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Podcast Episode 567: Law Every 1L Should Know — Constitutional Law

August 4, 2026 By Law School Toolbox Team 1 Comment

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we’re discussing fundamental concepts that are taught in first-year Con Law classes. First, we’ll look at justiciability – the set of threshold doctrines that decide whether a federal court is allowed to hear a constitutional case in the first place. Then we’ll move to the individual rights side and dig into the single most important analytical tool in the entire area – the levels of scrutiny (sometimes called standards of review). We’ll finish by working through a fact pattern that ties it all together.

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In this episode we discuss:

An overview of constitutional law
Standing, and other justiciability doctrines
Levels of scrutiny
Foundational cases you’ll likely study as a 1L
A fact pattern walkthrough

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Podcast Episode 566: Law Every 1L Should Know — Criminal Law

July 28, 2026 By Law School Toolbox Team Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re diving into the fundamentals of criminal law. First, we’ll walk through the building blocks of any crime – the elements that the prosecution has to prove for someone to be found guilty. Then we’ll take those building blocks and apply them to the single most heavily tested topic in 1L Criminal Law – homicide. We’ll see how the different homicide crimes are really distinguished by the defendant’s mental state, and we’ll work through a fact pattern at the end.

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In this episode we discuss:

An introduction to criminal law
The elements of a crime, which the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
The homicide hierarchy
A fact pattern walkthrough

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Podcast Episode 564: Law Every 1L Should Know — Evidence

July 14, 2026 By Law School Toolbox Team 1 Comment

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re diving into a fundamental concept in legal trials — evidence. We’ll discuss the foundation that evidence is built around – relevance, and then we’ll focus on the most important topic in all of evidence – hearsay. We’ll learn what hearsay is, why the law distrusts it, and the major ways it still gets admitted. And we’ll finish with a fact pattern that illustrates how hearsay is tested on an exam.

Thanks to Juno for sponsoring this episode! If you’re thinking about student loans for law school, head to JoinJuno.com to explore your options and see how Juno can help you find a better rate.

In this episode we discuss:

Evidence law and relevance
What is defined as “hearsay” and what is “non-hearsay”?
Most common hearsay exceptions
A fact pattern walkthrough

Thanks for listening!

Podcast Episode 562: Law Every 1L Should Know — Personal Jurisdiction (Civil Procedure)

June 30, 2026 By Law School Toolbox Team Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re focusing on an important civil procedure topic — personal jurisdiction. We’ll discuss the two branches (general and specific jurisdiction) and we’ll analyze a fact pattern at the end of the episode.

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In this episode we discuss:

What is civil procedure?
The basics of personal jurisdiction
General and specific jurisdiction
How to analyze personal jurisdiction questions on an exam, and a sample hypothetical scenario

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Podcast Episode 560: Law Every 1L Should Know — Real Property

June 16, 2026 By Law School Toolbox Team Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re delving into real property. We’ll do a quick orientation to what property law actually covers; then we’ll talk about one of the toughest parts of 1L Property — future interests; and finally, we’ll do a deeper dive into adverse possession with a fact pattern at the end.

Thanks to Juno for sponsoring this episode! If you’re thinking about student loans for law school, head to JoinJuno.com to explore your options and see how Juno can help you find a better rate.

In this episode we discuss:

Overview of property law
A primer on future interests
A deep dive into the elements of adverse (or hostile) possession
A hypo showcasing adverse possession

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Podcast Episode 559: Law Every 1L Should Know — Torts

June 9, 2026 By Law School Toolbox Team Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re focusing on torts. We briefly go through a review of the intentional torts, and we focus more thoroughly on negligence, since it is the most heavily tested topic in 1L Torts. To illustrate how negligence is tested on an exam, we go through a sample scenario.

Thanks to Juno for sponsoring this episode! If you’re thinking about student loans for law school, head to JoinJuno.com to explore your options and see how Juno can help you find a better rate.

In this episode we discuss:

Overview of tort law
Intentional torts
The negligence framework: duty, breach, causation, damages
A hypothetical negligence claim

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