Summer 2008 Schedule

San Francisco Sun. 6/8/2008

All workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m.

Test Your Essay Writing in the Morning, Learn How to Pass in the Afternoon

BarGraders Live — 1-Day Practicum is a one-day workshop designed to help you pass the essays. Led by former California bar exam graders, BarGraders Live — 1-Day Practicum tests your knowledge and essay writing skills in the morning, and teaches you the skills, techniques and knowledge to transform your essay writing in the afternoon. Don't wait until the bar exam to find out how test day anxiety can affect your performance or how writing for the bar exam is altogether different from writing for law school professors.

Why Attend BarGraders Live — 1-Day Practicum?

• To gain experience writing under test conditions.
• To understand how to allocate time between multiple issues.
• To learn how writing for the bar exam differs from writing for law school exams.
• To maximize the benefit you get from every practice essay you write.

What to Expect

• To find out what the graders expect to see when they read essays.
• Learn how to adapt your essay writing to meet the expectations of the graders.
• Discover techniques for getting the most out of every fact pattern.
• Understand what you should do before you start writing.
• Leave knowing how to write passing essays for the California bar exam.

Workshop Itinerary

Morning

• Take a simulated bar exam — answer three (3) essay questions in three (3) hours
• Testing is administered under simulated test conditions, with proctors and strict adherence to time limitations

Afternoon

• Discover what you did right and wrong — our former California bar exam graders analyze a submitted answer from each of the three essay questions tested in the morning session.
• Learn the right techniques and approach for the essays — our bar graders teach you the right way to approach, organize and write essays for the bar.
• Get straight answers to your questions about the essay portion of the bar exam.