Meet our Team

Alex

Alex

Executive Director

Alex is the Executive Director of AmeriBar. As a nationally renowned bar exam expert, he has worked with law schools throughout the country to improve student bar exam performance, and has assisted thousands of examinees in achieving their dream of becoming an attorney.

Geoff

GEOFF

DIRECTOR OF BAR EXAM SUCCESS

Geoff has been working one-on-one with students for many years. He is one of our expert tutors and live workshop instructors. 

Eric

Eric

Director of Essay Critique Program

Eric has been a part of the AmeriBar team for almost 7 years. His main responsibility is overseeing the Essay Critique Program. Eric has personally critiqued thousands of essay answers. He also conducts multiple weekly live workshops.

Amanda

Amanda

Instructor

Amanda is a law school professor and bar exam success expert. She is an AmeriBar tutor and live workshop instructor.

Marilyn

Marilyn

Instructor

Marilyn is a law school professor who teaches bar exam and legal writing classes. She is one of our expert tutors and live workshop instructors.

Susan

Susan

Director of Wellness

Susan has been helping bar examinees pass the bar for almost 20 years. She’s also taught landlord/tenant, subsidized housing regulations, and real estate transactions. Susan conducts several of AmeriBar’s live workshops each week. As an AmeriBar student, you’ll get to know Susan very well. 

Iyanna

Iyanna

Student Support Liaison

Iyanna is AmeriBar’s student support liaison. As an AmeriBar tutoring graduate, she knows what students go through, and provides support every step of the way.

Ann

Adriana

Regional Director

Adriana is the Regional Director and head of management operations. She has been an integral part of the AmeriBar team for over 15 years.

our Story

The Beginning

Alexander Nakis, AmeriBar’s Founder and Executive Director, graduated from Notre Dame Law School and embarked on a career as a commercial litigator at New York law firm, Dewey Ballantine LLP. During his years of legal practice with the firm, friends often asked him for help passing the bar exam. A sincere desire to help friends pass the bar repeatedly interrupted a successful legal career.
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Big box bar review is a problem

The Problem

The pattern Alex discovered is now all too familiar.  Big box corporate bar review companies scared law students into believing that only they had the key to passing the bar exam – for a steep price.  They herded students into lecture halls and fed them videos with little, if any, opportunity to ask questions, let alone get answers.  Those who failed had only themselves to blame . . . or did they?

  • Why was so little time and attention paid to teaching effective study strategies?
  • Why weren’t students taught test-taking techniques specific to each part of the bar exam?
  • Why were bar review courses so impersonal, inflexible, and inattentive to students?

The Solution

AmeriBar developed self-directed bar review courses and a customized, personal tutoring program, to address these questions and remedy the deficiencies found in big box corporate bar review courses.  Based upon six well-established adult learning principles, our products and services recognize that you, our partner, are internally motivated and self-directed.  You bring life experiences and knowledge to learning experiences.  You are goal oriented, relevancy oriented and practical.  As a learner, you should be respected.
The solution to big box bar review problem
AmeriBar Difference

AmeriBar is Better

  • We focus on testability so you can focus on what is likely to be tested on the bar exam.
  • We emphasize and teach practical study strategies and effective test-taking techniques so you can quickly see positive results.
  • We’re here for you with live attorney support, 55 hours every week, Monday through Friday from 9AM to 8PM, Eastern Time, plus 24/7 email support.

Don’t settle for a bar review experience that gives you an automated phone tree or foreign call center.  Call and speak with AmeriBar’s executives and you’ll see why so many successful AmeriBar students write and record testimonials supporting our courses and tutoring.

our STUDENTS

AmeriBar is really about you and tens of thousands of other legal professionals who have placed their trust in us for over two decades.

Meet Our Students

Here’s what you (our students) have told us.

  • You should expect personal service from flexible partners committed to your success.

“ I just wanted to let you know that I PASSED THE ILLINOIS BAR EXAM!   Yay! I wanted to say “thank you” so much for your wonderful bar course and great people like you who have always been supportive and nice. This is more than just a bar review course – it’s a phenomenal support system, too! AmeriBar has changed my life for the better!”

  • We’re here because you want to pass the bar exam and we want to help you do so.

“In Michigan, a passing score is 135 out of 200, and I got a score of 168 (173/200 on the MBE and 164/200 on the Michigan essays). I’m really glad to have passed, and am grateful to everyone at Ameribar for your assistance.”

  • We’re licensed attorneys who are bar exam experts and to us you are real person, a future colleague, and not just a number in a big box bar review company.

“I am just grateful that I finally found a service that was focused on my success and not just turning out a product that is produced for the masses. . . . I learned much more of the law using AmeriBar then I ever did with barbri….”

  • You deserve flexibility in your bar review course and prompt service with 24/7 access to professional tools that will help you pass the bar.

“I chose AmeriBar because it is a thorough bar review course that allowed me the flexibility to study around my own schedule… .  It’s probably the best option for studying for the bar.  High quality materials, pointed questions and flexibility. All of my interactions with the staff were positive. I always received a quick reply.”

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