Duke Law School

Duke Law Students


First-year grades are important -- very important. Your 1L grades at Duke University School of Law will not only determine your eligibility for law review and other honors, but will dictate what job opportunities are available when you graduate. This is because the most selective legal employers recruit law students at the beginning of their second year, and they often will only interview law students who finished at the top of their 1L class. Given the staggering cost of a legal education, and a highly competitive legal hiring market, adopting a trial-and-error approach as a 1L is a flawed strategy. Learn why preparing for the challenges you will face during your first year of law school can help protect the substantial investment you are about to make in your legal education.



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What Duke University School of Law Students Say

More than 99% of our surveyed customers have said Law Preview met or exceeded their expectations:

Law Preview was helpful in that I found out how law school worked before I got to law school, so that it wasn't all completely new. Like pretty much all law students, I was overwhelmed when classes started, but I feel like I would have been much more so without Law Preview.

—Anonymous, Duke University School of Law, Class of 2013

I would gladly recommend this program to anyone who wants to learn the secret of success in law school. As I began to prepare myself for the first year, I began to panic. I had been out of school, in the work world for five years. I had taken the LSATs a few years ago and really felt as though I had NO idea what I was getting into. I was right. Without Law Preview I would have been lost. While many of my classmates were panicking, I arrived with the perspective and the head start I needed to survive this first year. I have used my Law Preview notes to review concepts in each of my courses and also to study for exams. I have also stayed in touch with my Law Preview professors and sought their assistance during the academic year. . . . The in-class instruction and the follow-up support cannot be beaten! Thanks again.

—Janna L., Duke University School of Law, Class of 2003

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