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The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and Beyond

Alison Monahan and Lee Burgess - Law School Toolbox, LLC
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The Law School Toolbox podcast is an engaging show for law students about law school, the bar exam, legal careers, and life. Each week, we offer practical tips and advice on academic matters, careers, and more. The Law School Toolbox podcast is hosted by opinionated law school and bar exam experts Alison Monahan and Lee Burgess. You might not always agree with us, but we guarantee you won't be bor... more

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series "Law Every 1L Should Know", and today we're tackling contracts. We cover the three essential elements of contract formation under common law -- offer, acceptance, and ... more

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we explain the neuroscience behind our RAMP bar study tool -- which we introduced in a recent episode. We discuss the limitation of working memory, which makes it essential to move legal rules i... more

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we're talking about the legal jobs for which grades matter a lot, where they matter somewhat, and where they really don't matter much at all. We also share some tips for what you should do if your... more

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Quentin Huff
Director of Bar Support at Purdue Global Law School
Purdue Global Law School
Episode: 553: NextGen Bar Exam: What Law Schools (and Students) Need to Do Differently (w/Quentin Huff)
Alexandra Sandberg
Financial advisor, certified financial planner
Osborne Partners
Episode: 550: Financial Planning for Law Students and Young Lawyers (w/Alexandra Sandberg)
Dawn Young
Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Episode: 549: Acing the Law Review Write-on Competition (w/Professor Dawn Young)
Mary Fran
Legal writing tutor and professor on The Law School Toolbox team
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Episode: 545: 5 Tips for Keeping Your Legal Writing Organized (Part 1)
Gabe Teninbaum
Law professor and creator of spacerepetition.com
Suffolk University Law School
Episode: 531: What Law Students Should Know About New Legal Tech (w/Gabe Teninbaum)
Lindsay Scola
A speaker passionate about the significance of sleep for productivity
Episode: 528: Optimizing Sleep and Productivity in Law School (w/Lindsay Scola)
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Author, attorney, community builder, and member of the Palo Alto City Council
Palo Alto City Council
Episode: 525: Being an Adult (w/Julie Lythcott-Haims)
Steven Schwartz
Founder of LSAT Unplugged and LSAT preparation expert.
LSAT Unplugged
Episode: 524: LSAT Changes and Prep Strategies with AI (w/Steve Schwartz)
Nikhil Agarwal
Co-founder of Juno, a service that helps students lower their loan rates
Juno
Episode: 521: Smarter Borrowing: How Juno Helps Lower Student Loans

Hosts

Alison Monahan
Co-host with a focus on law student success, bar prep, and practical legal career guidance.
Lee Burgess
Co-host with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to law school success, bar prep, and practical career guidance.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 597 ratings
  • The Law School Toolbox is the BEST!!!

    I just wrapped 1L exams, and NOTHING has been as helpful as listening to Lee and Alison clarify abstract concepts and getting me out of the weeds to see the forrest! I am so grateful for the many days that their podcast walked me to school and dialed me right in to the most valuable takeaways in each of our substantive courses. THANK YOU!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    xhrdrfc
    United Statesa month ago
  • Very helpful

    I am still in the very early stages of the process of enrolling in law school, but these podcasts are the most useful and practical at a general level than any I have come across thus far.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Goat10000
    United States6 months ago
  • Protecting Your Mental Health

    This podcast was a reinforcement that seeking professional help while in law school, optimizing a professional career, and dealing with everyday life circumstances is a must. I have an appointment scheduled for next week before I take one of my finals. Thank you Alison and Lee for creating this platform. It is a great resource.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    raterenae
    United Statesa year ago
  • Incredible podcast filled with priceless information!!

    Highly recommend to future law students and anyone interested law or just for general knowledge!! I’ve learned so much just by listening to this podcast, thank you very much to the hosts and all those involved in making this possible. May God bless and increase each and everyone, again thank you for being a blessing to the world!!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ilovegranolaandchocolatw
    Canadaa year ago
  • Great Law School Prep

    I have been listening only for a few months between here and YouTube I love how helpful these episodes are. I have been seriously thinking about Law School since around March of this year so I’m happy to have found this podcast. Will start LSAT prep come January 2025.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jai 156
    United Statesa year ago

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Insightful and practical tips for law school prep and bar readiness.
Hosts deliver actionable guidance with engaging, relatable dynamics.
Listeners praise real-world usefulness and structured frameworks, though a few reviews note tone can feel condescending to some.

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553: NextGen Bar Exam: What Law Schools (and Students) Need to Do Differently (w/Quentin Huff)
Q: How should 1Ls and 2Ls start adapting their coursework to align with NextGen thinking?
Electives and experiential courses are important, as is engaging in clinics, moot court, journals, and trial practice to build softer connective tissue skills that NextGen tests will emphasize alongside substantive knowledge.
553: NextGen Bar Exam: What Law Schools (and Students) Need to Do Differently (w/Quentin Huff)
Q: What are the three main question types we'll see on NextGen, and how do they work?
Stand-alone multiple choice with traditional and pick-two formats, integrated question sets using a single fact pattern with documents, and performance tasks that involve writing or research tasks built around a scenario.
553: NextGen Bar Exam: What Law Schools (and Students) Need to Do Differently (w/Quentin Huff)
Q: Can you just give us a high-level overview, like what is happening and why did the old exam need an overhaul?
The exam is moving toward testing practical skills and applying knowledge, not just memorizing rules. It introduces three question types and an emphasis on real-world tasks like client counseling and legal writing, with a phased rollout toward 2028.
549: Acing the Law Review Write-on Competition (w/Professor Dawn Young)
Q: How should students prepare before the Write-on start?
Students should familiarize themselves with how law reviews structure articles, review recent issues, strengthen blue-book citations, refresh themselves on CREAC/CRUPEC frameworks, and create a calendar and plan to manage time and resources.
549: Acing the Law Review Write-on Competition (w/Professor Dawn Young)
Q: What does the Write-on Competition look like and what do students get?
The Write-on involves a closed-packet with a prompt, a major case, and other sources, requiring a short analytical piece plus a citation/footnote exercise, all graded blind by an upper-level student on the law review.

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