Ahead of the February 2020 Uniform Bar Exam in Massachusetts, 35 attorneys provided coaching and guidance to individuals taking the bar exam. The BBA’s Bar Exam Coaching Program matches coaches with bar applicants to support them throughout the preparation process. Coaches keep applicants on track with a study schedule and provide tips for managing time and stress.
The program also consists of workshops for both coaches and applicants. The BBA thanks Kandace Kukas of Northeastern University School of Law for her instructional workshop for coaches, as well as Jonny Schreiber of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and Adrian Velazquez of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for their workshop on the essay writing portions of the bar exam.
This program focuses particularly on assisting applicants who are retaking the bar exam in Massachusetts. Through this program, we hope to provide support and community during the stressful and sometimes isolating experience of studying for the bar exam. Thank you to all the coaches who provided support:
Eunice Aikins-Afful, Alliance Foundation Trials
Robert Friedman, Burns & Levinson LLP
Thomas Barry, Fidelity Investments
Manisha Bhatt, Greater Boston Legal Services
Luke Blackadar, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
Elizabeth Broderick, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Laura Brown, Laura Brown Law Office
Emma Days, Ropes & Gray LLP
Chantal Choi, Catalant Technologies
James Coffey, Polsinelli
Susan Corcoran, De Novo
Brook Kellerman, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
Caryn Mitchell-Munevar, New England Law Boston
Szeman Lam, Proskauer Rose LLP
Kristy Lavigne, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
Yakov Malkiel, White & Case LLP
Elizabeth Olien, Todd & Weld LLP
Patrick Niebauer, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
Julius Halstead, Goulston & Storrs PC
Nicole Phe, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Amy Pimental, McDermott Will & Emery
Andreia Ribas Precoma, MetroWest Legal Services
Alyssa Pratt, Foley Hoag LLP
Claire Sakurada, Hologic, Inc.
Stevie Leahy, Northeastern University School of Law
Katherine Stock, Miyares and Harrington LLP
Ben Towbin, Fresenius Medical Care North America
Sarah Washington, Peabody & Arnold
Emily Notini, Goodwin Procter
Michael Xavier, Prince Lobel Tye LLP
Elmira Zenger, WGBH
Tess Foley, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Tiffany Albanese, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
Rebekah Glickman-Simon, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Sheba Treworgy, Greater Boston Legal Services