Many dismissed law students want to appeal the process and be readmitted. Whether a few months or a few years, students who are seeking readmission are often at a lost as to how to improve their skills. Law schools rarely have the support, information and instruction that dismissed students need to improve their skills so that when readmitted they can maximize their success in law school. Often students are told to work for an attorney as a paralegal but that is only tangential related to actively improving academic performance.
Typically, students who fail have problems with some combination of:
(1) study skills and habits
(2) writing skills
(3) reading skills or
(3) analytical skills including basic logic
While some students have personal issues or testing anxiety, which contribute to their problem, it is our experience that personal issues are rarely the sole explanation of poor performance.
That is where we come in. Our Project has:.
The JD Project's Returning Law Student Project helps dismissed students prepare to succeed should they be readmitted. Collectively, we, the staff of the JD Project have over 30 years of legal education and academic support .