Starting law school in the fall?

This summer, in Washington, DC, I will be offering a summer Pre-Law Bootcamp for students who are entering law school in the fall of 2009.

The rationale is a simple one. Law school is unlike anything else you've ever done. That you excelled academically throughout college is no guarantee of success in law school. It is, in many respects, like learning a new language. The first few months of law school can be confusing. You are literally thrown into this new world, and nobody really explains to you - in any way that makes sense - what you need to know, how to study, or how to take exams. It’s trial by fire.

In my experience, it seems that succeeding in law school is not based on whether or not you master the material. It is based, rather, on when you master the material. If you stumble through the first semester, you may find yourself unprepared come finals time, and wind up in the bottom-half of the class. In today's legal market, grades matter more than ever. Having a head start could be the difference between a 3.1 and a 3.5. This could be the difference between getting the job you want and being unemployed at graduation.

Pre-law Boot Camp is designed to give you a head start.

Classes

(1) Contracts
(2) Torts
(3) Constitutional Law
(4) Civil Procedure
(5) Legal Writing

Classes will consist of Socratic Method and extensive discussion. Daily reading assignments will cover landmark cases that appear in nearly every first year curriculum.

Resources
Every student will be provided with an extensive collection of outlines, covering every first year class, and many upper levels classes.

Connections
You will all have my permanent contact information, and will be encouraged to contact me in the future in regard to career decisions. I've been out there in the world for a while. I have extensive contacts in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, DC, and London.

Biographical
I graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Cornell in 2004. As a senior, I was one of less than 10 students tapped by the University to apply for the Rhodes Scholarship. While at Cornell, I served as president of the Cornell Forensics Society, was an All-American & National Finalist in Speech & Debate, held a research fellowship through the Andrew Mellon Foundation, and played men's rugby. During that time, I also became affiliated with the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program and the International Institute for Education. After graduating from Cornell, I taught high school English in inner-city Baltimore. After teaching in Baltimore, I worked as a personal trainer in Las Vegas. I then went on to attend Georgetown Law on a full scholarship, and served as an editor of the law review. I am graduating in May. I stake my personal and professional reputation on the quality of this course.

To Apply
You could take a 1-week prelaw summer course at Northwestern University for $1,300. Or, you could take my course for roughly half that amount. For more information, send an email to:

prelawsummer@gmail.com