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The Bar Exam Rewards Excellence The bar exam is tough. You must know the law and answer fast. BarWrite®--for retakers, foreign-trained attorneys, and first-time takers--provides the nation's most innovative bar preparation, with score-boosting supplemental or retaker courses or one-on-one coaching, with more hours and more practice, at lower per-hour cost. BarWrite® offers both All-States courses for the essays or MPT or MBE and training specifically for the New York bar exam. BarWrite® trains bar candidates to conquer the most-frequently tested law, sharpen their skills, and accelerate into the masterful practice of law. Courses and dates to the right. Enroll today!
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"I sat through one course of BARBRI, two courses of PMBR, one Marino Retaker course, and two BARBRI Marino essay courses. Finally, I took the 10-Day BarWrite course, and it was the only one that made me feel prepared for the New York bar exam. The only course that I now recommend to other people is the BarWrite course, which I loved." -- Stefanie Weiss, Brooklyn Law School - Read Full Letter
(Member, New York bar) "As a foreign-trained attorney who had only prepared eight weeks prior to the exam, I found the BarWrite® 3-Day NY Essay Boot Camp incredibly useful." -- Christina Valentine, Australian solicitor (Member, New York bar) Read more kudos from foreign-trained attorneys "Studying for the New York bar exam is not easy, and this class comes with a fair share of work, but if you listen to Dr. Gallagher, you will pass. Do what she says for the MBE, essays and the MPT: it will work." Christine Champey, Northern Ohio Law School - Read Full Letter
(Member, New York bar) These BarWrite® Graduates Are Now Practicing Law... "The "World Cup of Memorization" is a study activity unique to the BarWrite class. Studying for the New York bar exam is not easy, and this class comes with a fair share of work, but if you listen to Dr. Gallagher, you will pass. Do what she says for the MBE, the essays and the MPT: it will work." -- Christine Champey,
Ohio Northern University Law School,
(Member, New York Bar) "Not only did I pass the bar exam in New York on my first try, but I finally learned to write like a lawyer, something that had proved elusive during both law school and the California BarBri course." -- David Scott,
Whittier Law School,
(Member, New York Bar) "If you want info-mercials, you can go elsewhere, but if you want solid instruction for the New York bar exam, go to Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher." -- Christian Bernard,
(Member, New York Bar) "I am now in private practice with three offices throughout NYC. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH..." -- Jeffrey A. St.Clair,
(Member, New York Bar) "I passed the New York and New Jersey bar exams on the first try, and I owe it all to Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher's systems." -- Shailesh Deshpande,
Rutgers Law School,
(Member, New York & New Jersey Bars) "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I believe your course gave me the edge I needed.... Aside from my wedding day, I can't remember a day recently when I've been so happy. The excitement and pride I heard in the voices of my family members when I shared the news was worth every week-end I spent in your course. Please call on me if I can be of any assistance with your course or future BarWrite scholars. " -- Lynnore Sharise Lawton-Thames,
New York Law School,
(Member, New York Bar) "I liked learning the rules of law. I liked that we wrote and practiced the essays." -- Olivier Wolf,
Paris I (France),
(Member, New York Bar) "I went up 20 points on my MBE. I'm flabbergasted. I never thought it could be possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Jessica Flores,
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(Member, New York Bar) "The BarWrite/Gallagher MBE method drastically improved my MBE score." -- Adrienne Arkontaky,
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Dear Bar Candidate, I am Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher, the founder and president of BarWrite®. I am here to answer your questions, and to ask you a few of my own. If you came to BarWrite.com because you have heard about my Under-Here-Therefore™ legal writing system for the Bar Exam essays and you think my book and CDs called “Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays” might help you, or because you are concerned that you may not be on the right track preparing for the New York Bar Exam, or because you need help with the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), you’re in the right place. The Bar Exam is a high-stress, high-stakes marathon, and I know how you feel. I passed the New York Bar Exam myself in July of 1989, and I had passed the California and Massachusetts Bar Exams before that. Since the winter of 1988-89, using my own experience, and my training in law, logic, and linguistics, I have been helping candidates to pass the Bar Exam. What is my training? I am a graduate of Harvard Law School, and I earned a Ph.D. in linguistics at the University of Illinois. I am a member of the Bar in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Whether you are a first-time bar exam taker or a retaker, I am sure you can succeed. But you may be asking yourself, “Where do I start?” If you feel like you’ve got too much to do and too little time, I have some suggestions.
First, make sure you get the free booklet, as our gift to you, on "How to Raise Your Scores on the Bar Exam Essays." Second, whether you are taking Barbri or Pieper as your main Bar Exam review course, whether you are an American J.D. or a foreign attorney, whether you are going to enroll in one of our BarWrite courses or not, I suggest you start by taking a look at the contents of BarWrite’s supplemental 10-Day Group Coaching School. The information and skills we teach in that course are key. Does the New York Bar Exam require different information and skills from law school? I don’t want to scare you, but the answer is yes. You do not want me to tell you that the New York Bar Exam is a snap; you know that cannot possibly be true. No matter where you went to law school or how well you did, preparing for the New York Bar Exam is tough.
