Tina Schindler

Associate Director of Academic Skills

Professor Schindler has designed academic and bar exam support programs, created innovative curricula, directed bar preparation programs as well as pre-admission law school programs, taught courses and workshops in all California bar tested subjects, and published books that enable students to pass both the essay and performance test portion of the California Bar Exam. She co-authored several popular and highly rated bar preparation books covering every component and subject tested on the California Bar Exam.

In addition to teaching and publishing on bar exam subjects and test taking strategies, she has also graded and lectured for several bar preparation companies. She has also served on several committees related to bar passage for the Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE). As an expert in the field of academic and bar support, Professor Schindler has been invited to present on bar exam topics at multiple national conferences as well as the California State Bar. She has taught MBE subject specific workshops for schools across the country. She has also taught doctrinal courses including Civil Procedure I and II, Professional Responsibility, and Remedies.

Prior to her academic career, Professor Schindler drafted patent applications and worked with clients to earn patents for their innovative inventions. She has taken the patent bar exam through the USPTO and is a licensed patent agent.

Professor Schindler has a passion for teaching and helping students achieve success regardless of the subject she is teaching. She has worked with several schools to create curriculum that has enabled at risk students to succeed in law school. Her innovative curriculum has also resulted in increased bar passage rates at every school she has worked with. It is these successful student outcomes that she looks forward to continuing while joining the University of California, Irvine School of Law.

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