Steven gave me the best advice I heard regarding the bar exam: ‘Don’t be creative!’

I’m a ‘right-brain’ person, i.e. I’m better at conceptual and creative thinking than ‘left-brain’ people, who are better at linear thinking and at applying recipes to solve problems. The bar exam is very much a left-brain exercise: applying rules to facts patterns and arrive at sound conclusions. Steven’s technique really helped me focus on the mechanics of the bar examination, and adapt my right-brain style to what the examiners want to see: the ‘model’ answer. In addition to Steven’s personal tutoring, his WINNIN’ TIME! book was very valuable because I didn’t have to reinvent the wheel and come up with my own formulation of the rules. Steven’s recipe worked!” – Sebastien Raoux, Ph.D., Esq., tutored from France and California via Skype, passed February 2009

Steven was the guide I needed to pass the California Bar Exam!

His individualized program addressed my weaknesses, allowed for flexibility with work/life balance, and provided actionable feedback on both essays and MBEs. I have zero regrets with trusting Steven’s methodology; the individualized calendar he provides for a student hits all bar topics in a curated way that ensures the student has the time to explore the breadth and depth of the information necessary to pass. By following his calendar, I knew I wasn’t wasting a single minute focusing on tasks not beneficial to the goal of passing. It was seamless to wake up and already have my day planned, knowing I’d hit both essays and MBEs in a calculated frequency and depth conducive to passing the Bar.

I can share how his training prepared me for seeing a bar essay topic that many of my friends later admitted they had no idea how to answer. In contrast, I had reviewed the framework of this left-field essay question less than a week before the exam due to Steven’s study calendar and instantly knew the rules and analysis that the examiners were looking for. Moreover, Steven’s Performance Test system is alone worth the price of admission. Before working with Steven, I suffered from never feeling like I had enough time on the PT to substantively answer the question to pass. Steven’s system taught me to quick identify which points were relevant and how to confidently attack any PT thrown my way.

As a repeat test taker, I wish I would have worked with Steven the first time through! I highly recommend working with Steven. — Karin Hjorth, Esq. (passed the February 2020 California Bar Examination)

Steven Harris’ tutoring program demystifies the Bar Exam and gives you all the essential tools to pass. He lays out a very specific road map to follow, and if you put in the effort and apply the many tools he offers in his Program, you will pass! In one summer, I actually took both the California Bar Exam and the Washington State Bar Exam. It was because of Steven Harris’ Tutoring Program that I was able to successfully pass both Bar Exams! – Babach Lau, Esq., passed July 2008 Cal Bar AND Washington Bar exams!

I passed the July 2014 California Bar Examination with Steven’s perspicacious one-on-one tutelage and relentless encouragement. When I hired Steven as my tutor I was 100 points away from passing the Bar Examination. Steven’s three-month long, one-on-one tutoring program was unquestionably intrinsic to my success on the exam.

Steven is a wonderful professor who has clearly mastered all of the components and intricacies of the bar exam — creating a virtual science of essay question issue-spotting (The Trigger List) and writing techniques (WINNIN’ TIME!), performance test distillation (PT PROGRAM), and MBE strategies (MBE Primers and Flowcharts). I can easily say that each of these were vital to my bar exam preparation and passing score.

Lastly, I would add that having Steven in your corner every week giving you personalized encouragement and guidance, in addition to incisive feedback, is an invaluable part of his tutoring program, which you will not realize that you need until you are in the midst of your studies and hit the inevitable mental or curricular roadblock.

My most heartfelt thanks to Steven, and my sincerest recommendation for his services. — Anna M., Esq., passed the July 2014 California Bar Examination

Dear Steve,

I PASSED! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your awesome tutoring program and PT class-receiving your feedback and working your program is what finally did the trick for me. God bless you!

