What law students should know before entering law school
LEGAL READER — Law school is very demanding on your time. In my 1L year, I had to take five classes per semester, each of which averaged more than a hundred pages of assigned reading per week. I also took a legal writing course, which required me to complete research and writing assignments. It was easy…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professors at the University of Virginia School of Law have a few tips for first-year J.D. students to consider as they begin choosing their first elective courses for the spring.
Read More about University of Virginia Law faculty shares advice on choosing law school electivesRecent University of Virginia Law graduate Camilo Garcia offers advice to current students
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Camilo Garcia has earned the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence by graduating with the highest GPA in the University of Virginia School of Law’s Class of 2022.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — There are many positive reasons to join law student organizations like meeting new people, learning about new areas of the law, and developing connections, to name a few. However, law student organizations can also take your valuable time away from your studies.
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LEGAL CHEEK — Legal Cheek has compiled a non-exhaustive list of some Latin phrases and literary references that should help incoming law students to impress their professors and tackle tricky judgments.
Read More about Literary references and Latin phrases law students should learnAdvice on being a productive scholar
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Not every academic wants to be as productive as the late G. Michael Pressley. A professor of education and psychology at Michigan State University, Pressley had published more than 350 articles and books by the time he died in 2006. But most scholars — emerging and seasoned alike —…
Read More about Advice on being a productive scholarHow rankings factor into choosing a school
MARKETPLACE — Prospective college students — like most other humans — are drawn to names they know. “The college universe is kind of shaped by name brands,” said Jennifer Jessie, a college consultant in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. “That starts really early. So if you watch any TV show, any movie in the Marvel…
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LEGAL TALK NETWORK — If you are studying for the July bar exam, you’re not going to memorize every flashcard for the Multistate Bar Examination, and that’s OK. You can still pass.
Read More about Podcast: Lawyers offer advice to bar exam test takersOpinion: Law students should learn concepts over taking practice tests when preparing for the bar exam
THE NATIONAL JURIST — One of the biggest mistakes you can make while preparing for the bar exam is wasting valuable time doing thousands of multiple-choice questions to improve your accuracy rate. Many bar exam takers waste time and energy on this, only to find out later they failed the bar exam because they didn’t…
Read More about Opinion: Law students should learn concepts over taking practice tests when preparing for the bar examUniversity of Texas Law student Nikita Mhatre discusses her advocacy for women’s rights
NPR — Many young people are reckoning with a post-Roe reality. For student activists across the country, that means questions about what comes next. Nikita Mhatre is a student at the University of Texas School of Law. She’s also co-president of a student chapter of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.
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