Law School Tips for the Modern Law Student
Let me fill you in on a little secret. There’s no one way to succeed in law school. Every law student comes with their own strengths, challenges, schedule, and budget. What works for your peers might not work for you. That’s why we provide an array of options to assist with the most common challenges law students face: from creating law school outlines to preparing for your law school exams. We provide law school tips that address the needs of busy, first-generation law students because we get it. Whether you are on the fence about starting law school, anxious about your first year, or are dissatisfied with your grades, there’s something for you.
About Tutor In Law
Founded by a law professor, Tutor In Law offers a full-range of remote tutoring services and products for law students including law school outlines, skill-building guides, private and group law school tutoring, essay grading, and workshops. Every offering is crafted with the modern law student in mind- the one who is a first-generation law student or is working, taking night classes, or raising a family. Tutor In Law’s mission is to make tutoring more accessible and affordable for law students who come from non-traditional backgrounds and lack resources. Our goal is to help level the playing field for law students who are women, people of color, LGBTQ+, single parents, or first-generation law students by providing tried-and-true law school tips. We want to see you ace your law school exams so you can go out in the world and make a difference, whether you’re changing the lives of your clients or breaking generational curses in your family. Your voice matters and your impact is needed. We are partnered with the California Department of Rehabilitation and work with law schools to serve their students. Discounts are available for women of color and single mothers. Please email us at [email protected] for more information.
What Kind of Student Are You?
Lost in the Sauce
You’re doing the briefs and paying attention in class, but can’t help but feel like you’re missing something and don’t even know where to start. You understand the law in theory, but struggle when its time to prepare for your law school exams.
Meet Mahliya, Founder & Mother
A law professor, law tutor, and first-generation law student, Mahliya is in a unique position to serve today’s law students.
Mahliya is an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Monterey College of Law. She is also a professor at Sacramento State University, teaching Domestic Violence and Crime. She has been tutoring law students for the past five years, working exclusively with non-traditional law students. In addition to tutoring law students individually, she works with law schools to support their students by hosting workshops, providing tutoring services, and helping to curate academic support programs. She is passionate about leveling the playing field for law students from non-traditional backgrounds by supporting them holistically and bridging the gap between law schools and law students.
During her private sessions, she works with students to identify problem areas, build skills, and create strategies for success. When working with students, mental health is always a priority. Her goal is to provide students with foundational skills that they can apply to all future law school courses and the bar.
Mahliya graduated magna cum laude from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento in 2020. Being a first-generation law student and single mother, attending law school presented unique challenges that she had to overcome. She now draws upon these experiences when working with her students. While in law school, she worked part-time as a law clerk and tutored her fellow students. Mahliya was selected as a reviewer in Lincoln’s Friday Night Review program when the program was piloted in 2018 and was asked to return every year until graduating. She received numerous scholarships and awards while in law school, including being on the dean’s list.
A Word From Your Tutor: A Few Things You May Not Know
01.
I was more worried about going into labor during the LSAT than taking the actual test!
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There were times that I had to miss class because I couldn’t find a sitter for my daughters.
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Criminal Law has my heart, hands down. It’s something about that murder approach.
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One of the best moments of my life was finishing my last law school exam & hugging my girls!
2014
Moved to Sacramento with my 5-month-old and got a job as a receptionist at a law office to see if I wanted to become a lawyer.
2016
Found out I could go to law school without my Bachelor’s degree and immediately started studying for the LSAT. Took the LSAT at 8 months pregnant.
2016
Got accepted into law school! Started first year when my second daughter was three weeks old, against the advice of the Dean.
2017
Received awards for my first-year grades and was asked to be a tutor at my law school. Fell in love with teaching the law.
2019
Received my first scholarship award for a scholarship started by another single mother. Started offering private tutoring.
2020
Graduated law school pregnant with my third daughter, during a pandemic.
2022
Launched Tutor In Law to provide an array of affordable services and products to make a difference to law students from non-traditional backgrounds!
