About the Course
	WE ARE A COMPREHENSIVE HOME-STUDY BAR REVIEW COURSE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR WASHINGTON’S UNIQUE ALL-ESSAY BAR EXAM. A KEY FEATURE OF OUR COURSE IS THAT ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLY CONCISE OUTLINES AND LECTURES ARE PREPARED BY ONE PERSON! WE ALSO ARE A FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS OFFERING FRIENDLY SERVICE, AND OUR ENROLLMENT IS INTENTIONALLY LIMITED TO ENSURE YOU GET PERSONALIZED ATTENTION. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A STUDY EXPERIENCE THAT IS SIMILAR TO HAVING A PRIVATE BAR EXAM TUTOR, BUT WITHOUT THE HIGH COST OF PRIVATE TUTORING. THE INFORMATION BELOW EXPLAINS THE MANY REASONS WHY "WE’RE NOT THE BIGGEST, WE’RE JUST THE BEST!" Unsurpassed Uniformity and Quality Virtual Around the Clock Assistance Concise and Convenient Comprehensive Writing Program Exam-taking and Time Management Tips Free Appeal Assistance Program  Unsurpassed Uniformity and Quality A bar review course is only as good as the instructors who teach it. But just as law professors can vary widely in their teaching ability, there can also be a wide variation in the teaching ability of the lecturers used by some of the bar review programs in the U.S. Tesdahl's Bar Review always provides a uniformly superb level of instruction. How do we do it? * We believe in the old saying that "if you want something done right, do it yourself." That's why at Tesdahl's Bar Review, all of the outlines and lectures covering every subject on the bar exam are prepared and presented by the program's founder, D. Benson Tesdahl, Esq. (See enclosed biography.) * Mr. Tesdahl has been hailed by scores of students over the past 15 years as their favorite bar exam preparatory lecturer in Washington. His concise outlines and no-nonsense teaching style appeal to those looking for a fast, efficient and uniform way to learn the hundreds of rules of law necessary to pass the Washington bar exam. Virtual 'Round the Clock Assistance Questions often arise long after a bar review lecture is over. Indeed, many bar exam applicants discover gaps in their understanding of the law at night or on weekends when reviewing their bar review lecture notes and practice exams. To address this problem, Tesdahl's Bar Review provides its enrollees with the convenience of sending any questions they may have during the course directly to Mr. Tesdahl by e-mail for the fastest possible response. For those who do not have e-mail, we also offer "Tesdahl's toll-free tutoring line," which is a toll-free phone number that enrollees may call to leave any questions they may have during the course. All questions are answered personally by Mr Tesdahl, so our e-mail and toll-free phone assistance service is like having a personal bar exam tutor at your fingertips. During the final days before the bar exam, Mr. Tesdahl is even available to answer last-minute questions after normal business hours and on weekends! Concise and Convenient If you have been unhappy with the lengthy study materials and inconvenient lectures offered by bar review courses you have taken in the past, you will find our concise and convenient home study program to be refreshingly different.    *   With Tesdahl's Bar Review, all subjects are presented in extremely concise lectures recorded on compact disks, with each lecture averaging roughly 90 minutes per subject (except for the heavily tested subjects of Torts and Property, which are covered in about 3 hours each). You also save valuable time by not having to commute each day to a lecture hall.  Instead, our CDs allow you to listen to each subject at a quiet place and time that is most convenient for you and to replay any portion of a lecture as often as necessary.  *   Tesdahl's Bar Review also presents all subjects using the unique "PSR Study System" developed by Ben Tesdahl.  This system consists of the following three concise phases: PREVIEW:  Applicants will first preview "Tesdahl's one-page organizational framework" for each subject.   These unique overview pages are invaluable for learning the flow and interrelationship of the key issue areas that make up each substantive subject tested on the bar exam. STUDY:  With the help of CDs, applicants next study succinct "bullet-style" lecture outlines that typically average about 15 pages per subject on regular-size paper, and that includes space for note-taking!  These extremely popular outlines are the result of hundreds of hours spent by Mr. Tesdahl condensing and simplifying the law.   With Mr. Tesdahl’s outlines, you get quality, not quantity. REVIEW:  Upon completion of each lecture, Mr. Tesdahl then reduces the key exam issues for each substantive subject down to a single sheet of regular-size paper called "Tesdahl's One-Page Bar Exam Checklist."  Reviewing these checklists solidifies the knowledge gained during the lecture and sharpens recall skills.  