The Law Preview Lawyer Roundtable Series gives you a look into the minds of diverse lawyers from across the country. Get advice on everything from your 1L year to how to leverage a mentorship opportunity in law school, and throughout your legal career. In celebration of Black History Month, we’re highlighting seven accomplished African American […]
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The Law Preview Lawyer Roundtable Series gives you a look into the minds of diverse lawyers from across the country. Get advice on everything from your 1L year to how to leverage a mentorship opportunity in law school, and throughout your legal career. In celebration of Black History Month, we’re highlighting seven accomplished African American
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The Law Preview Lawyer Roundtable Series gives you a look into the minds of diverse lawyers from across the country. Get advice on everything from your 1L year to how to leverage a mentorship opportunity in law school, and throughout your legal career. In celebration of Black History Month, we’re highlighting seven accomplished African American
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Every summer, incoming 1L students looking to get a jump start ask me what books they should read over the summer. I know that there are plenty of blogs out there that advise entering law students to read the Examples & Explanations Series from Aspen Publishers or, perhaps, to review the 1L outline series from
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When I saw this negative thread about law school prep courses on Reddit, I got a lump in my throat. Instantly, my life’s work was invalidated and I was essentially branded a snake oil salesman. It happens every year around this time — people without any idea about what we do, opine that a law
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“Socratic Method” are two words that annually provoke anxiety among thousands of entering law students. So, I thought I’d take a moment to properly define what that is and how it differs from the Case Method. All Teaching Methods Are Not Created Equally People incorrectly interchange the terms “Socratic Method” and “Case Method” — so
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Guest Blogger: Anita Western, Law and Technology Anita Western is a 3L at Michigan State University College of Law with a trustee scholarship and a passion toward the issues that arrive at the intersection of law and technology. Prior to law school, she earned three bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice, Spanish and Political Science. Anita works
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If you attend law school — especially a school like University of Chicago Law School where Law and Economics envelopes the pedagogy — you’ll learn that by applying economic theory to the analysis of law, theorists can explain: the effect of laws, which legal rules are reasonable and economically efficient, and, ultimately, accurately predict the
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Student question: I took your July Law Preview course at Columbia. I did decently well during my first semester, but would like to improve. I’m currently in the top 1/3 of my class, but would like to do better. After meeting with my professors regarding my exams, I’ve discovered that my weakness is issue spotting.
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Guest Blogger: Anita Western, Law and Technology Anita Western is a 3L at Michigan State University College of Law with a trustee scholarship and a passion toward the issues that arrive at the intersection of law and technology. Prior to law school, she earned three bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice, Spanish and Political Science. Anita works
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