According to BARBRI Law Preview, first-year grades matter most, as law school is like no other academic experience and preparation is key. By taking Law Preview, BARBRI says students walk into law school with an understanding of core 1L material and the skills they need to get to the top of the class. This is one reason Owyn J. Ferguson is participating in an online BARBRI Law Preview course this summer, taking the opportunity to give himself a meaningful advantage, prior to commencing studies at the University of Notre Dame in the fall.
Law Preview will help him gain a competitive advantage by getting an in-depth introduction to core 1L courses before day one, brief actual cases and learn how to outline like a pro, learn proven exam-taking strategies from top law school professors, and access resources like best-selling study aids and study schedules.
“These courses tend to set students up for profound academic achievement in their first year,” said Ferguson. “The law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP had five spots reserved for Notre Dame Law students that they were willing to sponsor, and I got one of them.”
Ferguson, 22, is the recipient of a scholarship to complete the online summer course.
On its website, Morrison & Foerster LLP state that the firm appreciates that without proper preparation most students find the law school experience overwhelming and extremely difficult to earn top grades, which is why they decided to sponsor scholarships to Law Preview’s law school prep course, a program that some of their most successful lawyers took before they themselves entered law school.
Ferguson is home after a year-long volunteerism stint in Tabgha, Israel, and over the course of the upcoming weeks will be sorting through the student visa process while engaged in the BARBI law preview course.
“I’m really excited about it. I think it’s a great opportunity to go into law school with a solid understanding of how to succeed academically,” said Ferguson.
After a year of volunteerism, the former junior minister of tourism, who had an interest in the industry, set his sights on law school and will commence studies at the South Bend, Indiana, university, matriculating toward a dual Juris Doctor and a Master of Science in entrepreneurship, technology and innovation.
In the dual degree program, law students combine their law courses with classes in the ESTEEM (Engineering, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence) program, which helps students develop a unique combination of technical expertise and business acumen with a focus on fixing things that matter.
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