Conquering Law School Exams – Top Ten Tips

Conquering Law School Exams – Top Ten Tips

Learning how to learn the law for exam purposes and demonstrating your learning are the keys to high scores on law school exams. Exam time is stressful in any academic program. Class ranks and GPAs are on the line and it is the one time of year when all the tasks are...
CASA: Home to Practical Training for Law Students

CASA: Home to Practical Training for Law Students

Students and Graduates Do Good for Kids While Gaining Valuable Practical Training Giving back to the community is an important value at St. Francis School of Law. Our professors live out this value in a variety of ways, including providing pro bono legal service,...
When Law Schools Teach Law Practice, Everyone Wins

When Law Schools Teach Law Practice, Everyone Wins

Students and Graduates Place High Value on Practical Training Law schools and their students seem to disagree on whether training in the practical skills needed to run a law practice should be included in the bundle of knowledge and skills students acquire as part of...
Get the JD Advantage – Part 2

Get the JD Advantage – Part 2

October 2018 and Cumulative FYLSE Results Show St Francis Students Continue to Succeed Despite Dips in Bar Exam Pass RatesThe big news in California legal circles is not about the First Year Law Students’ Examination (FYLSE), but about the July 2018 California General...
Get the JD Advantage – Part 1

Get the JD Advantage – Part 1

Across the Economy, Employers Are Anxious to Hire JD-Prepared Job Candidates Research shows the Juris Doctor (JD) degree significantly increases lifetime earning potential.1 Certainly, much of that is attributable to the work lawyers and litigators do in law practice....