Rising 1L Prep Course for Incoming 1Ls – Interest Form

Here’s a synopsis of what last summer’s students had to say about the program:

🔹 “I took the Harvard zeroL course prior to working with Amanda. I learned more in one hour of time with her than eight hours of modules from Harvard’s course. If you are undecided about if you should take her course or not, you are wrong! Take her course even if everything is a refresher your confidence level heading into a completely unknown adventure will skyrocket! Thank you for everything!” —Dalton Kindt

🔹 “I recommend this course! 5 Stars. I love how it helps with the foundations and has grown my confidence. Interacting with other law students, a former established attorney, and getting feedback on assignments helped me feel much more prepared and confident to start this upcoming fall. The networking lesson in our initial week on resume and networking through LinkedIn was another lesson that I truly took a lot from: from being nervous about cold emailing attorneys to now having talked with an actual attorney before my first year really grew my confidence. I enjoyed the lessons on all the different grammar rules I have not covered since middle school, and it’s helped my writing. Working 30-35 hrs/week and doing this course I found it to be a manageable courseload. Thank you for this course!” —Brandon Kreyling

🔹 “I can already see the skills I’ve learned in Amanda’s class being put to use during my 1L orientation and I feel much more prepared than I was prior to participating in this course. Amanda was and continues to be so supportive when it comes to wanting to help her students succeed and her feedback on my assignments has been invaluable. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to take this course and would definitely recommend it to any 1L looking to improve their legal writing skills!” —Kendall Wasynuk

🔹 “I recommend this course 100%. I feel a lot more confident heading into 1L, having already read cases and worked on our legal writing and networking skills. Amanda brings a wealth of experience to the table, and her ability to explain that wealth in a way still helpful to 0L's with little knowledge on the subject, was highly valuable. Everything was so helpful! Thank you!!!!” —Aidan Conner

🔹 “This was immensely helpful practice, both to learn more information about networking, resumes, and summarizing cases, but also to remind me of some important writing concepts. And thank you for telling me the specific rules about verb choice for the courts. More broadly, thank you for your capitalization slides, they are helpful to know specifics so as to appear more professional and correct in writing. I recommend this course!” —L.C.

🔹 “I am extraordinarily grateful for this course. The time and energy that Amanda put into editing my writing and meeting with me personally was very valuable. I am currently doing legal research for my legal research and writing class, and I know I would feel quite a bit more overwhelmed if I had not taken this summer course. I recommend it—it improved my confidence before law school by a lot!” —Anonymous

🔹 “I was one of the lucky ones who got the chance to work with Amanda Haverstick. After following her for a year on LinkedIn, I reached out in 2024 asking about a legal writing course. I later became one of the first buyers of her book, “Dear 1L” (truly gold!), but I didn’t stop there. I had 1:1 sessions that helped when I didn’t know how to apply for my J.D., and I also became one of the first to enroll in her pre-L summer prep course (100% worth it, especially because [we’re] not allowed to get [legal-writing] help once the semester starts).” —Daya Parra

🔹 “I feel like I won the lottery! This course gave me the opportunity to practice short writing assignments similar to what will be expected in law school and to receive feedback on those assignments. It has given me realistic confidence that I can handle law school, with actionable feedback so I know where I can improve before classes even begin. I am so grateful I had this opportunity!” —Abby W.

🔹 “I feel so much more confident going into fall semester after taking this course. Amanda pours her heart into things. She is an awesome teacher who made legal writing fun and enjoyable.” —Anonymous

🔹 “I am a first-generation law student, and I didn’t really have any connections to receive advice or suggestions from, but now that I took Amanda’s pre-L course, I actually feel prepared for law school. The writing assignments and feedback I received also gave me confidence in my writing for law school. I really think this will make a big difference for me, and I highly recommend it!” —Virginia Z.

🔹 “In this course, you get Amanda’s dedicated time, resources, knowledge, training, experience, and talent. She provided a thorough, individual analysis of my work and took the time to provide helpful, individualized tips. I know I am a better writer because of Amanda’s feedback, and I recommend that other students take advantage of the opportunity to learn from her!” —Anonymous