The closer you get to law school, the more anxious you get. It’s okay! It happens. Being a first-year law student is all about getting to the top, and not losing your mind while trying. After that, it’s smooth sailing (or at least smoother sailing). The truth is, starting law school is an adjustment. It […]
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Guest Blogger: Kate Fox, 1L Student Kate Fox is a 1L at University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a social media intern for BARBRI Law Preview. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, obtaining a degree in Marketing with a minor in Applied Statistics. As a first year, she has secured a summer legal internship with
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Guest Blogger Kate Fox from University of Pittsburgh School of Law tells us about her experience during the first year of law school and what it was like to be a top law student. Law school is stressful. It is difficult. It is competitive. As I’m sure you’ve read or heard, grades are extremely important, and
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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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There’s a lot of speculation in the news about law school applicants from this admissions cycle. Who are they? What’s motivating their interest in pursuing a law degree? Did they take the LSAT or the GRE (or both)? Rather than speculate, we thought we’d take a moment to ask them some questions (anonymously, of course!)
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Guest Blogger: Kate Fox, 1L Student Kate Fox is a 1L at University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a social media intern for BARBRI Law Preview. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, obtaining a degree in Marketing with a minor in Applied Statistics. As a first year, she has secured a summer legal internship with
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Guest Blogger: Kate Fox, 1L Student Kate Fox is a 1L at University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a social media intern for BARBRI Law Preview. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, obtaining a degree in Marketing with a minor in Applied Statistics. As a first year, she has secured a summer legal internship with
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Nobody ever said law school was easy, but we promise it’s worth it! As you approach your first semester of law school, the anxiety might start to kick in. But it doesn’t have to. Law Preview Law School Prep Courses help you prepare for law school before your peers, giving you a competitive advantage and
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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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