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Adam
Adam is a tutor for the Bar Exam Toolbox and Law School Toolbox. Adam is based in New York City and is a graduate of Queens College, City University of New York and Brooklyn Law School. During law school, Adam served as an articles editor of the Brooklyn Law Review and competed with and coached mock trial teams as a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, Trial Division. He spent his 3L year working full time with The Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Defense Law Reform and Special Litigation Unit as a Public Interest Public Service fellow.
After law school, Adam worked as a litigation associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson LLP.
In his free time, Adam enjoys backpacking, canoeing, and gardening. He is slowly working on completing the Appalachian Trail, section by section.
Alex
Alex is a Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director of the Academic Achievement Program at the University of Miami School of Law. He earned his J.D. cum laude from UM Law, where he served as Articles & Comments Editor of the Inter-American Law Review and was a HOPE Public Interest Fellow.
Prior to joining the law faculty, Alex practiced civil litigation and served as a Staff Attorney at Children’s Legal Services, advocating for abused and neglected children. This work inspired him to pursue education, leading him to spend seven years teaching Advanced Placement Capstone Seminar, Advanced Placement Government, and Criminal Justice in Title I public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Alex is passionate about helping law students master foundational legal skills and succeed on the bar exam. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking, hiking, and spending quality time with his Belgian Malinois, Sora.
Alexis
Alexis is a tutor for the Bar Exam Toolbox and Law School Toolbox. Originally from the east coast, Alexis and her family recently moved to the surf and sun of California. She served as Associate Director of Academic Success at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego and still adjuncts there.
Before law school, Alexis worked as a middle school teacher at an international school in Munich, Germany. After moving back to the U.S., Alexis attended University of Maryland School of Law, where she was a Leadership Scholar, Writing Center Fellow, and a member of Maryland Law Review. Throughout law school, Alexis also worked for the non-profit organization Project HEAL at Kennedy Krieger Institute, where she assisted clients with special education issues.
After graduating from law school, Alexis practiced law at Dickstein Shapiro LLP and Reed Smith LLP, where she focused on commercial litigation and insurance coverage disputes. After many years of Big Law practice, Alexis missed working in the classroom and mentoring students and decided to go back to teaching. She now thoroughly enjoys every minute teaching law school students and working with bar exam takers.
Anastasia
Anastasia is a tutor for Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam Toolbox. Anastasia is a graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University and McGeorge School of Law.
During law school, Anastasia was a member of the Negotiations Team and the Moot Court Executive Board. She worked at the Department of State Hospitals, as a Research Assistant for various professors, and for the California Department of Justice. She also worked at an employment defense firm.
After law school, Anastasia worked as an attorney for a family law firm. Anastasia decided to pursue a non-traditional litigation role and looks forward to helping students be successful in law school and the bar exam. Outside of work, she loves to be outside and read books!
Anna Belle
Anna Belle is the Associate Director of Bar Success at New York Law School, where she teaches bar preparation courses designed for students in their final year of law school. She also leads workshops on essay writing, multiple-choice strategies, and test-taking techniques critical to bar exam success.
Anna Belle began her legal career as a special education attorney, advocating for students with disabilities. She later served as legal counsel for a charter school network in New York City, managing complex legal matters and supporting the organization’s growth.
While earning her J.D. at Fordham University School of Law, Anna Belle was an Articles & Notes Editor for the Fordham Law Review and served as a teaching assistant for three legal writing professors.
She is dedicated to helping law students achieve their goals in law school and on the bar exam.
Ariel
Ariel is a tutor and Mentor Tutor for the Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam Toolbox and works with both law students and bar exam takers. Ariel has taught everything from conjunctions to calculus on four different continents. A primary and secondary school educator in the U.S. and abroad before law school, Ariel has always had penchant for teaching and editing.
As a student at the University of San Francisco School of Law, Ariel tutored Torts and led 1L workshops on time management, exam preparation, legal writing, and outlining. As the chief Technical Editor on the Executive Board of the USF Law Review, Ariel was in charge of ensuring the accuracy of thousands of legal citations, and has become a Bluebook expert. She also served as a Case Counsel for the USF Moot Court program, and received CALI awards for high-scoring two classes, including Legal Research and Writing.
After practicing law as a product liability litigator in California for a number of years, Ariel found her way back to teaching and now enjoys helping students find success in their law school classes and on the bar exam.
Ariel regularly blogs about law school and the bar exam and her advice has also been featured on Above the Law.
Dolapo
Dolapo is a California-based attorney and graduate of University of Michigan and USC’s Gould School of Law. While in undergrad, Dolapo worked as a student teacher for college/career readiness courses and in the business department for local start-ups.
