LSAPP Law School Bootcamp

Preparing Students for the First Year of Law School

A law student’s performance during first year—and first semester, in particular—can have a significant impact on the remainder of his or her legal career. Law review eligibility and summer associate opportunities, for example, depend largely on first year grades.

While maintaining good study habits during first year is crucial, the fact remains that, to a degree, everyone is in the same boat once classes begin: so many concepts, so little time. Most students will not be able to improve their basic skills during this highly demanding experience.

One way to increase your odds for a good first year is to be as prepared as possible before it arrives. That’s why we created the Law School Academic Preparation Program™ (LSAPP®). It's the class we wish we'd had ourselves.

This “law school bootcamp” is a six-day, eight-hours-per-day (plus one hour for lunch) workshop that takes place over six consecutive days in the summer. Designed for people who are already admitted to law school, the LSAPP introduces students to classic first-year topics, namely:

• Legal Writing
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Civil Procedure
• Criminal Law
• Real Property
• Torts

Students will also have one take-home assignment for each of the first five days. Each student will receive one-on-one feedback on his or her writing from the professor.

We’ll also touch upon some basics of the law school experience to give students a broader sense of what’s ahead: law review, bar review, moot court, and other student activities.

Our current and former students represent both students and alumni from UCLA, USC, Southwestern Law School, Loyola, Pepperdine, Columbia, Yale, Vanderbilt, and numerous other colleges and universities. We offer discounted rates to individuals who are repeating the California Bar Exam.

Unsurpassed Instructor Qualifications

All LSAPP Law School Bootcamp instructors must meet very stringent requirements to qualify, including all of the following:

• 99th percentile LSAT score
• Top Ten college graduate
• Top Ten law school graduate
• Made law review at the above law school
• First-time MPRE passer
• First-time bar exam passer
• Admitted to practice of law

LSAPP Law School Bootcamp instructors are also available to come to speak to your pre-law society or Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity meeting about preparing for law school.

Developing Law School Skills

Preparation—not just information—is crucial to success in first year. Those individuals who prepare themselves mentally, physically, and logistically for this all-important year have a much greater likelihood of performing at their best when the pressure is on. Students must be ready not only to recall legal rules but to communicate articulately, even in the face of the inevitable uncertainty that arises when facing a new fact pattern on exam day.

That's why the LSAPP approach helps students prepare on many different levels, developing not only an academic knowledge base but also numerous skills that are integral to success, namely:

• Writing—A student's grade for the entire course typically comes down to one written exam
• Reading comprehension—Penetrating dense or poorly written sources of law isn't easy, but it's crucial
• Studying and Test-taking—Time investment skills often separate those who make law review from those who don't
• Reasoning—Presenting arguments is what lawyers do; logic skills are indispensable

About the Academic Director

LSAPP Law School Bootcamp creator and academic director Shelton Harrison received his college degree from Stanford and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the Virginia Law Review. Harrison began his teaching career as a full-time assistant to the resource specialist at Fairmeadow Elementary School, where he worked with learning-disabled students in grades one through six. Since that time, he has been trained as a teacher by three of the top companies in the standardized test preparation industry.

Harrison has successfully prepared hundreds of students for standardized tests, including not only the California Bar Exam but also the LSAT, GRE, and MPRE. Harrison also has a strong personal track record as a test-taker, having earned a maximum score on the LSAT and 99th %-ile scores on a variety of other tests.

LSAPP Registration

Please feel free to register online via the PayPal form at right, or call us today with any questions you may have.

NOTE: Register early to take advantage of discount pricing.

LSAPP Law School Bootcamp

On or Before Jan. 15, 2011 $899.00 Jan. 16 through April 15, 2011 $1,099.00 After April 15, 2011 $1,299.00

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"I got the best grade in my class in property (got some award) and the 4th best grade in civ pro. I wish you did a boot camp for second semester! I'd have taken it." ~ LSAPP® Law School Bootcamp student (San Diego) "I wanted to let you know that I won Best Brief and Best Oralist! … really excited… thanks again!" ~ LSAPP® Law School Bootcamp student (Hastings)

"Thank you for helping me.... I learned more in the first two-hour session than I did in my first-year legal writing course." ~ LEX BarRev™ California Bar Exam private tutoring student (Los Angeles, California) "[The LEX method] is friggin' genius. In approximately three hours of [tutoring] and then writing five essays on my own, I learned how to write [essays] confidently..., something that my law school could not teach me in three years." ~ LEX BarRev™ California Bar Exam private tutoring student (Los Angeles, California) "You saved me that morning from an emotional breakdown!" ~ LEX BarRev™ California Bar Exam private tutoring student (Los Angeles, California)