Background

Alex Ruskell works as Co-Director of Academic Success and Bar Preparation.  He is the author of A Weekly Guide to Being a Model Law Student, Strategies and Tactics for First Year Law Students, Strategies and Tactics for the MPRE, Questions and Answers for First Year Law Students, and Strategies and Tactics for the Finz Multistate Method.  He has taught at Harvard University; the University of Iowa; the University of Massachusetts; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Roger Williams University; Kirkwood Community College; and Monterey College of Law.  He paints as The World’s Most Handsomest Artist and serves as guitarist for Les Merry Chevaliers.  According to The National Catholic Reporter, “Alex is a saint.  Seriously.”

Education

• M.F.A., The Iowa Writers’ Workshop
• A.L.M., Harvard University
• J.D., University of Texas at Austin
• B.A., English, Washington and Lee University

Scholarship 

• Guide to the NextGen Bar Exam (Aspen Publishing 2026).  
• Strategies & Tactics for Multiple Choice on the NextGen Bar Exam (Aspen Publishing 2025). 

Teaching

• Constitutional Law (LAWS 523
• Legal Analysis Workshop (LAWS 551)
• Preparing for the Multistate Performance Test (LAWS 552)
• Academic Success Programming
• Kick-Start
• Academic Skills Lab
• BePrep
• Raise the Bar