After undergrad, Dolapo worked in HR at Capital One and gained a crash course on large scale business operations. During law school, Dolapo took advantage of the full breadth of the experience – from being a teaching assistant, to advocating for clients through the parole process with the Post Conviction Project, joining the legal team for a mental health start-up, and studying abroad in Lyon, France.
Currently, Dolapo works as a contractor for several organizations including a political action committee, Law School Toolbox, and small businesses in Los Angeles.
Current Interests: Hiking, Finding new beaches and small towns in LA, and Attending local shows.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a graduate of Southwestern University and Harvard Law School. Elizabeth has built her career around civil and disability rights. She has spent time working and interning for the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. While at Harvard, she was a research assistant for two professors and researched different topics related to international human and disability rights and the civil rights era. She earned the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship and the James Vorenberg Equal Justice Summer Fellowship to support her summer work in civil rights. She was also a Harvard Law School Presidential Scholar.
After law school, Elizabeth clerked for the Honorable Robert Brack of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. She then worked in special education law before founding Access the Dream, a disability consulting practice. She continues to research and write about education and disability rights issues. Elizabeth is driven to help students of all backgrounds succeed in academic environments.
Emily
Emily earned her J.D. and Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law from Pace University. She is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar Association and works as an animal rights lawyer, specializing in captive animals.
During law school, Emily worked as a Teaching Assistant in civil procedure and property law. She also mentored 1L students as a legal skills TA, which led to her passion for helping students succeed in law school and on the bar exam. Emily served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, as well as a student associate for Pace’s Land Use Law Center and Environmental Litigation Clinic. She worked for the Pace Environmental Law Review and has a published article, A PACT for the Future: Improving Animal Protection Legislation for Captive Orcas.
In her free time, Emily enjoys reading on the beach, spending time with her companion canine Maggie, and chasing after her three nieces.
Hanne
Hanne is an immigration defense lawyer with The Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis, MN, where she represents immigrants in immigration court and mentors, trains, and supports pro bono attorneys handling removal cases. Before moving to Minnesota, Hanne worked as an immigration attorney in Newark, NJ, and as a law clerk in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Hanne graduated from Harvard Law School in 2016, where she participated in clinics, research, student organizations, and a law journal. Before law school, Hanne spent 2 years in New York City as a legal assistant and 1 year in Bangalore, India, as a legal intern with International Justice Mission. Hanne grew up in Bellevue, WA, and graduated from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, in 2009.
When she isn’t working or chasing her toddler, she enjoys baking, traveling, and exploring local breweries.
Jennifer
Jennifer has been a licensed California Attorney for over 18 years. She currently works for the Department of Tax and Fee Administration, administering California’s Sales and Use Tax and other California specific tax and fee programs. She previously worked for the Office of Legislative Counsel for nearly 14 years, primarily working on legislation in the areas of state and local government, housing and community development, and taxation.
She also graded the California Bar Exam for ten years. Jennifer loves helping students grow and refine their skills so that they can be the best lawyers they can be.
Karis
Karis is an Associate at Allred, Maroko & Goldberg specializing in plaintiff-side employment discrimination, sexual assault, and wrongful termination cases. Prior to joining the firm, Karis started her legal career as an Associate at Latham & Watkins in their Labor and Employment group. She earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with honors in legal writing.
During law school, Karis was the Community Editor for The Regulatory Review and an Associate Editor for the University Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change. Additionally, Karis was also a board member of the Black Law Student Association and the Education and Advocacy Coordinator of If/When/How, a student pro bono organization focused on advancing reproductive rights and justice.
Prior to attending law school, Karis was the recipient of a Fulbright Award for which she spent a year as an English Teaching Assistant at a high school in Malaysia. Karis earned her B.A. in English and Cinema & Media Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated summa cum laude and was selected to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Karis is currently a Regular Contributor to the Daily Journal, a legal publication for California lawyers. Outside of work, Karis is a musician, creative writer, and avid reality TV-watcher.
Kathryn
Kathryn is a tutor for the Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam Toolbox. She earned her MA and BA from Stanford University and her JD from Stanford Law School. After several years as a attorney with a large DC firm and then as corporate counsel for a Fortune 500 company, where she focused on international trade and investment law, she realized that she missed studying and teaching law and history. She is currently pursuing a Phd in legal history.
Before going to law school, Kathryn worked as a mathematician for a bio-tech firm and is always looking for ways to combine her interests in math, law, and history. During law school and immediately afterwards, Kathryn had significant involvement with the Timor-Leste Legal Education Project, drafting and editing legal textbooks for law students and lawyers in East Timor. She was also involved in pro bono cases seeking the release of journalists and human rights activists unlawfully imprisoned, including petitions to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
When not studying law and history, Kathryn likes to practice dressage, alpine ski, and play with her rambunctious goldendoodle. She is also trying to read all of the children’s books that have won the Newbury Award — they make a nice break!
