Our Model
ELEVATE IS BASED ON FOUR PILLARS
Active Learning Strategies
Retrieval
Self-testing
Spaced repetition
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Interdependent Learning
Learning from fellow students improves academic performance
Gives students a network of students for support and guidance
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Mentorship
Helps alleviate the stress of law school
and improves student awareness of the different possibilities after law school
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Practical Exercises
Mock exams and
professional exercises
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Elevate Supports Students Throughout 1L
Pre-Law 0L modules​
Employment Bootcamp
SUMMER 2022​
FALL 2022​
WINTER 2022​
SPRING 2023​
Law School Success Modules
Practitioner Q&As
Lunch and Learn Q&As
Spring Forward Modules
Practitioner Q&As
Lunch and Learn Q&As
​​Pre-Law 0L modules
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Legal terms and concepts
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Reading and briefing cases
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Optimal study strategies in law school
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Outlining
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Introduction to law school exams
Fall Law School Success Modules
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All modules are taught in cohorts of 5 students each, allowing each student to receive individual attention
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Our system for taking law school exams efficiently and effectively
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Legal research and writing
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Six 30-minute mock exams in which we give students the facts and the law so they can just focus on developing their skills in legal analysis and writing under exam conditions
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Practitioner Q&As
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Students have the opportunity to learn from legal professionals, such as:
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Geoff Kahn (former head of litigation at Ballard Spahr LLP)
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Mike Kunz (Managing Director, RPN Executive Search)
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Christina Kaba (Chief Legal Counsel, DuPont Biomaterials)
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Lunch and Learn Q&As
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A regular forum where a top law student and law professor answer students' questions
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Winter Employment Bootcamp
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Types of legal internships
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Applying for legal internships
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Using social media and alumni networks
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Resumes, cover letters, writing samples, interviewing
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Spring Forward Modules
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Advanced legal analysis
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Advanced legal writing
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Six practical exercises alternating between short mock exams (to strengthen the exam skills acquired in the fall) and short professional assignments (email, memo, introduction to brief)