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What to Wear to Law School Orientation

Law School Orientation: Your Guide To Dressing the Part

Law school orientation is quickly approaching. Many 1L students may wonder what to wear to law school orientation.

I distinctly remember the eve of my first day, and the anxiety that followed. I could not figure out whether I should wear a suit, and take the risk of being overdressed, or jeans, and make the mistake of being underdressed.

For these reasons, we wrote a brief guide on how to dress for law school orientation. This includes what to wear to law school orientation, and what not to wear.

Keep in mind that these are just some tips to help you make your best first impression (and also help you feel the most comfortable) during law school orientation. It is never fun to feel super-over or under-dressed. These tips will help you wear something that is appropriate and yet professional. Read more

Ready, Set, Start!- Gearing Up For Your First Week of Law School

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Ready, Set, Start!- Gearing Up For Your First Week of Law School

This advice comes from a legal writing professor who has helped several students through orientation and through the first week of law school! She has seen both the best way to approach it as well as mistakes that students commonly make! We hope that you enjoy her advice and article! Read more

I Need Help in Law School. What Should I Do?

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I Need Help in Law School. What Should I Do? Realizing you need help in law school, and then acting on it is difficult. However, the speed of law school courses and the volume of material that you learn daily is too great to sit on the fence about getting help. If you wait too long, you might find yourself extremely behind. Not to mention, overwhelmed! So, if you are reading this post—Congrats! You’ve taken the first step to getting help! Here are our recommendations for what you should do: Read more

What Classes Should I Take in Law School?

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What Classes Should I Take in Law School? If you are in your first year of law school, you will likely have a predetermined schedule. However, many students have a lot more leeway in determining their classes their second year of law school. Read more

Top Five 1L Legal Writing tips

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Top Five 1L Legal Writing tips: As you start your first year of law school, you will be surprised by how much advice you will receive from …everyone! What follows however, is some great advice as you prepare for one of your most important classes, Legal Writing. This is written by a legal writing professor who has seen the same mistakes made by 1L’s – over and over! Read more

“I am Worried about Starting Law School”

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“I am Worried about Starting Law School”

I am Worried about Starting Law School: There are many reasons people worry about starting law school: Some worry that they will “fail out” or not do well and disappoint everyone. Others are worried about the public speaking aspect of it (“I will look like a fool when I am called on.”). Others worry that they won’t find a job. Or that they will hate law school. There are lots of reasons why you may be worried about starting law school.

In many ways, it is easy to worry because law school is, in many ways, “the unknown.” It is a different game than undergrad. You do not know exactly what to expect. And it doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being easy and fun. So, below we list five steps to take if you are worried about starting law school. Read more

Five Tips for Starting Law School

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Five Tips for Starting Law School: With law school orientations set to being shortly, we thought it was appropriate timing to give our five tips for starting law school. These are things that you should keep in mind from the beginning of law school. These five tips for starting law school will help keep you balanced and grounded. They will help you succeed in law school. Not only that, but they maximize your chances of being employed after law school! Read more

How to Succeed in Law School—by a #1 Law Student

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How to Succeed in Law School—by a #1 Law Student In this post, we discuss how to succeed in law school. Success in law school is so important—especially your first year of law school. If you do well your first year of law school (besides potential scholarship or transfer opportunities available) you will maximize your […]

How do I survive the Socratic method in law school?

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How do I survive the Socratic method in law school?

The structure of most law school classes is probably unlike any other class you have been in. Instead of coming to class to be lectured at for the majority of the period, you will be expected to participate heavily. Many professors employ the classic Socratic method and randomly call on a few students throughout class. Some professors put their own unique spin on the method and allow students to sign up for the days that they will be on call or they simply assign you dates that you will be called upon and they tell you the dates of your assignment. Regardless of your professors’ approaches, the following tips should help you through your on call experiences: Read more

How to Network in Law School

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How to Network in Law School:

For many law students, the word “Networking” is a “dirty word”. It seems most students either love it or hate it, and those who hate it often feel uncomfortable with the idea of marketing themselves at networking events or using others as a stepping stone in their career path. However, networking doesn’t have to be a “dirty word,” and students need not feel uncomfortable with the true purpose of networking, which is not using others to advance their careers. Instead, networking is about forming lasting and reciprocal relationships. Read more

Pre-Law and 1L Tip: When to Avoid Using Passive Voice in Legal Writing

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The Perils of Passive Voice in Legal Writing

As a first-year student in law school, (1L), your schedule will include several required courses. One of the most important classes which you will take is Legal Writing. In Legal Writing, students learn how to conduct legal research, and how to write both objectively (i.e., legal memoranda) and, as an advocate (e.g., a trial brief or an appellate brief). (We will discuss writing objectively and as an advocate another time.) Read more

How to Read a Law School Case

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In this post, we tell you not only how to read a law school case, but also how to “speed read” it. That is, how to read a case quickly and efficiently so that you are getting everything you need to get out of it without spending all of your time on cases. Read more

Practice Civil Procedure Jurisdiction Question

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Do you have a Civil Procedure exam coming up? Try out our practice civil procedure jurisdiction question below! It is about an attorney named Mike who gets a job at Peers and Zpector. It contains personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction issues. If you would like the model answer, sign up for a tutoring session with us so we can go over it together. We also have an Erie question that goes with this that we will give you if you sign up for a tutoring session. Hope you enjoy the Suits references :) Read more

How to Take Law School Practice Exams

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How to Take Law School Practice Exams

Are you getting ready for your law school final exams? Are you wondering how to take law school practice exams to maximize your final grades? In this post, we tell you how.

There are four simple steps about how to take law school practice exams in order to maximize your score.

Law School Exam Help: Three Steps to Succeeding on a Law School Exam

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Law School Exam Help – Breaking Down How to Succeed

We have been getting a lot of inquiries from students who say they are struggling with a specific class or a specific exam and ask us how to succeed on a law school exam, especially when exams are coming up so soon. Many students have just one or two classes that are especially bothering them. We constantly hear things like, “I feel okay about Criminal Law but I am really worried about Contracts! Any advice for Contracts?” Here is a quick guide on how you can succeed on those law school exams that you feel the least confident about. We also offer other methods of law school exam help (such as tutoring) which we discuss below as well. Read more