Kelsey
Kelsey is a lawyer and professor who has tutored across a variety of subjects for the past decade. She received her JD from Temple University in 2016 and has gone on to serve as legal counsel for non-profit organizations all over the world.
She also taught graduate-level courses for future lawyers and law enforcement officers at Kean University. She is now working on her Phd in Law at Trinity College Dublin. Her work and research have given Kelsey a wide breadth of legal experience, including family law, immigration law, human rights law, and international law.
Wherever her legal career has taken her, Kelsey has always kept tutoring, as she loves the feeling of helping her students achieve their own academic goals. In her spare time, she loves hiking the gorgeous Irish countryside with her family dog, Bruno.
Luiz
Luiz is a law school tutor and bar exam tutor for the Law School Toolbox and the Bar Exam Toolbox. Luiz earned his J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law, where he served as an executive editor for the California Law Review and competed in the McBaine Honors Moot Court competition.
During law school, Luiz also worked as a Session Leader for Santa Clara University School of Law’s 1L Academic Success program, teaching a small bi-weekly class for first-year law students designed to supplement the students’ civil procedure class. After law school, Luiz clerked for federal judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of California, and the Southern District of California. Luiz also worked as a patent litigation association at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in their Bay Area office. Luiz is currently a career law clerk for a Senior United States District Judge in the Southern District of California.
Outside of work, Luiz enjoys hiking, backpacking, and partner dancing.
Mary Fran
Mary Fran is a tutor for Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam Toolbox and is based in Boston. She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law, where she served on the American University Law Review, competed in moot court, and worked as a teaching assistant for both Civil Procedure and Federal Courts.
After law school, Mary Fran completed a federal clerkship with the U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. She then spent over three years as a Trial Attorney in the Criminal Enforcement Section of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division, where she investigated and prosecuted complex federal criminal cases.
Mary Fran currently teaches Legal Research and Writing at New England Law | Boston and enjoys helping law students develop strong analytical, writing, and advocacy skills.
Nicola
Nicola is a tutor for Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam Toolbox who went to law school at the University of Georgia School of Law.
During law school, Nicola worked as a 3L tutor for 1L students and mentored 2L students as the Senior Executive Editor of the Georgia Law Review. After graduating law school, Nicola honed her research and writing skills as a federal law clerk in the Middle District of Georgia and for the Eleventh Circuit. Following her clerkships, Nicola prosecuted criminal felony cases as an Assistant District Attorney and worked as an LSAT and law school exam tutor. Nicola also taught English as a second language, worked as a private career coach, and practiced at a family law firm.
Currently, Nicola practices insurance litigation on the policyholder side for a large national law firm. She also works as the firm’s writing coach. As a writing coach, Nicola helps new associates navigate the transition from law school to practice.
When she is not practicing or teaching, you will find Nicola outside, usually hiking, biking, wake surfing, or skiing, depending on the season.
Tina
Tina is a law school tutor and bar exam tutor for the Law School Toolbox and the Bar Exam Toolbox.
Tina earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she served as an editor on the Stanford Law Review. After law school, Tina clerked for judges in the Southern District of California and on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also practiced patent litigation at the law firms of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Perkins Coie LLP.
She is currently a career law clerk in the Southern District of California. Prior to law school, she earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as an electrical engineer.
Tyler
Tyler is a law school tutor and bar exam tutor for the Law School Toolbox and the Bar Exam Toolbox.
Tyler is a lawyer, writer, and adventurer based in Chicago. In 2011, he left his position practicing corporate bankruptcy at a leading international law firm to walk across America with his dog, Mabel. His departure from biglaw and his transcontinental hike have been featured in the New York Times, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, and on Grantland.com. Since completing his 3200 mile hike, Tyler has written and spoken about his experiences both on the road and in corporate law. Tyler graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Whitney
Whitney started her post-graduate education at the University of Mary Washington, earning a Master’s in Education. She soon decided to change course, and went to the College of William & Mary School of Law.
At William & Mary, she was an Articles Editor for the Journal of Women and the Law and a Teaching Assistant for the Legal Skills program. Through the Legal Skills program, she was able to provide mentorship for first and second year law students, as well as instruction in legal writing and client contact. In 2010, she graduated Order of the Coif and was admitted to the bar in Maryland.
Whitney is a tutor for the Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam toolbox, and is excited to use her teaching skills to help students establish themselves in law school and the legal profession.
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