Our F.I.L.T.E.R. approach to Learning

F.I.L.T.E.R. stands for “Focused. Integrated. Learning. Tested. Exam. Review.” It is based on the theory that students learn faster, more efficiently and at an accelerated pace when the material is “focused” or “filtered” to the material that one has just been taught.

The Wrong Approach. The “luck of the draw” approach to essay study:
Joe attends his Bar Review Course and listens to a Torts lecture. The instructor ends the lecture after covering Intentional Torts and Negligence. After preparing his outline, Joe does three Torts essays from a standard essay book and realizes that he cannot properly answer many of the issues because they are presenting issues that he has not reviewed yet (strict liability, quasi-torts, negligence per se). Joe becomes frustrated that his learning experience has become bogged down by having to review unfamiliar material.

The Right Approach. The F.I.L.T.E.R. Method approach to essay study:
Joe attends his Bar Review Course and listens to a Torts lecture. The instructor ends the lecture after covering Intentional Torts and Negligence. Joe logs into the Essay Review Archive and selects the Topic of Torts. He then chooses the subtopic of Intentional Torts and Negligence. Joe will now have immediate access to ____ essays that have tested students on Intentional Torts and Negligence with sample answers.

The Wrong Approach. The “mindless review” approach to essay study:
Jane believes that her lack of understanding of the Supremacy Clause is a weak point. She reads the outline on Constitutional Law and buys a CD on the subject and reviews for hours. Jane then hopes she understands the Supremacy Clause.

The Right Approach. The F.I.L.T.ER. method to essay study:
Jane believes that her lack of understanding of the Supremacy Clause is a weak point. Jane logs into the ERA and chooses Supremacy Clause as a subtopic. Immediately she can choose from ______ exams that have tested on this subject. She can immediately get a taste and feel for how this issue is tested on the California Bar Exam. Jane can then reference her Constitutional Law Outline to shore up any lingering doubts about the subject.

Further, we believe that students will learn at an accelerated pace when they see how issues are tested and how they are expressed and presented in the model answers.

The F.I.L.T.E.R. System also allows students to customize their studies as well as adopt other study plans or schedules to maximize study time and efficiency!