with on the phone and online. Lee was able to schedule remote meetings with me every week to assess my progress and offer individualized critiques, and she graded every single one of my essays via e-mail right up to the days before the exam. Lee customized a detailed study calendar for me and gave me the honest feedback I needed to hear on almost a daily basis in a way that I could understand and learn. She graded my practice essays in a very detailed way that was both encouraging and helped me see the exam from a grader’s perspective. Now, a few short months later, I have just received the good news that I passed the bar on my second try, and I can honestly say that without Lee, I would have been lost through this difficult and exhausting process.

In the past few months, I have learned that bar success is not about studying every minute of every day, and it doesn’t matter what grades you got in law school. It is about studying smartly and efficiently and learning the tactics of the game. These tactics are exactly what I was missing when I studied on my own the first time. If I had it to do over again, I would have, without a minute of hesitation, hired Lee the first time I took the bar. She is brilliant and has an amazing work ethic and she knows exactly the steps to take to succeed in law school and on the bar exam. I would recommend her to any of my friends or my students above any other tutor or bar preparation course. Hiring Lee was without a doubt the best decision of my entire law school career. I only wish I had started working with her sooner.

— Ariel S.

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