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Free Introductory Session Covering Winter 2008 Bar Exam	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Sunday, June 1, 2008 10 am - Noon* U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall Room 121 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Saturday, May 31, 2008 10 am - Noon* Loyola Marymount, University Hall Room 3222 *Note: The introductory session is part of the first class. Those wishing to stay sign up at noon for the bar review course may do so at that time. For those who have already enrolled, class begins at 8 am.
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Summer 2008 BAR COURSE DATES	Boalt Hall, U.C. Berkeley Room 121 Sundays: June 1, 2008 - July 27, 2008 8 AM - 6:00 PM 9 classes over 9 weeks Directions: Boalt Hall Loyola Marymount University University Hall, Room 3222 Saturdays: May 31, 2008 - July 26, 2008 8 AM - 6:00 PM 9 classes over 9 weeks (Driving directions) 1 LMU Drive, University Hall, Room 3222 Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659) (Also see: LMU Campus map 2.9 MB PDF) Note: All LA classes are on Saturdays, all Berkeley classes are on Sundays.
SCHEDULE	Every weekend for 9 weekends Every class, there is an exam day, like Tuesday and Thursday of the Bar. Students do two essay exams and one PT exam in class. They do a third essay exam and another PT to reinforce the lessons learned during the week. Vivian Dempsey, a former bar grader of both essays and Performance Tests, personally grades and thoroughly critiques all exams. She is available to answer questions and counsel students seven days a weeks, twelve hours a day by phone, fax and e-mail, and during class each weekend. Every weekend, Vivian lectures on the law, exam skills and Performance Test skills. She is live in Berkeley on Sundays and she is live in LA on Saturdays, except for three classes. Class structure Students take two essay exams. Vivian Dempsey, a former bar grader, immediately reviews the morning's essay exams. her approach is not only to review the law that was tested but to show how to analyze, organize and manage time to write high passing answers within an hour. Before next class, Vivian personally grades and thoroughly critiques each exam Students take a Performance Test Vivian watches students read, pick the rules, and organize. She is able to diagnose students' problems as they work. She can often fix bad habits by on-the-spot feedback. Vivian immediately gives feedback on reading, finding the issues, interpreting the format, finding the case rules and full organizing and analyzing of the PT exam students have just completed. During the week students are responsible for learning the law, using Vivian's essay law outlines and videotapes. They must practice writing additional essay and PT exams. In particular, every student should cement the learning from the previous week's in-class exams by doing one more progress essay and progress PT to turn in for Vivian's grading and critique. Every week, Vivian grades and critiques 3 essays and 2 performance tests. Vivian returns all graded exams by the next class. The coursebook contains: 10 Performance Tests 100 Essay Exams Vivian's law outlines on the essential essay law and tools to memorize it. 13 bonus law video classes you watch at home Bonus tapes contain law lectures on every subject and review of Vivian's PT method Order of study: Crimes and Criminal Procedure Torts & Torts Remedies Contracts & Contract Remedies Real Property and Community Property Evidence Constitutional Law Business Associations and Civil Procedure Wills & Trusts and Professional Responsibility Writing Edge application (PDF 85 Kb) Writing Edge application: Type in & Print (PDF 142 Kb) Acrobat Reader is required: Free download here
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