Hi all, I’m a junior majoring in PoliSci & IR in addition to pursuing a cert for Paralegal Studies. I have been using quizlet for my studies & flash cards but I’m having so much trouble remembering terminology. Specifically Latin terms. I’ve seen crosswords in paper back which would be great aids for legal terminology. Aside from Blacks Law Legal Dictionary, what works best for you when studying and memorizing terminology?

Big news: First Gen Law is now Law School Simplified, and our new home is live at lawschoolsimplified.com. This isn't just a new name. Over the past few months, I rebuilt every outline, attack outline, and rule statement from the ground up. They're updated for 2026 and redesigned for every kind of learner, whether you study by reading, by practicing, or by testing yourself. Here's what's new: 📘 Full Outlines (Civ Pro, Con Law, Contracts, Torts, Property, and Criminal Law) Every chapter now combines clear rules, visual workflows, practice hypos, and flashcard-ready recall questions, so you're not just reading the law, you're learning to use it. Each outline comes in both PDF and editable Word, and every chapter has a "My professor's cases" table so you can make it match your class. ⚔️ Attack Outlines Step-by-step roadmaps for working through exam questions, doctrine by doctrine. Buy the full subject collection, or just the doctrines you need. 📝 Rule Statements Clean, exam-ready rules for every subject, with the umbrella rule and a separate statement for each element. Available with or without case law, depending on how your professor tests. Plus: you can preview a free sample on outline and rule statement pages before you buy, and if we release an updated version within 36 months of your purchase, it's yours at no extra cost. The goal hasn't changed: clearer concepts, stronger outcomes, and walking into every exam knowing exactly what to do. 👉 Take a look at lawschoolsimplified.com and tell me what you think in the comments! 🛠️ A quick heads-up You'll notice things looking a little different around here over the next few months. We're updating the visuals across this community and refreshing every freebie, with clearer layouts and stronger content to match the new outlines. We're also upgrading our courses so they're easier to follow and more useful from day one. Some pieces will update before others, so if you spot an old First Gen Law graphic or file along the way, that's just one we haven't gotten to yet. Everything you already have access to stays available, and it's all getting better.

I’m planning on going live next week. I don’t know what day yet, you let me know what works for you. We can talk about whatever you want, you can ask me anything you’d like. Drop your questions in a comment below so I can be semi-prepared, please! And let me know what time works for you. I’ll do my best to be available to as many of you as possible. I will be going live in the community only. See you soon, Danielle

My Summer Before 1L course is officially live, and I need to tell you all first, because you're the reason it exists. For two years now, this community has shaped everything I make. Every attack outline, every rule statement, every framework I've posted came from you telling me what you were struggling with and what actually helped. I've watched so many of you go from terrified to confident, and I kept thinking the same thing: what if incoming students had all of this before day one, instead of figuring it out the hard way like we did? So I built it. The Summer Before 1L: The Law School Strategy Course. It's six self-paced modules and eighteen lessons that teach the part nobody hands you: how law school actually works, how to read and brief cases without drowning, how to outline and build attack outlines, how grades and exams really work (including how to write an exam answer), and how to walk into your first week calm and ahead. Plus every template I wish I'd had. If you're starting 1L this fall, or you know exactly what it felt like to wish someone had told you sooner, this is for you. A few things to know: - It's open now at the founding price of $222. That goes up to $333 on June 25. - Enroll in the first 72 hours (by June 21) and you also get my bonus course, Your 1L Subjects, Explained, free. It releases July 3 and lands in your account automatically. - Lifetime access, so it's yours to use all the way through 1L. ENROLL HERE Thank you for being here, and for being part of the thing that made this possible. I genuinely couldn't have built it without you. Danielle P.S. If someone you care about is heading into 1L this fall, feel free to send this their way. It's exactly what I'd want a friend to have.