For The MediaDr. Mary Campbell Gallagher is available for presentations, media interviews and interviews. If you're interested in story angles, topics, programs and details--please contact her using the convenient Contact form or call direct at 212-327-2817. Media ReleaseDr. Gallagher Speaks at Global Legal Studies Conference, Chicago, May 5, 2007! FOREIGN LAWYERS CAN OFTEN WRITE BETTER BAR EXAM ESSAYS THAN AMERICANS...Bar Exam Expert Says, at the Global Legal Skills Conference, Chicago, May 4-5 NEW YORK, NY. May 2007. If you think foreign lawyers must be at a disadvantage when they take the New York bar exam, think again. On May 5, 2007, at the Global Legal Studies Conference at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, noted bar exam expert Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D., will explain why some foreign attorneys are able to write better New York bar exam essays than Americans.
"Many foreign attorneys are excellent at memorization and highly-disciplined," Dr. Gallagher says. "They may have less breadth of knowledge of American law than graduates of American law schools. But they have a tremendous advantage over those American bar candidates who do not know the basic rules of law backwards or who cannot study efficiently." (Continue Reading Full Release) In The MediaHere is just a few of the many rave reviews & articles we received in the media for our products & services. Mary Campbell Gallagher is available for presentations, media interviews and sound bites on a select basis. If you're interested in story angles, topics, programs and details--please contact her using the convenient online form or call direct at 212-327-2817. Thank you. Testing 1-2-3: An Insider's insight on how to do well on bar exam essays - By Mary Campbell Gallagher. "As seen in Student Lawyer, Law Student Division of the American Bar Association (Read Full Article .PDF)
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"Financial problem$ may undermine ‘fitness’ assessment - Those seeking Bar admission should be mindful of credit health, history" - by Liz Lpton. "...For some, a surprise. In fact, when Mary Campbell Gallagher, JD, PhD., President of New York City-based BarWrite, which trains students for the bar examination, spoke with one of her students – a graduate of a New York state law school – about the issue of delinquent debt and bar admission..." (Read Full Story .PDF)
California Law School Review in LAW STUDENT JOURNAL "Dr. Gallagher's Book, Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays, will help you do just that... by Steve Liosi, Esq. (Read Full Book Review .PDF)
Columbia University LAW SCHOOL NEWS - "Bar Exam Blues... But at least you can do well" -- Book review By Anthony Giacobbe (Read Full Story .PDF)
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The Plain Dealer Breaking News: Arts & Life - "Out with the old -- Schools replace classics on reading lists to interest kids - James F. Sweeney, Plain Dealer Reporter "
Mary Campbell Gallagher, a New York – based author of articles on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, said a background in the classics is essential to making sure graduates become “part of the great conversation” of culture and ideas. There is nothing wrong with reading lighter works as long as they’re followed by the classics, she said. But that seldom happens." (Read Full Story .PDF)
St. John's University School of Law Law School Forum - Book review "Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays" About 60,000 of us will be taking the bar in July, and many of us could benefit from the insight of Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher. (Read Full Story .PDF)
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Media Byline:Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D., lives in Manhattan. She is president of BarWrite, which prepares candidates for the bar exam, and the author of the highly-acclaimed book and cd program, Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays. Ms. Gallagher frequently writes about legal and social aspects of land-use debates. Dr. Gallagher is also a widely published professional writer. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Weekly Standard, The New York Observer, The Nation, Legal Times, Newsday, The Brooklyn Papers, Commonweal, Metro New York, among others. Her articles on legal writing and the Bar exam have appeared in National Jurist and Student Lawyer. Mary Campbell Gallagher is available for presentations, media interviews and interviews. If you're interested in story angles, topics, programs and details--please contact her using the convenient Contact form or call direct at 212-327-2817. Thank you.
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