If there’s one thing you absolutely need to understand before starting law school, it’s the importance of 1L grades. Your first-year grades have a huge impact on everything from academic honors to your future legal career. It’s no wonder why professors and deans across the country agree that your first-year grades are the most important grades you’ll receive in all three years of law school.
Your 1L grades usually boil down to one singular exam. That’s right, you’ll spend an entire semester reading thousands of pages, making hundreds of notes and outlines, all to come down to one final exam. Nobody said it was easy! (Cue the sad music). Some professors may take midterm exams or class participation into account when it comes to your final grades, but that’s rare.
Here are a few reasons why getting to the top of the class in 1L is so important.
How do you get to the top?
With BARBRI, your trusted partner in 1L success and beyond, by starting the summer before you begin law school with our law school prep course. Law Preview will teach you the skills and knowledge you need to become a top law student. You’ll learn core 1L material, exam taking strategies, outlining skills and so much more from the nation’s top law school professors.
Interesting in reading more? Fill out the form to read the full article.
Your blueprint for 1L success.
Barbri’s Law Preview course gives you the tools you need to become a top law student. Learn core 1L material, exam-taking strategies, academic skills and more, all before your first day of law school.