Phase 1
Starting Out
Why you're here, how law school actually works, the first year honestly, and a real look at life after law school.
For people looking to get the most out of law school
A more meaningful way to prepare and grow.
Not just to survive 1L, but to thrive in law school and beyond — with a practical foundation tailored to who you are and how you work best.
Built by a law professor
What's inside - A program built to finish before orientation.
Short modules you can read at your pace — over a summer, or in the evenings once school starts. Each one earns its place.
Phase 2
Legal Reasoning, Traditional and Beyond
Rules, standards, interpretation, and synthesis — plus what the case method leaves out: real clients, real critique, real normative questions.
Phase 3
Putting It Together
The elements of a 1L year — in class, out of class, classmates, health, career, AI, exams — and the plan that ties them together.
The best prep for 1L isn’t knowing more law. It’s knowing how you learn, why you’re here, and the lawyer you want to become.
How it works - Short reads, real writing, a plan you keep.
Each module is a short read plus a reflection you write in your own words. Claude offers Socratic follow-ups — questions, not answers — to push your thinking further.
- Build your profile. A short set of questions. You’ll get a working read on how you tend to approach new things, and where a pre-1L summer is likely to pull you off balance.
- Work through the modules. Each one is built around one idea, one framework, and one reflection prompt. You move at your pace; nothing is timed.
- Write reflections, get Socratic follow-ups. After each reflection, you can ask Claude for Socratic follow-up questions shaped by your archetype. No grades, no scores — just better questions.
- Leave with a 1L plan you'll actually use. A real document — not a worksheet. Your intentions, a quarter-by- quarter calendar, and the habits you want to carry into orientation.
What you walk away with - What you'll bring into orientation.
This is the shape of the finished work. Not credentials, not a certificate — a clearer sense of how you’ll spend your first year.
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A clear picture of how law school works.
Not just the Socratic method and exams. You'll see how in-class work, out-of-class reading, classmates, career, and health fit together.
02
A read on how you show up to hard things.
Your archetype — not a label, but a working description of your strengths. Plus where a 1L year tends to pull you off balance.
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A 1L plan in your own words.
Your intentions, a quarter-by-quarter calendar, and reflection habits you want to carry into orientation.
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A steadier starting line.
Less anxiety, more clarity. You arrive having already thought about who you want to be — not because you're ahead, but because you did the work.
Build your profile. Keep what works.
A short set of questions to see how you show up to new things. Then a program that meets you where you are.