I'm a recent graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Law. I scored a 171 on the LSAT (98th percentile), hold a B.A. in Political Science/International Relations from UC San Diego, and recently sat for the California Bar Exam.
Teaching has run through my career even when it wasn't my title. Before law school, I spent several years as a paralegal manager at a Los Angeles firm, training a large team one-on-one until complex legal procedures became second nature. In law...
I'm a recent graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Law. I scored a 171 on the LSAT (98th percentile), hold a B.A. in Political Science/International Relations from UC San Diego, and recently sat for the California Bar Exam.
Teaching has run through my career even when it wasn't my title. Before law school, I spent several years as a paralegal manager at a Los Angeles firm, training a large team one-on-one until complex legal procedures became second nature. In law school, I served as a journal editor, teaching citation and style standards to junior editors and line-editing scholarly articles against the Chicago Manual of Style. I also worked as a faculty research fellow revising course materials and mentored incoming summer associates.
What connects the LSAT and writing is argument. Both come down to the same three moves: identify the claim, test whether the evidence supports it, and find the gap where the reasoning breaks. That's the lens I bring to every session.
On the LSAT, my method is to diagnose, then drill. We'll start with a timed official PrepTest to map your performance by question type, build untimed mastery in your weak areas, then layer timing back in. I emphasize blind review, re-attempting missed questions before checking answers, because lasting gains come from understanding why wrong answers are wrong. I teach the current format using official LawHub materials. Since I just went through law school admissions myself, I'm also glad to talk schools, scholarships, and application strategy.
On writing, I work through the whole process rather than marking up a finished page: brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising. Most of the problems I see aren't grammar problems but structural ones, where the thesis is buried, the paragraphs don't build, or the evidence never quite connects to the claim. I help with argumentative and analytical essays, research papers, personal statements, and line-level proofreading against whatever style guide your assignment requires.
