Hi law skoolers! Starting July 6, we will do a 1L skills refresher for you all! Law school focuses on learning the LAW but you need SKILLS to read, write, and argue the law. Each week we will focus on one skill set that is needed to succeed in law school. Gotta make sure we get the fall semester started off right! Even if you are a rising 2L, make sure to join us since we can always improve these skills. July 6: Briefing cases & Outlining July 13: Handling cold calls in class July 20: IRAC & Essay Writing July 27: MBE Skills & Pitfalls Schedule of events to come!

OK folks, we are getting ready to launch a program for the incoming 1L's to help bridge gaps in the onboarding and orientation process of some law schools. For our existing members, we encourage you to join in the fun as a refresher and to pick up some skills you may have missed or can improve. However, before we finalize things I want to check in with each of you to see what you wish you knew BEFORE you started law school. How could your experience in those first few weeks have been improved? How could your experience in the 1st semester been improved? Check out this video on things to do to prepare for law school and create success.

Attending a lot of ceremonies to swear in my past students as new attorneys the last few weeks so thought I’d share a few pics to inspire you all.

Today I had the opportunity to present on a lawyers panel for a women in construction conference. @Peter Le and @thalia alvarez joined me! I was the only non-construction lawyer on the panel. Very complex transactions and legal issues are involved.. What an interesting industry! Have you ever consider practicing in that area?

To the February bar takers that passed the exam, congratulations! Everyone in this community knows the work dedication. It took to get that result. To the February bar takers that did not pass the exam, I am so sorry. I know how hard you worked and hoped for different results. Allow yourself to feel whatever you need to feel and then immediately develop a plan of how you’re gonna get past the next exam. To help, Belyn is currently uploading all past CA bar essays in our classroom! I’ll make sure to do weekly MBE practice here too! I would like to mention one thing. I overheard a lot of people talking about getting 65 on an essay. Although that is not a bad score on an essay, I want you all to realize it’s also not a passing score. If you’re averaging 65 that will not get you the scaled written score that you need to pass the exam. Generally, you need a 67% average to get to the current 1390 cut score of the California bar exam. So that means you need to target an average score of 70 not 65 to ensure you pass.. If anybody has questions or needs me to do a webinar explaining our scores and how it works, and how it’s calculated, at least here in California, lmk! #wedonttrywedo #barpassers