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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, Lee talks with Natalie Diggins, author of The Autistic Adult’s Toolbox, about her late-in-life neurodivergent diagnosis and the practical “scaffolding” tools she developed to thrive in professional environments. The conversation centers around concrete strategies for meetings, note-taking, and self-advocacy in the w...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re focusing on an important civil procedure topic — personal jurisdiction. We’ll discuss the two branches (general and specific jurisdiction) and we’ll analyze a fact pattern at the end of the episode. Thanks […] The post Podcast Epis...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have a special guest — Teria Thornton from AccessLex Institute — and we are talking about law school financing, loan repayment, and what you can do to improve your credit score. In this episode we discuss: Introduction to AccessLex and our guest, Teria Thornton The […] The post Podcast Episode 561: Real Talk About the Law...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re delving into real property. We’ll do a quick orientation to what property law actually covers; then we’ll talk about one of the toughest parts of 1L Property — future interests; and finally, […] The post Podcast Episode 560: Law Ev...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re focusing on torts. We briefly go through a review of the intentional torts, and we focus more thoroughly on negligence, since it is the most heavily tested topic in 1L Torts. To […] The post Podcast Episode 559: Law Every 1L Should Know — Tort...

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 consideration — and apply the rules to a practical fact pattern. Thanks to Juno […] The post Podcast Episode 558: L...

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 into long-term memory through spaced repetition and scaffolding. In this episode we discuss: […] The post Podcast Episode 557: This is How Yo...

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 grades so far aren’t what you had hoped for. […] The post Podcast Episode 556: How Much Do Grades Matter for Different Career...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing the different methods a plaintiff may use to establish the second element of a negligence claim — breach. We also talk about the “res ipsa loquitur” doctrine, and we will walk through several hypotheticals involving breach of the standard of care. In this episode […] The post Podcast Episode 555:...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we’re discussing how we’re thinking about preparing for the NextGen bar exam differently — and we’re excited to introduce a new tool we’ve built to help you learn and retain the rules you need to know. In this episode we discuss: An overview of the NextGen […] The post Podcast Episode 554: How We’re Thi...