What not to do in Law School
Update: This seminar has been rescheduled. Date to be determined.
LawTutors is offering a brand new program called “What Not to Do in Law School” to help new first years navigate how to most effectively study, use class time and prepare for exams.
The program will teach first year law students how to best spend their study time, how to outline, the pros and cons of study groups and commercial outlines, and how to prepare for and ace an exam!
The seminar will be taught by LawTutor’s President and Vice President, Tania Shah and Melissa Gill, and, like all LawTutor’s, seminars it will be interactive. The seminar will not be a full day of lecture, but rather Melissa and Tania offering advice and then giving you, the incoming law student, an opportunity to put that advice to use and practice and discuss what you just learned.
In addition, Tania and Melissa will be joined by other Attorney Instructors who will be offering advice and sharing stories. LawTutors will also have many of their current third year students and recent graduates on hand, so that incoming law students may ask questions and get to know law school from a student perspective, to help you along, and to network.
Lunch and materials will be provided. Materials include “Strategies and Tactics for the First year,” “Law School In a Box,” “LawTutors’ Big Pictures, Little Essays,” “LawTutor’s Big Picture CDs,” as well as practice exams, outlines and charts that you will go over during the seminar.
The fee is $295, which includes the seminar, lunch and all materials.
Please contact the office at 617-738-4800 or email us at info@lawtutors.net to sign up or for more information.
*Please note that the seminar is a small group seminar, meaning there will be NO MORE than 10 students in the seminar. In addition, the entire seminar is fairly interactive; nothing is videotaped or scripted, and students will always have an opportunity to ask questions and participate.
AGENDA
| 10:00 – 10:15 Intro | What to expect during the seminar |
| 10:15 – 11:15 Effective Study Skills | How to make the best use of your study time; including how to outline after class, how to synthesize what you learned and what to do with all those case briefs. |
| 11:15 – 12:15 Why You Should Be Outlining | *Choosing a method and outline that is best for you (looking at different types of outlines). *What the purpose is of outlining. *What needs to be in your outline. |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 IRAC or CREAC | *How to outline for your exam and other legal writing. *We will be using practice mini essays to illustrate how to practice legal writing. |
| 2:00 – 3:00 Studying For Finals | *How to use your outline most effectively. *How to use practice essays most effectively. *How on earth should you be using your study time before finals? |
| 3:00 – 3:45 Panel: What you wish you would have known | Panel with LawTutors Attorney Instructors and upper level students on what to expect during exams, how they prepared, what made them successful and things they would do differently if they had to do it all over again. Students will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panel. |
| 3:45 – 4:00 Networking Break | Students will get to talk to those that were on the panel, if they have any lingering questions. |
| 4:00 – 5:15 The Big Picture | Melissa and Tania will walk students through a practice exam, from how to issue spot to how to write it. |
