About Sean
I started tutoring because I remembered what it felt like to know the law cold and still not write the answer that earned an A. That gap — between knowing the material and performing on the exam — is what I help students close.
I hold a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where I finished in the top 10% of my class and served on the Law Review. After law school, I clerked for a federal judge, then practiced at several litigation boutiques. I currently work in federal court.
The doctrine I teach isn’t material I last touched in school. I draft federal motions, briefs, and orders every week. When I work with a 1L on Civil Procedure, I'm working with a body of law I'm actively using.
My approach
Most law school tutoring stops at the rule. I focus on what comes after: how to spot the issue, how to outline the answer in a way a grader can follow, and how to write under pressure in the style your specific professor rewards.
That requires individualized work. I learn your casebook, your professor’s exam patterns, your strongest and weakest doctrinal areas, and your timeline. From there I build out custom materials — outlines, practice exams, hypotheticals, edits on your written work — targeted to what’s actually slowing you down.
The same principle applies whether you're a 1L, an LSAT student, or a bar taker. There’s no fixed curriculum and no generic strategy. There’s a baseline of skills every law student needs to master, and then there’s the specific gap between where you are and where you want to be. That gap is what we work on.
Working together
Tutoring is something I do alongside my legal practice, so I keep my caseload limited. That lets me give each student real individual attention — building out materials tailored to their casebook, professor, and timeline rather than offering off-the-shelf curriculum.
If you’d like to talk through where you are and what you would like to work on, book a free consultation.