Pieper Courses : Advanced Tutoring Services

Advanced Tutoring Services

PIEPER BAR REVIEW PRIVATE TUTORING

Whether you are a first-time bar exam taker or you are taking it again, working with an experienced professional bar exam tutor will give you every advantage heading into the exam. Unfortunately, private tutoring is a costly commitment, and anyone, even a non-lawyer, can profess from behind the curtain of a website to be a bar exam expert. How do you know that you are hiring the best?

Over the years, countless candidates have trusted Pieper Bar Review to place them with a qualified bar exam expert to guide them through the exam process and provide personal attention to their particular needs and schedule. All Pieper tutors have successfully completed the Pieper Bar Review program, are admitted in New York State, and currently work with Pieper as editors, graders and/or bar exam consultants. These lawyers have been approved and trained by Troy G. Pieper, who keeps them abreast of changes in the law and exam and closely monitors their tutoring relationships. Mr. Pieper, the Director of and a lecturer for Pieper Bar Review, as well as an adjunct professor at The City University of New York, Fordham, Hofstra and Touro Law Schools where he teaches bar exam related courses, coordinates the Pieper Tutoring Program. Having tutored and lectured on every aspect of the bar exam for a decade, Mr. Pieper is a bar exam expert and uniquely qualified to oversee the Program. Indeed, his experience working with first-time JD and foreign-trained candidates, as well as repeat bar exam takers (he teaches the Pieper Concentrated Weekend Classes designed to assist candidates repeating the bar exam but whose schedules prevent them from taking a full bar review course) is unparalleled.

FULL SERVICE TUTORING

Pieper tutors provide candidates with substantive law clarification, technique and skills-based instruction, and constructive feedback. In that regard, Pieper Tutors tailor study schedules, identify strengths and weaknesses, assign and critique additional work, and monitor candidates' performance throughout the bar review course and right through the exam. They meet with candidates for two hours each week throughout the bar review process. Meetings are held in person at the Pieper office in Mineola or in New York City at a place designated by the tutor or, if necessary, arrangements can be made to meet on the telephone at a mutually convenient time.

Pieper Tutor $4,050.00 (18 hours* at $225 per hour)

Troy G. Pieper $5,400.00 (18 hours* at $300 per hour)
Please note that, while he conducts the bulk of his meetings in Mineola and expects students to meet him there each week, when his schedule requires him to be in NYC, Mr. Pieper tries to save candidates the short commute.

Demand for Pieper Tutors, particularly Mr. Pieper, is high, and their availability is limited. Candidates who submit payment, a completed tutoring application and their prior score sheets (where applicable) will be considered and placed on a first-come, first-served basis. Once placed with a tutor, candidates will be forwarded a tutoring retainer agreement that sets forth additional terms and conditions of the tutoring relationship. Interested candidates should choose this option at their earliest opportunity as demand for Pieper Tutors often exceeds availability; while we will make every effort to place all candidates with a tutor, submitting the application and payment will not guaranty the availability of the requested Pieper Tutor, program or geographic proximity. Of course, candidates who cannot be placed with Pieper Tutors will receive a prompt, full refund of any funds submitted for tutoring.

A LA CARTE TUTORING

Some candidates who are not enrolled in Full Service Tutoring suddenly find that they desire some immediate, personal attention with a specific aspect of the bar exam or their bar exam preparation. While Pieper Bar Review cannot guaranty tutor availability, we will try to accommodate Pieper students. In that regard, we invite these candidates to submit their request to meet with a tutor on a specified issue or set of issues (e.g., mortgages, UCC, essay writing, MPT, MBE, etc.). Subject to tutor availability and the candidate's stated need, individual tutors will endeavor to fit the requested meeting into their schedules. This option is limited, and again candidates who submit their request and payment will be considered and placed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Pieper Tutor $500.00 (one 2-hour* session) (subject to tutor availability)

Troy G. Pieper Tutor $650.00 (one 2-hour* session) (subject to tutor availability)

SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAY WRITING PROGRAM

While the Pieper Bar Review course includes 12 essays to be submitted for grading and comprehensive feedback, some students desire even more practice. This program includes an additional five prior New York State bar exam essays and one MPT for students to complete and submit as they work their way through bar review. In addition to receiving a grade, extensive feedback and a model answer for review, this program includes 30 minutes of telephonic tutoring per submission (up to 3 total hours for the six submissions) with the attorney grader who analyzed your submission. The same professional grader will work with you on all six submissions to monitor your progress and hone your bar exam writing.

Pieper Supplemental Essay Writing Program $345.00

NEW YORK STATE BAR EXAM REVIEW

Candidates unsuccessful on the NYS Bar Exam who order copy of their essays from the bar examiners may be disappointed to see that their essays are returned without comment. While the bar examiners provide above average answers, many candidates wish to go over their own exam with someone. This offering enables candidates to submit their essay and MPT responses from the most recent exam for review and extensive comment by an experienced Pieper attorney grader. The grader will critique the submissions, noting substantive law and format strengths and weaknesses and offering advice for improved performance. Along with written bar exam responses, candidates must submit their corresponding score sheet.

Pieper Bar Exam Review $195.00

* Additional hours can be added at the same hourly rate. Candidates should be aware that tutoring is a process. By choosing these tutoring packages, you must want your tutor to spend time with you, learn your strengths and weaknesses, monitor your progress and be invested in your progress and success. To effectively tutor a candidate and to make a difference in that candidate's performance, a significant time commitment is required. In that regard, the 18 hour requirements are based on our years of experience and the assumption that candidates choosing these options simultaneously will be enrolled in Pieper Bar Review. Candidates not currently enrolled in Pieper Bar Review can expect that more time with a tutor likely will be required to effectively prepare for the exam without the benefit of 175 hours of bar review lecturer.