Licensed Attorney, Juris Doctor (JD) Notre Dame Law & Certified IEC

Ron R.

Bar Exam

I have over five years of experience tutoring law students and bar exam candidates on a variety of legal subjects. As a California attorney, I have helped students prepare for the California Bar Exam and understand the subjects covered on the exam, including Contracts, Torts, Civ Pro, Crim Law, Crim Pro, Con Law, and Property. My tutoring focuses on clarifying concepts, analyzing fact patterns, and developing strategies to improve students' performance and confidence. I structure our sessions to give students the tools and frameworks they need to effectively self-study and prepare for the Bar Exam on their own. My goal is to help students develop a thorough understanding of legal principles and the ability to apply those principles to complex scenarios.

Career Development

As a student career counselor at UCLA from 2010-2013, I assisted undergraduate and graduate students with mock interviews, career building, redesigning resumes, job search, industry research, cover letter writing, professional ethics, leadership building, workplace etiquette, and professional communications. As an Elementary, Middle and High School Counselor at Wat Ban Khun, a school for novice monks, I provided career counseling to novice monk students living in the impoverished villages of Northern Thailand to help achieve their goals to become leaders within their respective communities. As a private counselor at GE College Prep in 2014-2015, I mentored students from the beginning of their career development to the end when they receive job offers. Additionally, I helped students transition from the educational setting to the professional workplace with ease and clarity.

College Counseling

I am a certified independent educational consultant (IEC), I provided academic, admissions, college, and career counseling for students to help organize their curriculums, study skills, college application essays, mock interviews, & higher education academic planning. All my clients were admitted to various top universities as Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. Additionally, I provide academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. Through my time as a student at Notre Dame Law School and UCLA, I mentored various students of all ages from elementary school, middle school, and high school, to college, graduate school, and adults to achieve their academic, career, and life goals. Furthermore, I provided college counseling to high school seniors and college transfer students and assisted with their application processes, from start to finish.

English

As a tutor at GE College Prep, I provided SAT & ACT tutoring to all my students, each averaging an increase of 100+ points in the Critical Reading section which tests English vocabulary, reasoning, and English reading comprehension skills. All my students were admitted to various top universities like Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. As a tutor and college counselor at Varsity Tutors, I provided academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as English, Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, SAT II English Subject Tests, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. At UCLA and Notre Dame Law School, I taught English to various students of all ages from elementary school, middle school, and high school, to college, graduate school, and adults to achieve their academic, career, and life goals.

Government & Politics

I was a former teacher at a local high school teaching U.S. Government and Politics as part of Notre Dame Law School's curriculum. I received my J.D. from Notre Dame Law School and took various classes related to the U.S. Government such as Constitutional Law, Legal Research, Advanced Legal Research: Local Governments and Municipalities, and Street Law. Additionally, I recently took the July 2018 California Bar, which requires specializations in understanding U.S. Government, Politics, and Law & Regulations.

Law

At Notre Dame Law, I took a rigorous courseload each 1L, 2L, and 3L year and became proficient in teaching the following classes: Civil Procedure, Business Law, Legal Writing, Contracts Law, UCC, Property Law, Criminal Law, Tort Law, Trusts Law, Wills Law, Estates Law, Constitutional Law, Corporations, Professional Responsibilities, Criminal Procedure, Partnerships & Agency, Community Property, Evidence, Business Associations, Advanced Legal Research, Information Privacy Law, Bankruptcy Law, Banking Law, Higher Education Law, Critical Legal Theory, Education Law, Jurisprudence, Employee Benefits Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law & Economics, Launching New Ventures, Legal Design, Law & Technology, Federal Income Taxation, Asian American Jurisprudence, Civil Rights Law, Corporate Reorganizations, Telecommunications Law.

Proofreading

As a tutor and college counselor at GE College Prep, I provided academic, admissions, college, and career counseling for students to help organize their curriculums, study skills, proofread college application essays from the initial drafts to the final edits, mock interviews, & proofreading resumes. All my clients were admitted to various top universities as Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. As a tutor and college counselor at Varsity Tutors, I provided academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as Proofreading, Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. At UCLA and Notre Dame Law School, I taught such subjects as English, Proofreading, and Writing to various students of all ages from elementary school, middle school, and high school, to college, graduate school, and adults to achieve their academic, career, and life goals. Additionally, I provided college counseling to high school seniors and college transfer students and assisted with proofreading their whole applications from start to finish.

