No. 1L–2026 · The Survival Docket
A clear path through law school.
Nobody handed me a map when I started, so I built one as I went. This is everything I learned the hard way, from the LSAT and applications through outlines, exams, and recruiting, written down so you do not have to figure it out alone. It is all free, and you can jump in wherever you are.
SUPREME COURT OF ACADEMIA
County of Cold Calls
THE STUDENT,
Petitioner,
v.
LAW SCHOOL,
Respondent.
SURVIVAL
GUIDE
Per
Curiam
Held: law school is hard, but you are not the first to get through it, and you will not be the last.
The roadmap
How law school actually unfolds
The path runs from the LSAT to the bar. Here is the shape of it, stage by stage, so you know what is coming before it arrives.
- 0Pre-law
LSAT & Apply
Prep, test, personal statement
- Take a diagnostic, then build a real study schedule
- Draft the statement, then keep refining it
- 11L
The Core
Doctrine and your first finals
- Outline every subject as you go
- Learn to write in IRAC before December
- 22L
Recruiting
OCI, journals, and networking
- Get your resume and cover letters ready early
- Track every application through OCI
- 33L & Bar
The Finish
Offers, graduation, the bar
- Lock in your post-graduation job
- Graduate and sit for the bar
14
Guides, start to finish
6
Doctrinal outlines
1L to 3L
Every stage covered
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The curriculum
The fourteen guides
In order, start to finish
I · Admissions & Prep
LSAT Prep
Everything I wish someone had told me before I started studying: the sections, what the scores actually mean, and how to build a plan you will stick to.
Strategy, scores & study plan →Application Guide
The timeline, the personal statement, and an honest look at how schools read your file so you can decide where to apply.
Timeline, essays & schools →II · The Classroom
Studying & Case Briefing
How to read a case without drowning in it, how to brief efficiently, and how to take notes that are still useful in December.
Read, brief & study →Doctrinal Outlines
Full outlines for Civil Procedure, Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, and Constitutional Law, written from my own coursework.
All six outlines →Law School Exam Guide
How to spot the issues, how to write an answer in IRAC, and a calculator that maps your time across the exam for you.
Frameworks + calculator →Legal Writing Guide
How legal analysis is built with CREAC, and how memos, briefs, and email put that structure to work.
CREAC, memos & briefs →Bluebook Guide
How citation works in the 22nd edition, with the anatomy and tables for cases, statutes, and court documents.
Citations + worked examples →III · Career & Recruiting
Summer Internships
How 1L and 2L recruiting actually works, plus a tracker layout so every application stays in one place.
OCI tracker layout →Networking Guide
Cold email templates that do not sound like a robot, and a simple log so you remember who you spoke with and when to follow up.
Templates + tracker →Resume Templates
A clean, one-page legal format that matches what firms and clerkships expect, with a template you can download.
Download the template →Cover Letter Guide
A paragraph-by-paragraph walkthrough of the four-paragraph legal cover letter, with a downloadable template.
4-paragraph anatomy →IV · Professional Life
Dress Code Guide
What to wear for interviews, the office, and class, with separate guidance so you are never the person who guessed wrong.
Interview, office & class →Professional Etiquette
How to handle firm social events and how to email a partner without rewriting it nine times.
Events + email rules →Personal Finance
How to think about student loans without panicking, and how to budget a summer associate paycheck.
Loans + budgeting →