Basic Mentor Service is a part of the Extended Course. Mentors have the following responsibilities.
- When a student enrolls in the program, he or she is matched up with a Mentor.
- The Mentor contacts each student and determines the best way for the two to communicate.
- Mentors, of course, will continue to not only advise students, but also do the job that readers do: read and critique essays. Mentors also work with students to determine the most efficient way to convey essay comments to the student, whether hand written on the paper itself or by email.
- Mentors will maintain Grade Tracking Sheets to track students' progress and participation. At various points during the course, each Mentor will be required to meet with Harold Stavisky to discuss the students' progress. Students will be told if they're not performing up to the the schedule.
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"I like getting feedback and being shown how to go through a question."
- Your assigned Mentor will work with you throughout the course analyzing, critiquing and evaluating many of your written answers.
- Extended Course students may sit for a simulated Bar Examination. Weekly assigned critiqued writing assignments allow each student to focus on specific areas needing improvement.
- Discussion of course philosophy and introduction to general techniques.
- Examples and discussion of D.U.S.T.© technique.
- Discuss Exam patterns for each substantive area of law tested on the Bar Exam.
- Application of D.I.R.T. © technique for understanding exam patterns.
- How to take each question for a R.I.D.E.©
- How to begin and end each essay; writing the body of the essay and tips on managing time.
- Analysis of sample fact patterns and evaluation of answers.
- Mini-Review of each area of law based on issues that are repeated in the Bar Exam.
- PRACTICE EXAMINATION
- Repeat Bar Applicants may submit to their Mentors essay questions from their previous bar exam for evaluation.
- Mr. Stavisky gives actual projections on what he expects will be questions on the February 2004 Bar Exam.
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Each student's writing needs receive individual attention by an experienced mentor. The Mentor suggests improvements during the entire course.
Bar Exam Techniques by Stavisky teaches students techniques to uncover the issues that are raised in various essay questions. Students develop a legal style of writing which not only earns them passing scores, but also enables them to score bonus points in each question. At the same time, the course improves each student's confidence level through continuous practice and individual attention.
Students will have a great opportunity to work out their own essay writing techniques and to see and analyze questions that are similar to those that will appear in the actual exam. Working with such questions improves the students' writing and analytical abilities and at the same time provides the students with a more analytical review of the law.
Each area of law is reviewed by Mr. Stavisky and his guest lecturers. The approach is to help you minimize your study time. The lecturers review the law by pointing out what issues can be part of the essay questions. The analysis is based on a review of actual Bar exam questions in Massachusetts and other states over the last 30 years.
Guest lecturers may include:
Michael Joseph Donovan, Clerk Magistrate
for the Superior Court for Civil Matters
John R. Craven, Esquire
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