Public Speaking

I led numerous public speaking engagements and presentations about corporate compliance, privacy rights, and laws in the workplace to employees, employers, non-profit organizations, and vendors. As a tutor and academic counselor, I counseled and tutored students on how to improve their public speaking skills, demeanor while speaking, controlling the room, the projection of voice, and persuasive engagement of the audience. I taught U.S. Politics & Public Speaking for 11th and 12th graders at Adams High School. At Notre Dame, I presented legal papers and keynote addresses at numerous educational engagements, classes, corporate and nonprofit board meetings.

Reading

As a tutor at GE College Prep, I provided SAT & ACT tutoring to all my students, each averaging an increase of 100+ points in the Critical Reading section which tests vocabulary, reasoning, and reading comprehension skills. All my students were admitted to various top universities like Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. As a tutor and college counselor at Varsity Tutors, I provided academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as Reading, Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, SAT II English Subject Tests, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. At UCLA and Notre Dame Law School, I mentored taught Reading and English to various students of all ages from elementary school, middle school, and high school, to college, graduate school, and adults to achieve their academic, career, and life goals.

SAT Writing

As a tutor at GE College Prep, I provided SAT & ACT tutoring to all my students, each averaging an increase of 100+ points in the Critical Reading section which tests English vocabulary, reasoning, and English reading comprehension skills. I also taught my students how to write a nearly perfect to a perfect Essay portion of the SAT, which all of them student received nearly perfect and perfect scores as a result. All my students were admitted to various top universities like Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. As a tutor and college counselor at Varsity Tutors, I provided academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as SAT Writing, Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, SAT II English Subject Tests, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. When I attended UCLA and Notre Dame Law School, I taught SAT Writing to high school students.

Spelling

As a tutor at GE College Prep, I provided SAT & ACT tutoring to all my students, each averaging an increase of 100+ points in the Critical Reading section which tests English vocabulary, reasoning, and English reading comprehension skills. Additionally, as an academic counselor, I proofread their personal statements for spelling errors and grammar mistakes. All my students were admitted to various top universities like Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. As a tutor and college counselor at Varsity Tutors, I provided academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as Spelling, English, Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, SAT II English Subject Tests, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. At UCLA and Notre Dame Law School, I taught English and Spelling to various students of all ages from elementary school, middle school, and high school, to college, graduate school, and adults to achieve their academic, career, and life goals. To ensure the highest standard of professionalism in writing briefs and academic papers as a law student, I developed the skill to always triple check everything that I wrote for spelling and grammatical errors.

Study Skills

As a tutor and college counselor at GE College Prep, I provided teaching healthy study skills, organization, and time management to students to complement my academic, admissions, college, and career counseling for students. I helped them organize their curriculums, study skills, college application essays, mock interviews, & higher education academic planning. All my clients were admitted to various top universities as Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Notre Dame, Duke, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Stanford. As a tutor and college counselor at Varsity Tutors, I provided academic tutoring for elementary, middle, high school, college, and graduate students in various subjects such as Study Skills & Organization, Communications, Business, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, College Admissions Writing, Writing, Law, History, English, International Studies, Law, Political Science, Reading Comprehension, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Constitutional Law, & ESL/ELL. Additionally, I prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, LSAT, and TOEFL. At UCLA and Notre Dame Law School, I mentored various students of all ages from elementary school, middle school, and high school, to college, graduate school, and adults to help them develop healthy study and organization skills throughout their academic, career, and life trajectories. Additionally, I provided college counseling to high school seniors and college transfer students and assisted with their application processes, from start to finish, teaching them to cultivate their healthy study habits and skills at the same time.

Thai

I am Thai American. My parents immigrated from Thailand and I was born and raised in the U.S. I am proficient in conversational Thai and have years of experience teaching Thai to Americans and Europeans who wanted learn elementary Thai to retire in Thailand. I am very involved with the Thai and Thai American community, helping out with different volunteering opportunities hosted by the Thai Consulate General-Los Angeles. I am a previous award recipient for the Royal Thai Consulate General-LA's Thai American Political Internship.

Writing

I have extensive 10+ years of experience in tutoring and counseling, especially helping middle school to high schoolers understand the different challenges of the English subject, ranging from reading comprehension, speed reading, finding the logical sequences, and spelling to standardized testing of English and writing, narrative writing, research papers, dissertations, projects and all facets of writing and English.