George Washington University Law Students
First-year grades are important -- very important. Your 1L grades at George Washington University Law School 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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Although the material in the brief lectures were helpful in providing a broader perspective on the courses I was taking, the greatest asset I took from Law Preview was the state of mind it put me in: I was ready to hit the ground running and attack my first semester. For most of the semester I felt that I was surrounded by people much smarter than myself and who were much more eloquent when speaking in class. However, when it came down to it, I walked out of the first semester with a 3.82, finishing in the top 15% at a very competitive law school.
GWU does not do a ranking, but I was placed in the 1%-15% bracket of 1L students, which is the highest reserved honors that GWU gives. Additionally, I received a High Pass (top 25%) in the Research Writing class, and have since made Mock Trial Executive board, had assistantships with two GW professors, and been invited to join the George Washington University Law Review. Ultimately, the first year of law school is an experience unlike anything you have ever had before. Law Preview was able to give me the tools necessary to start the first day running, something that usually takes most other students a month or so in class to figure out. The course overviews helped me to recognize principles in each of the core courses, which helped lay the foundation for a complete understanding while in class. I found that I knew the essentials of case briefing from day one -- and knowing what to look for while reading cases is the biggest step in legal learning. The Law Preview class on Exam Taking helped me to not only recognize exactly what my professors wanted to read, but helped me go into the course from day one with that mindset (something most students don't begin to realize until they begin to outline). Finally, and I think most importantly, Law Preview just took away the initial nervousness that I felt going into Law School. With a class of 400+ of the brightest people I have ever met, it is VERY intimidating. Law Preview helped me feel confident that I could achieve the goals I had set for myself... which I did.
