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Given how busy law school can get, you may be hesitant to add yet another thing to your plate, especially if it involves yet more reading. But if you have the space in your schedule and your school offers reading groups, check out the listings and see if anything catches your eye. Reading groups tend to be low commitment and low stress, while providing a lot of benefits, especially for 1L students.
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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing Proximate Cause – a subtopic of Negligence in Tort Law.
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Spring is an exciting time for law school applicants. Admissions results have been trickling in over the winter and, by now you have probably heard back from most of the schools on your list: either acceptance, rejection, or waitlist. For the schools who admitted you, the tables have turned: they are now trying to impress you and convince you to choose them over other schools. As part of this, during March and April most law schools open their doors to accepted students, providing the chance to meet professors and current students, attend classes, and tour the campus. [Read more…] about How to Take Advantage of Admitted Student Days
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have attorney and author Eve Rodsky back with us to discuss, amongst other things, her latest book, Find Your Unicorn Space.
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I started law school thinking that the bar exam was a post-law school problem, only to find that one exam can be taken as soon as post 1L year — the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, or MPRE! The MPRE is a two-hour, 60-question multiple choice exam that tests your ability to apply legal ethics or professional conduct standards to hypothetical legal practice scenarios. (Here is a great overview of the exam.)
While I didn’t want to think about the bar exam so soon, I quickly found that it would be advantageous to take the MPRE sooner rather than later. In fact, I would recommend taking it soon after you take Legal Ethics at your law school — I took it during my 1L summer, but also have several classmates who took it during their 2L year. It’ll be one less thing on your plate when the bar exam rolls around. The MPRE is offered three times a year: for 2023, it will be offered in March, August and November.
Here are 3 steps you can take to prepare for success on the MPRE!
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re chatting with our career consultant Sadie Jones about why a career in BigLaw might not be for everyone.
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