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Old 11-19-2007   #1
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Looking for a good New York Bar Exam Tutor - is Joseph Marino good?

His name popped up in my Google ads. I was wondering if anyone has used him and can give me some insight into whether to hire him as my tutor or not.

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Old 11-27-2007   #2
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Re: Looking for a good New York Bar Exam Tutor - is Joseph Marino good?

Professor Joseph Marino is the Director of Marino Bar Tutors. He personaly trains and supervises all Tutors. Kind of like Whitney Roberts you know, they tutor tutors, but I don't think they really tutor bar exam takers personally anymore ;)
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Old 11-30-2007   #3
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Re: Looking for a good New York Bar Exam Tutor - is Joseph Marino good?

Hi
I was doing a Google search and saw your post. My availability as a tutor is limited. I have been preparing people for the bar exam for 34 years. I have gained the reputation as the go to person when you need to pass. Most bar tutors supplement their income and are high end amateurs. Students do not know who the tutor is. There is no standard; anyone can decide to earn a few extra bucks by tutoring. Marino Bar Tutors are professionals. They have been trained and are supervised by me. When you come to me I or my wife (in the business nearly 30 years) we will evaluate your needs (personally interview you) and set you up with the right tutor and the right course of study. Check me out at Marinobartutors.com, http://nyls.edu/pages/2683.asp, Barbri.com go to NY faculty, MICLE.net.
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Re: Looking for a good New York Bar Exam Tutor - is Joseph Marino good?

Just wanted to let you know that, if Mr Mariono's tutoring is limited, LawTutors just opened offices in New York. We do not yet have seminars in NY, but we do offer one on one tutors.

www.lawtutors.net
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Old 11-30-2007   #5
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Re: Looking for a good New York Bar Exam Tutor - is Joseph Marino good?

Hi
The reply from lawtutors posted to my email. I am confident they have good intentions. But this is the illustration of what I said in my email. I am a premier legal educator. A Marino tutor must pass my standards and be trained by me in proprietary approaches that have work for thousands of students. Some of my tutors have 20 plus years experience. It is my reputation you are relying on. We are not a referral site. When you come to Marino you deal with a Marino. When you are assigned a tutor they will be a professional educator that has a track record of success.
Again I wish the best on passing the bar.
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Old 01-29-2008   #6
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I read a post that thinks John Marino is a waste of time

Sounds like the Marino method displeased some people

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I did the BarBri Essay program in NY (Marino) and thought it was a waste
of time. They give you extra essays and while there is a good benefit
to having 2 or 3 extra essays graded, I thought the time would have
been better spent on other tasks (for the record, my essay scores
went down trying Marino's method).

I... Yeah these bar courses are doing great job of financially
raping us and what sucks is that the Bar Review Course market is
BOOMING right now. I checked out BarBri's web site and they now offer
personal tutoring services for $150 per hour (last year there was no
such page on the NYBarBri web site). No longer will free web sites
like these...Next year, one will probably have to PAY a nominal fee to access
information like what is on that web site or get basic info that all
of us are throwing around here for free (like MBE percentages, etc).
Apparently its not enough that some states like FL, CA and NJ charge
a whopping $ 500 or more to sit for their stupid exam that ends up in
a 50% pass rate. They sure know how to squeeze us dry, don't they....
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Old 01-29-2008   #7
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to be fair, he is pretty good for many

That's not fair... he is good at something.. like predictions

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I have to respectfully disagree with you about the value of
predictions. For example, BarBri in New York provides a supplemental course
called NY Essay Advantage. A man named Professor Marino teaches it.
Directly off of NYBarBri's website they advertise this course with:

1 Learn Professor Marino's four step essay writing method

*2 Learn how to write an essay on the issues and rules most frequently
tested

3 Learn how to write an essay answer even when you do not recall the
applicable law being tested

*4 Find out which issues Professor Marino believes will appear on the next
New York Bar Exam



Most people I know, including my self, really only take this course for the
predictions.



The year I took the course, 2001, he predicted one essay topic,
domestic relations, right on the nose, and he also predicted several
sub-issues elsewhere. In fairness, he also made a number of false
predictions. My understanding is that he bases his predictions on what are
the hot topics in law during the few months when the bar exam is being
written and a complicated analysis of what was topics have been tested over
the years. The extra time I spent studying his predictions, I think, paid
off. On that one domestic relations essay, I felt like I had already
written it beforehand.



I agree that spending your time studying only things that
"someone" predicts will be on the bar exam is way too dangerous and foolish,
but a well reasoned and thought out prediction can be beneficial. As study
time runs out, if one needs to choose what areas of difficulty to spend the
remaining time on, a prediction can be a useful tool.

Seth G.
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Old 05-11-2008   #8
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Re: Looking for a good New York Bar Exam Tutor - is Joseph Marino good?

Joseph Marino is a terrible professor. Do not take him for tutoring or essay advantage. His "predictions" stunk. I passed the New York Bar but his predictions for the July 2007 Exam were completely off (don't allow him to engage in spin). A friend took his February 2008 retaker course and told me it was awful. Marino, apparently runs out of time when he takes a MBE. He said this on the first day of class and repeated it. He got the course because of his father's name. His predictions on February were even worse. He predicted no professional responsibility and predicted that their would be property instead of domestic relations. He claimed contracts would likely involve anticipatory repudiation and that wills would involve a trusts essay. Look on the NY Bole website and see how close his predictions were.

He does not care about his students and the one time I tried to e-mail him I never received a response. Given that his tutors are trained by him, it is unlikely that they are any good.
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