<p>I recently saw a flyer from Bar/BRI, those sadists who run the bar review study courses, for a 5 day course in the summer for students who will start law school in the fall. </p>
<p>It's billed as giving you all the advance info, tricks, strategies, etc. you need to make you successful in law school, since, according to their brochure, "employers only interview law students at the top of their classes".</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with this, ah, baloney??? And BTW, it only costs $1495.</p>
<p>Why can't these young whippersnappers suffer and stress out the way we did in the days before computerized research!!??</p>
<p>The first year of law school is the most important. Often slight variations in GPAs can make wide variations in class rank. If taking such a course can give you even a slight edge, it may be worth it. If taking the course merely gives a student extra confidence, it may be worth it to that student. I would not dismiss the course so easily.</p>
<p>I would guess that you can get the same knowledge a lot cheaper by reading a couple of those "how to succeed in law school" type books, and practicing with a few commercial outlines and old exams.</p>
<p>The subject of pre-law school preparation is being debated in the "Boalt Hall" thread that is currently running.</p>