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"As a practicing attorney and having taken and passed the
Bar in another state, I don't know how I passed before without
reading
these books!" - Joel Cruz, Esq., UCLA
Jeff
Adachi, Esq.
Essay Advantage/BarBri Bar Review
1145 Market Street, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Dear Jeff,
I
have been meaning to drop you a note for several months.
I
wanted to thank you for your time and energy with the Essay Advantage
course last summer. As you may know, I was successful on last
summer's bar attempt. The July 1997 Bar Exam was my ninth consecutive
attempt!
I
took BarBri on my first two attempts but I did not complete all
of the assignments either time. This time I took Bar as well as
your Essay Advantage course. I completed evevy assignment and
attended every session of both courses. I wrote over seventy practice
essays and did over 3000 multiple choice questions. Essentially
I did everything you recommended on the first day of class.
I
really believe that key to my success on the July 1997 bar exam
was your subject-specific essay strategy. You taught us that each
subject had a certain formula that could be used on just about
any type of question related to that subject. I found that these
formulas could be applied to each of the essay questions on thc
July 1997 exam. Certain devices, like the RECIPe for Hearsay,
were almost perfectly matched to their related essay question.
I
have included my results from the exams prior to July 1997. I
sent these so you can see exactly how much scores can be increased.
I believe that you are primarily responsible for my improved performance
that led to passing the bar exam I can not thank you enough.
I
will gladly provide a statement or reference about the benefits
of the Essay Advantage/BarBri programs if the need ever arises.
Feel free to contact me anytime.
Thanks
again for all of your hard work and patience.
Sincerly,
Matt
Herreid
June
23, 1997
The Survival Series Publishing Company
Post Office Box 77313
San Francisco, CA 94107
The
Survival Series team:
Thank
you all very much for your help with my study for the Bar. I certainly
owe my passing score to Jeff Adachi for all his patience and assistance
and to everyone else who put out the materials I spent so many
hours reading.
I
would like to offer you my opinion, and please feel free to reprint
it if you wish, on the Bar Beaker Vol. I-II as well as
the study guide with the essay outlines. Both were extremely helpful.
Personally, I did spend too much time on the "inspirational"
sections of the volumes, but concentrated on the essays and their
answers. The answers were good because they gave me instant feedback
on how my own answers compared. The annotations on how to use
a modified IRAC method or a full IRAC method were helpful to give
a broader view of what the essays could look like. The two volumes
are an excellent practice tool.
The
essay outlines were invaluable. At Mr. Adachi's behest, I memorized
all the outlines and acronyms, and I know I would not have passed
if I had not. The outlines give the essay writer a foolproof method
for attacking each subject and assuring himself that he would
hit each element of each issue. If you stick by the outline format,
you would have to try to fail an essay in order not to pass. The
outlines walk you through step by step in a straightforward and
concise way.
I
can not tell you how much I appreciate all that Mr. Adachi did
for me. Both he and the books are indispensible resource. Should
you need any more feedback in the future, please contact me. Thank
you again.
Very
Truly Yours,
Jeffrey
Cleary
Customer Comments from
Amazon.Com Online Review
Average Customer Review: *****
Number of Reviews: 1
A reader from Austin, Texas, 05/03/98 ****
"Adachi's book is a must read for folks studying for the
bar."
Adachi has written two excellent books, the Bar Exam Survival Kit
and Bar Breaker. I strongly recommend both books, in spite of the
somewhat inflated price for both. The material in the two books
does not overlap very much, and both volumes are actually worth
the money. If you are taking the California Bar Exam, you can buy
the California Bar Exam Survival Kit, which appears to be virtually
identical to the Bar Exam Survival Kit. Adachi reminds the student
that discipline is essential, and starts getting the student mentally
geared for the Bar Exam process. In addition, Adachi has a series
of outlines of the subject matter that will be covered on the bar
exam. Warning: there are a few minor errors, mostly typos, in the
outlines.
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