Guide for first year law students

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Introduction

1L is how lawyers and law students informally refer to the first year of the law school education. Law school education (full time) in the United States is typically 3 years. The first year courses are typically: Contracts, Torts, Property(Real), civil procedure, criminal law, real property, and legal writing.