Ask anyone who has seen Mr. Tesdahl's one-page checklists; they will tell you that there is simply nothing else quite like them! *NOTE:  Because Tesdahl's Bar Review does not use narrative-style outlines, we have no reading assignments (other than the rules of ethics).  This saves you countless hours of study time that can be better spent memorizing our unique one-page exam checklists and following our rigorous exam-writing program (as described below). Comprehensive Writing Program   To pass Washington's unique 2 1/2 day all-essay bar exam, it is absolutely essential to have extensive and carefully structured essay exam-writing practice, coupled with detailed and personalized feedback from an exam-writing expert. *   A comprehensive writing program is included as an integral part of Tesdahl's Bar Review course at no additional charge.  Our writing program includes numerous sample questions similar in difficulty to those found on the Washington Bar Exam, as well as a detailed lecture containing Mr. Tesdahl's invaluable exam-writing strategies. *   Our writing program is also extremely thorough and regimented.  During the course, applicants follow a detailed study schedule which has them write out answers to the equivalent of three full bar exams.  Applicants submit three of their practice answers to Mr. Tesdahl, who critiques them in extreme detail at strategic times during the course.  All remaining questions are supplied with detailed sample answers for self-grading.  Also, several model answers covering the three most heavily tested subjects on the bar exam (Torts, Property and Contracts) are analyzed by Mr. Tesdahl line-by-line in detailed lectures on CD we call “Tesdahl’s Instant Feedback.”  These unique lectures allow applicants to immediately identify their own weaknesses and see the right way to attack questions and write successful answers covering the most heavily tested subjects before moving on in the course. * NOTE:  To ensure uniformity in our writing program feedback, all evaluations of practice answers are done personally by Mr. Tesdahl and include in-depth, narrative-style feedback.  Indeed, Mr. Tesdahl's detailed evaluations during the course typically total at least two single-spaced pages for each practice answer! Exam-Taking and Time Management Tips Knowing the law is not enough. To pass the bar exam, you also must study with someone who knows the rules of the exam "game" and how to use those rules to your advantage. You also need an experienced person to teach you the difficult task of writing a thorough answer that will not exceed the very limited answer space provided on the Washington Bar Exam. * Our exam-writing lecture is our longest block of instruction and is presented exclusively by Ben Tesdahl, who has a remarkable exam-taking record in law school and on two state bar exams (see biography). His 15 years of experience analyzing Washington bar exam questions and his methodical exam-taking techniques have helped scores of students pass Washington's unique all-essay bar exam. * In addition, Tesdahl's Bar Review provides valuable time management tips, including a detailed daily schedule of what to study and when to rest each day leading up to the exam. We also offer the convenience of three different study schedules to accommodate your work and family commitments (as described in the Note below). * NOTE: Our "regular" study schedule is intensive and does not leave time for employment or other major distractions. It begins approximately 2 months prior to the bar exam and requires study for at least 5 hours per day, 6 days per week. However, as a special service for out-of-state attorneys and other applicants who must work full-time or part-time prior to the bar exam or who have other time commitments which preclude full-time study, we also offer 4-month and 3-month "extended study schedules" that cover the materials at a slower pace. Call if you have questions regarding which of these unique study schedules is best for you. Free Appeal Assistance Program Applicants who are unsuccessful on the Washington Bar Exam, but who are within 3-4 points of a passing score, are usually entitled to appeal up to six of their answers to the WSBA for regrading. But most applicants who attempt to select appeal choices totally on their own find themselves floundering and unsure of what to do. We have solved that problem. * Applicants who have completed our bar review course receive exam appeal assistance at no charge. During the appeal process, Mr. Tesdahl provides a detailed list of strategies to help our enrollees select which of their answers to appeal. This help is critical, since appealed test scores may go up or down upon regrading. Mr. Tesdahl's uncanny ability to help students identify answers worthy of appeal has enabled many applicants to pass the bar exam on appeal, thereby saving them the high cost and long delay of another bar exam. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN "TEAM TESDAHL" TODAY AND LET MR. TESDAHL BE YOUR PERSONAL COACH FOR THE BAR EXAM! SEE OUR ENROLLMENT OPTIONS FOR DETAILS

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