Sincerely,

Angela J. Cobb, Esq., passed the February 2014 California Bar Examination

Steven’s one-on-one tutoring was the essential element which enabled me to clear the hurdle of passing the July 2017 California Bar Examination. Specifically, Steven’s technique of issue spotting by reviewing 100’s of sample bar exam hypotheticals and using his “Trigger Method” reduced my fear of issue spotting on the essay section of the exam and gave me the confidence I needed to pass. I highly recommend hiring Steven as a tutor. His approach is comprehensive and will significantly increase your chances of passing the exam. – Robin Courtney, Esq., passed the July 2017 California Bar Examination

Upon finding out that I failed the July 2018 bar, I was not only devastated, but felt helpless and confused as to how to proceed to improve my score. The MBE was my weak point, but I also wanted to feel more comfortable with the essays and performance test. I found Steve after searching for a tutor who specialized and offered guidance for the MBE. It seemed like every tutor focused exclusively on or at least emphasized essay practice. The MBE is 50% of your score, so it was important I found a tutor that provided a well-rounded bar prep. After speaking to Steve during our first call, it became clear that he would leave no stone unturned during my studies. He is one of the few tutors who understands the MBE and the performance test, which students (including myself as I prepped for July) seem to underestimate.

Steve provides strategies that completely demystify the MBE. Working with Steve, I began to see a pattern with the MBE and questions even became predictable. Steve has tricks up his sleeve that he will share with you to conquer each MBE subject, including the dreaded real property portion of the exam. After only a few weeks, I actually went from an average of 30% in the MBE to 66%. Steve makes the MBE a cakewalk – in fact, I finished the MBE on the actual exam day with 5 minutes to spare. He is one of the few people in the nation that understands the MBE portion of the exam.

As far as essays go, Steve similarly provides a formula that will allow you to crack the system. He provides GAME CHANGING boilerplate formats that will allow you to tackle essays with ease. You will walk into the exam knowing how to approach every kind of essay that the bar throws your way. The detailed feedback Steve provided on my essays was also absolutely crucial to my improvement. On test day, it felt like the words just flowed out of me and I went into autopilot. No time was wasted because Steve provided so many drills and boilerplate exercises. The same can be said as to the detailed and thoughtful strategies Steve provides for the performance test. I especially appreciated the detailed approach to the performance test that included how to allocate your time given that the PT is such a time crunch. Overall, Steve truly understands the exam and how bar graders think.

Most important, enough cannot be said about Steve’s mastery of the way to study for the exam and the emotional aspect of the exam. The test is psychologically grueling and as someone who is tempted to study hard, overmemorize, and do it all, Steve taught me how to study smart. He was always there for me and was a phone call away whenever I freaked out, and I definitely needed the tough love to stay on track. Steve also provides a nifty calendar and is extremely helpful if you ever fall behind. The scheduling aspect is completely taken care of and unlike the cookie cutter bar courses, Steve tailors a calendar to your needs. Further, I never felt alone during what was arguably the hardest time of my life thus far because I had Steve on my side. Simply put, Steve will get you to the finish line. He has a method and it simply works. From his boilerplates to his carefully thought out “Memory Week” (during which you will magically remember all you need for the bar), Steve provides an arsenal of tools that will result in you seeing the following: “The name above appears on the pass list.” — Sahar Shiralian, Esq., passed the February 2019 California Bar Examination

Steven Harris’ program was very helpful in preparing me to pass the California Bar on my first try! Knowing the low California bar exam pass rates, I wanted some extra help to be sure I passed. Steven Harris provided excellent study materials and detailed feedback for me throughout the study period. His study calendar was manageable, and his feedback on performance tests and essays was invaluable. I walked into the bar exam feeling confident. I highly recommend Steven! — Meredith Stevenson, Esq., passed the July 2019 California Bar Examination

Steven: Just a quick note to tell you how often I think of you and sing your praises! I’ve often commented to people that if you aren’t connected with the legal field in some way, you can’t really appreciate what these young people go through in getting through law school and then passing the bar. I’ll never think about Cameron’s success as an attorney without also thinking of you.

And, now I want to thank you for another of your success stories: Earl Mah. I was assigned to work for Earl a few months ago and knew that he had worked with you while studying for the February bar. I told him about my son also working for you and how he couldn’t have chosen a better tutor. I couldn’t be happier right now for Earl – and again, I give you credit and thanks for all your help. You do an amazing job of pinpointing for each student you have just what he or she needs to focus on. And, I know from Cameron that you are able to get your students to move beyond any focus of not having passed the bar the first go around. There is no doubt about it: you have a real gift in working with these students.

Thank you again!

Marti Guidoux, Mother of a Bar applicant who passed the July 2013 Cal Bar Examination, and who worked with Earl Mah, Esq., who passed the February 2014 Cal Bar Examination