ABOUT ME

My name is Ashley Scott Kane, and I tutor bar exam students. I spent many anxiety-filled hours worrying about my future during law school. Although I had done well in undergrad, I found it difficult to make the transition to law and did terribly on my first legal writing assignment. Luckily, I had many chances to practice my legal writing. I clerked for three different law firms during my summers, and I participated in moot court. As I gained confidence in my legal writing, I found that my understanding of the law and my grades got better and better. It struck me that knowing legal writing is the key to knowing the law, how it’s organized and how it works.

This revelation about legal writing eventually brought me to my current work. In 1999, I graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in the top ten percent of the class. While in law school, as a member of the Moot Court Board, I won the Austin W. Scott Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy. I also placed as a semi-finalist in the western regional competition of the ABA’s moot court competition in Phoenix, Arizona. Following law school, I clerked for the Honorable Edward W. Nottingham in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. I also practiced as a litigation attorney at various law firms, where I litigated cases involving employment discrimination, securities fraud, contract, and product liability claims. After several years of practice, I was a Professor of Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy at Emory School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia for two years.

Working with law students has been the highlight of my career. Unfortunately, however, I found that I could not give students the amount of time and attention that they deserved in a law school environment. Now, as a tutor, I am able to work with students individually, and I love it.