"Enthusiastic and Patient Adjunct Law Professor and SuperLawyer

Need help with your law classes or bar exam prep? I've helped hundreds of law students and bar applicants master the blackletter law and study and time management skills and see significant improvement in academic performance. Most of my 1Ls on academic probation regained good standing!

Of my 2023 and 2024 bar applicant students, who included multiple repeat takers, most passed and are now practicing law. References are available by request. One had been trying for 7 years, another 3 years.

My approach is intensive and highly interactive. No hide-the-ball. No intimidation. We get down to business with some humor and learn how to apply the law. But you’ll have to put it with my ancient dad jokes. I taught my daughters to write. One is a professional screenwriter and editor, and the other is an Ivy graduate.

Contracts, Torts, Real Property, Criminal Law, Civ Pro, Con Law, All Bar Subjects, Employment Law, Litigation and Trial Practice, Professional Responsibility. Personal essays for college and grad school applications, resume tune-ups. Interview preparation. Academic appeals for dismissals or academic probation. IRAC, CREAC, MBE, MPT, MPRE.

ESL? Is English your second or third language? I specialize (and enjoy) helping international students and professionals. I will help you transform your written work into polished American English and grasp the nuance of English. I've helped college graduates, LLMs, physicians, and foreign attorneys from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Middle East, Germany, Thailand, and Africa.

I have mentored and trained over 30 law clerks and lawyers, most of whom are now full partners and accomplished practitioners, including law school professors, and taught for the State Bar of California.

California Super Lawyer, rated 'AV' by Martindale and Hubble.

Optioned screenwriter. Co-developed a policy treatise on the death penalty published by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights." less...