Be prepared: start your law school journey knowing you will excel at every milestone in your 1L year with BARBRI by your side.
The Most Complete and Effective 1L Law School Resource Available
Law school is quite different from undergrad, and your 1L grades are too important to leave to chance.
A strong GPA and class rank matter for your summer job prospects and to future employers. They also give you a better chance of making the Law Review. Great grades throughout law school can even help you land a clerkship position.
One of the keys to first-year success is learning the rules of law outside of class so you are prepared to apply what you've learned during class discussions and that moment when the professor calls on you. BARBRI 1L Success will help you adjust to a new learning style and establish sound, productive study habits.
As a 1L BARBRI was such a useful guide in order to understand the many complicated nuances that were involved with the core classes that year. I watched every single lecture by Professor Freer and to this day I will attest that he is the reason why I came to love Civil Procedure as my first year came to an end. The layout of the 1L [Success] courses is so effective yet simple it makes understanding such overwhelming concepts feel like an attainable goal. I am so glad I found BARBRI and the mastery courses when I did.
- Oluwagbemisola "Mimi" W. | Rutgers Law School
Free 1L Success Course
Expert Lectures from “Rock Star” Professors
Only BARBRI 1L Success video lectures feature the nation’s top legal scholars, who distill and explain complex concepts in captivating and memorable ways, including:
Learning core legal concepts requires creating your own outlines. This is a new critical skill that takes time and is not taught in class. Use BARBRI’s proven 1L course outlines as a model for your own. Be ready when your professor hints at what might be on your final exam!
Practice Questions + Model Answers
BARBRI’s 1L Success includes hundreds of online multiple-choice and essay questions and answers to help you maximize learning, memorization, and retention and strengthen your writing skills.
Exam-Taking Strategy Workshop
What distinguishes students who score the most points? The ability to analyze facts and communicate mastery of the law. Using our 5-step approach and interactive exercises, BARBRI’s workshop will teach you to crush your exams.
Deconstructing exam hypotheticals
Macro + micro time management
Identifying the “call of the question”
Outlining answers using flip-flop
Drafting A+ exam answers (DRAC)
The BARBRI first year outlines saved me this year! The materials are GOLD!! The BARBRI outlines are very efficient and great at breaking down complicated topics. I also used the practice essays and multiple-choice questions when studying for my exams. I finished the year in the top 13% of the class, making the dean's list. I also won an Excellence for the Future award for getting the highest grade in my Property Law class. I would highly recommend the BARBRI 1L Student Success Package.
- Desiree B. | Pepperdine University School of Law
SNEAK PEEK
[Video Clip] Civil Procedure / Personal Jurisdiction
Watch this clip of a BARBRI 1L Success video lecture presented by Professor of Law Richard Freer, a renowned Civil Procedure expert and published author. 1L Mastery on-demand video lectures will help you review first-year subjects in a matter of hours.
The BARBRI Legal Handbook
BARBRI's Legal Handbook offers you bite-sized pieces of the most helpful content you need right now. Cut through the noise and get expert advice on navigating life as a 1L and beyond:
Prepare for classes
Seek explanations for confusing concepts
Prepare for your first law school exams
Start to be introduced to bar exam topics and materials
Adapt to life as a law student and future attorney
This handbook is available in a convenient, eco-friendly eBook format allowing you to highlight, take notes, and easily navigate additional digital study tools.
Cold Call Companion
The day has arrived and your name rings out in class. This is it. The cold call. Are you ready? The Cold Call Companion provides you with the resources to critically analyze and brief a case, distill the main points of law, prepare for the kinds of questions professors ask in class, and so much more:
Animated case brief videos that bring the facts to life
A written case brief
Advice on prepping for class discussion
Contextual materials to offer additional color and background
Test Yourself questions and more
Practice questions to solidify your understanding of key concepts
This essential resource will be available to you mid-August 2024 on the West Academic Study Aids Collection.
Access 1L Success Resources
Free 1L Success Course
BARBRI 1L Success is intended to benefit first-year law students currently in law school – whether it’s early in the fall semester or anytime during the academic year.
This helpful guide offers you bite-sized pieces of the most useful content you need right now and throughout your law school years, including managing your workload, creating outlines, writing tips, 1L subject overviews, and more.
The Cold Call Companion provides you with the resources to critically analyze and brief a case, distill the main points of law, prepare for the kinds of questions law professors ask. Includes: animated case brief videos; written case brief; tips on preparing for class discussions; practice questions, and more
These outlines work in conjunction with classroom learning and provide a highly-effective study resource and final exam review on Black Letter Law for all first-year doctrinal subjects. Available for free on the West Academic bookshelf
This digital collection delivers over 700 trusted study aids, audiobooks and lectures, and interactive practice questions at your fingertips. Our all-new 1L Roadmap lays out the milestones you’ll encounter your first semester, along with a curated list of helpful resources to guide you on your legal journey.
BARBRI and West Academic have joined together to form a powerful team that provides you with everything you’ll need to successfully complete your law school courses, understand the legal profession, navigate life as a law student and future attorney, and (most importantly) pass the bar exam. When you find yourself needing help, look no further than BARBRI.
As a 1L BARBRI was such a useful guide in order to understand the many complicated nuances that were involved with the core classes that year. I watched every single lecture by Professor Freer and to this day I will attest that he is the reason why I came to love Civil Procedure as my first year came to an end. The layout of the 1L [Success] courses is so effective yet simple it makes understanding such overwhelming concepts feel like an attainable goal. I am so glad I found BARBRI and the mastery courses when I did.