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Hi, this is Beau Baez, and today I want to discuss whether you should hire a law school
tutor, and if you decide to hire one, what to look for.
First, law schools do not provide the individualized attention that you need to reach your full
potential.
At many law schools, professors are not available, will not discuss with you how to write law school exams,
or will not review your practice exams.
This is because most law schools reward professors who write law review articles, and not those
who spend time helping students.
Or, you may have a tenured professor who just doesn’t spend a lot of time at the law school anymore.
If you’re lucky, you have a law school that has provided you with an academic support team, which, by the way,
tends to be staffed with people who have a great level of expertise and people who can help you.
But most of these qualified professionals are overworked, trying to assist many more students
than they can reasonably help during the day.
This means that they do triage, creating workshops on general topics like note taking and IRAC.
And if you schedule a meeting with one of them, they tend to be short because they have students
booked in back-to-back meetings.
A law school tutor will spend the time you need working for you, listening to you, and
figuring out where you need help.
You need a one-on-one approach, because you’re not like everyone else at your law school.
You came to law school with certain skills, knowledge, and abilities that are different from your
classmates.
Some of your classmates already have strong writing skills.
Some of them were in majors, like philosophy, that emphasized the critical thinking skills
needed in law school.
Some went to private prep schools, which taught them how to study better.
Let me use an analogy.
You are in a race with your classmates.
As you prepare to start the race, you are placed on the track, but not all at the same
starting place.
Many of your classmates are starting the race closer to the “A” grade because of the
advantages they brought with them into law school.
Unfortunately, law school is not a level playing field.
But you can learn how to outrun your classmates if you train the right way.
Now don’t get me wrong, going to your academic success department, reading some books, and
watching videos on this channel will help, but most of your classmates are doing the
exact same thing.
You need help to run past them in this law school race.
And trust me, this is a race in every meaning of the word, since your professor will assign grades
based on a forced curve where there are very few winners.
Everyone will be ranked, highest to lowest, and those in first, second, third place
getting A’s, and everyone else gets a lower grade based on how they did relative
to everyone else in the class.
So how do you find a good law school tutor.
If you type in “law school tutor” in your search engine you're going to find many options, including Learnlawbetter.com
Primarily you want to look at the qualifications of the tutors.
Now by qualifications, I mean what have they have done during their careers, not where they went
to law school 15 years ago.
The law school someone attended is based on a standardized test score and undergraduate
grades, not the tutor’s ability to help you succeed in law school today.
Ideally, you want somebody who's been a fulltime law professor.
That's really the best type of tutor
because a law professor understands how to write and grade law school exams.
Also, they have worked with many law students and have developed various strategies to help
struggling law students.
Second, look for online reviews or testimonials.
Has the tutor helped students throughout the country?
Third, do you trust the tutor to do a good job.
Sometimes you have to take a chance, so look for a free introductory session or a money-back
guarantee.
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