To pass the New York Bar Exam or any state's Bar Exam, you need a disciplined mastery of a great deal of basic black letter law. If you are taking the New York Bar Exam, be aware that this exam is not just issue-spotting like some law school exams. If you were in the bottom half of your law school class, the New York Bar Exam essays may be a special challenge for you, because you just may not know enough black letter law. Moreover, you may not have a good system for acquiring more black letter law, and the study systems you used in law school may take up too much time with too little payoff. All of our BarWrite Essay Boot Camps and our 10-Day Group Coaching School support you in developing efficient study systems and in memorizing the most important basic black letter law for the New York Bar Exam. They focus on the most-frequently-tested law. On Graduation Day for our 10-Day Group Coaching School we even have a competition called the “World Cup of Memorization.” Take a look at Christine Champey’s testimonial for an enthusiastic report. It’s a lot of fun. (By the way, Ms. Champey won the World Cup of Memorization!) Develop your lawyer-like speed-writing skills… The New York Bar Exam also requires the ability to turn out a lawyer-like essay in 45 minutes. My book “Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays” and the companion “Scoring High” CDs will help you develop the special kind of lawyer-like speed writing you’ll need for the New York Bar Exam. The book and CDs teach my trademarked Under-Here-Therefore™ essay-writing method, which the St. John’s Law School Forum said “is the best money you can spend on bar exam preparation.” We also offer an intensive 3-Day Boot Camp for the essay portion of the New York Bar Exam. We focus on the New York Bar Exam essay portion in our 10-Day Group Coaching School, too. You receive special New York Bar Exam essay materials, including both law and essay answers in Under-Here-Therefore™ format for every essay day you are present in class. We know that you are worried about feeling confused when you sit down to write your Bar Exam essays, so we teach you how to organize and write lawyer-like essays, and we teach you how to manage your time, so you will go into the exam feeling confident. You need practice to become competent, so we give you many practice essays, with answers in the Under-Here-Therefore™ format. Rest assured, you’ll get plenty of practice. Let me explain one difference between the 3-Day New York Essay Boot Camp and the 10-Day Group Coaching School. The 3-Day Essay Boot Camp is what we call “High Intensity and Low Touch.” In the Boot Camp, we move fast, fast, fast. You will correct your own essays and those of other students. By contrast, the 10-Day Group Coaching School is “High Touch.” In it you receive direct feedback on your essays from our TAs, who by the way are all practicing New York lawyers. The New York Bar Exam requires such sound mastery of the law that you must be able to answer very difficult multiple-choice questions under time pressure in the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). The MBE causes trouble for many Bar candidates, including many who have done very well in law school. Fortunately, we have a trademarked BarWrite study method for the MBE too! BarWrite’s 10-Day Group Coaching School includes instruction in our study systems, and also personal attention in using the study systems. You will meet twice on the telephone with your own personal mentor for the MBE, a practicing lawyer who understands the challenges you face, and who will guide you in applying the MBE study systems. Our methods have helped people raise their scores on the MBE by 20 questions or more. The New York Bar Exam also requires you to have real mastery of New York law, and to perform well on the 50 New York multiple-choice questions. All of our BarWrite classes help you work on that.
Finally, something that affects 27 states, not just New York, is the Multistate Performance Test (the MPT). The MPT requires good skills at “office lawyering” and keen time-management, so that within 90 minutes you are able to complete whatever law office task the bar examiners throw at you. It could be writing a memo, a brief, a letter… anything. The good news about the MPT is that it doesn’t require you know any particular area of law. But you do have to be able to manage your time and follow directions. We teach you the BarWrite GRID™ method for the MPT, and it works!
If you are a first-time Bar Exam taker, let’s look at whether you should take a supplemental course like the BarWrite Boot Camps or the 10-Day Group Coaching School, in addition to your regular bar exam review class. Think about it. Essay writing can account for 50 percent (or more) of your Bar Exam score, and yet so many of even the best Bar Exam review courses don’t teach you how to write lawyer-like essays. In the BarWrite schools and my highly-acclaimed book “Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays” you get step-by-step instruction, using course materials on how to score high on the New York Bar Exam Essays. Foreign Attorney? If you were trained as a lawyer abroad, I strongly recommend the 10-Day Group Coaching School as a supplement to whatever Bar review course you are taking. We understand the differences in writing style between law practice in the United States and law practice in other countries, whether common law or civil law. We also recognize that in some cases, your education may actually give you an advantage over American JDs, especially if you can memorize efficiently. Now you may be thinking, with all this course work, books, daily materials, TAs, and personal coaching… how much does all of this cost? We offer early enrollment discounts, so if you act quickly, you can save money. Even if you wait until the day of the class, and you come running in with credit card in hand and steam pouring out of your ears, the entire 10-Day Group Coaching School costs only $2277. If you enroll early, it can be much less. And the three-day Boot Camps are only $625, with their own early enrollment discounts available. Interested in 1-on-1 Private Coaching? My assistants and I work one-on-one with a few bar candidates on a select basis. Click here for details and eligibility on our private coaching programs.  Want to start preparing for the Bar Exam Essays right now?
Get the highly-acclaimed book & CD Combo "Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays" You'll learn the strategies you need to write high-scoring bar exam essays. Complete with In-Depth Strategies and Essay-Writing That Bar Exam Review Courses Don't Offer! Taking the bar exam is a challenge for everyone. When you meet that challenge, you and your family will feel tremendous pride.
Wishing you the greatest success on the bar exam! Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D. (Harvard), Ph.D. |
