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Law school is primarily about learning the law, attending classes, and studying for exams. However, there are other important resources offered at almost all law schools to help students thrive while enrolled and succeed after graduation in a career. This article explores various services offered by almost every law school to help you also succeed beyond the classroom.
Congratulations! You have completed your first year of law school! You are now 1/3 of the way through your law school journey. Now the question becomes how to spend your summer before your second year of law school. In this post, we discuss ten things students can focus on during their 1L summer.
Attending law school is an incredibly exciting – but also nerve-wracking – endeavor. As you have likely already heard, law school differs from college (or any other previous educational experience!). For that reason, incoming 1Ls frequently wonder what to expect in law school. Read on to find out the top 5 things you can expect in law school!
When preparing for law school, most people immediately think about study habits, class participation, and managing final exams. While it is important to focus on those aspects of law school, this post focuses on something equally as important—how to cultivate a positive mindset in law school. In the midst of academic pressure, competitive personalities, and let’s face it, the bar exam always lurking in the background, law school can present some pretty significant challenges to staying upbeat. To help set you on the right path, we’ve provided you with five ways to cultivate a positive mindset in law school.
Getting into good habits in law school is a must, and starting those habits during your first year of law school can be incredibly beneficial. Law school is a different challenge than undergrad. We have found most students in their first year try to apply the same their same strategies that they have used throughout their education. However, law school offers a unique set of challenges and therefore, students should adopt a different set of approaches to succeed in law school. In this post, we discuss ten key habits of successful law students.
It’s no secret that law school can be incredibly difficult. Preparing for class, having one final exam make up your entire course grade, and just the sheer amount of material you have to work through can be overwhelming. Today, we focus on law school tutoring. This can be a great options for those who feel overwhelmed or who need some additional support throughout their law school studies. Read on as we do a Q&A with a law school tutor!
A trip through your local bookstore likely yields many books touting endless advice about how to successfully navigate the difficulties of law school. Unfortunately, there tends to be a dearth of guidance when it comes to navigating law school…with a family. This post hopes to help those who are taking more than just a backpack off to law school. Here, we compile our best advice for managing family obligations while in law school.
The first semester of law school can be exhilarating, energizing, and exhausting all at the same time. Then those few weeks hit, where you’re likely spending time with friends and family for the holidays, but in the back of your mind, you’re just waiting to receive your grades from the first semester, eagerly waiting to see how well all your hard work paid off. The moment the grades come in may be filled with the feelings of “Wow, look at that! Maybe I can actually do this whole lawyer thing!” But for many others, the reality looks more like, “What?… How can that be?… I worked so hard!… I’ve never had a final grade this low before.” We’re here to tell you that scoring lower than expected on your first round of law school exams is not rare, and we’re here to help you improve your second-semester law school grades!
With 10 minutes left, you submit the last exam of your first semester of law school. You close your laptop and walk down to the proctor to turn in your paperwork. As you exit the exam room, a feeling of elation and relief washes over you. You did it! You completed your first semester of law school despite some back-to-back final exams. Now what? While you are waiting for your exam grades to come out, make sure to take some time for yourself and prepare for the road ahead. Here are some ideas to help you get ready for your second semester of law school!
You did it! Another semester finished, and another calendar year behind you. Whether you are a 1L, 2L, 3L, or a night student, you likely just finished final exams and are on your way to the next semester and are feeling the pressure to do well in law school. With the new year right around the corner, we thought it would be helpful to put together a list of new year’s resolutions especially catered to law students.
When it comes to applying to and preparing for law school, many available resources are geared toward recent college graduates. In this post, however, we focus on those who plan to attend law school after a career change. If you find yourself in that category, read on for tips on how you can approach law school!
You open your class syllabus and find today’s date. You scroll up the page to find the most recent reading you completed. Staring back at you is the suite of readings listed for a few days, or even the past several weeks, that you have yet to complete. Looking ahead, you see that the assignments aren’t going to slow down anytime before the final exam. You may feel overwhelmed, you may feel discouraged, you may feel anxious, and you may even think about giving up. Take a deep breath (inhale-exhale). Finding yourself behind in law school is not upcoming, and it can certainly be stressful. We’re here to tell you there is almost always still an opportunity to succeed, to help you catch up in law school and find a path back to success.
JD Advising is thrilled to announce the 2022 class of JD Advising Scholars. After a very competitive application cycle, we are excited to have 50 scholars in the program. These scholars are first-year students attending law schools across the nation.
Preparing for exams in law school can be time-consuming and stress-inducing. Knowing what to expect ahead of time though can help ease your anxiety and lower your stress so that you can approach exams with confidence and be prepared to tackle the tasks ahead. While most students focus on final exams (because they usually are worth the bulk of your grade), law school midterm exams are important as well—and can even help you to better succeed on your final exams! In this post, we focus specifically on what law school midterm exams are and how to prepare for them.
Starting law school can be overwhelming, especially when you might be the only one out of your group of friends or family to ever attend. Figuring out where to start so you walk into your first class with confidence can be a daunting task. We thought we would compile a list of prelaw summer programs for underrepresented students that you can use to start your studies. There are a variety of programs to choose from! Some programs come with application requirements while others are open to all prospective law school students. Read on to learn more about prelaw summer programs for underrepresented students.
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