UCLA Law Grad & Former Federal Clerk | Bar, Law School & Test Pre

Ben R.

I am a UCLA School of Law graduate, a former federal district court clerk, and a former litigation associate. My legal training and professional experience give me a strong foundation for tutoring law school exam writing, legal writing, bar essay strategy, and related analytical skills. In law school and legal practice, I developed extensive experience with legal research, written analysis, issue spotting, rule application, argument structure, and clear written communication. My strongest tutoring areas are helping students organize legal analysis, improve exam answers, apply facts to rules, and write in a more precise and grader-friendly way.

I also have substantial one-on-one tutoring and academic coaching experience with middle school, high school, college, and graduate-level students. I have worked with students on standardized test preparation, including SAT and ACT English, Reading, and Math, as well as writing, study skills, executive functioning, and academic planning. I am also currently pursuing graduate training in marriage and family therapy, which informs my patient, structured approach to academic coaching, especially with students managing stress, executive functioning challenges, or confidence issues.

For law and bar students, I am especially effective when students bring practice essays, outlines, model answers, class materials, or bar review materials that we can review together. I do not try to replace a full law school course or bar review program; instead, I help students use the material they are already studying more effectively by improving organization, issue spotting, rule statements, fact application, timing, and written analysis. For standardized test students, I focus on building repeatable strategies for accuracy, pacing, confidence, and test-day execution.