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How to Be a Successful Law Student with JD Advising

Friday, March 18, 2022   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Phi Alpha Delta
 

How to Be a Successful Law Student

Join us Tuesday, April 5th at
8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific
for a special presentation for Phi Alpha Delta members.

RSVP TO ATTEND
Join Phi Alpha Delta and JD Advising for this free webinar on Tuesday, April 5th. Every law student wants to be successful, but that is easier said than done! This webinar will focus on specific tips and tricks in common law school topics to show you how to truly be a successful law student. Both pre-law students and current law students are welcome at this session.We will go over tips for how to succeed your first year of law school, including:
  • Applying to law school
  • Things to do before law school starts
  • Preparing for class, including how to do the class reading efficiently, how to brief cases, and helpful supplements you can use to prepare for class
  • How to start your outline and the importance of outlining right away
  • Law school exams
There will be time for a Q&A at the end, so bring your questions! This is a free presentation open to all P.A.D. members. Current law students, pre-law students, and anyone interested in law school are welcome. Those who sign up will receive access to a recording after the session.
OUR PRESENTERS:
 
Heather Buck headshotHeather Buck, Esq., graduated cum laude and in the top 10% of her class at Wayne State University Law School. Heather has passed the Michigan Bar Exam and the California Bar Exam.
After law school, Heather spent about three years clerking for various judges at the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan. She also has experience in no-fault litigation and contract and employment law.

Heather has been at JD Advising since 2018. She teaches JD Advising’s Michigan Bar Exam, Uniform Bar Exam, and California Bar Exam courses. She also tutors private students for the bar exam, in all first-year law school classes, and for the MPRE.

Rachel Margiewicz headshotRachel Margiewicz, Esq. is the Director of Prelaw Services for JD Advising and a law school admissions expert. She is a licensed attorney with experience across three graduate admissions programs, including J.D. and LL.M. admissions, in different markets of the country.

Rachel is a skilled writer and public speaker. She regularly publishes articles on our JD Advising blog and in the National Jurist, advising students on all aspects of the admissions process. Rachel frequently travels to universities to speak with undergraduate classes, pre-law groups and academic programs about strategically preparing and applying to law school.
Rachel received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, graduating with Distinction. She completed her Juris Doctorate at Wayne State University Law School.

Rosie Marko headshotRosie Marko’s role at JD Advising is to help students decide which JD Advising course, service, or product best fits their needs. She excels at building relationships with clients and staying connected before, during, and after their purchase of a JD Advising service. She strives to make sure every client of JD Advising has nothing short of an excellent experience working with our company. She is responsible for maintaining and growing our law firm accounts, supervising and providing feedback to others, and giving live presentations to both small and large groups.
 
ABOUT JD ADVISING
JD Advising’s mission is to help law students, firms, and schools achieve their goals by providing the highest quality legal education services. JD Advising offers prelaw services, law school tutoring services, and bar exam services. JD Advising is most known for its excellent bar exam services. JD Advising has built a reputation of having high-quality bar exam preparation courses with fantastic passage rates. 

For more information about JD Advising's work, please visit www.jdadvising.com. If you have questions about JD Advising's partnership with Phi Alpha Delta, please contact the P.A.D. Executive Office.


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Phi Alpha Delta is the world’s preeminent law fraternity because of our dedication to service: service to the student, the school, the profession, and the community.

It is through devotion to the ideals of compassion, courage, diversity, innovation, integrity, professionalism, and service that we better both our profession and our community. Through accepting our differences we become not just a law fraternity, but a family.

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