It Begins: by A.T. Gone

Orientation, which was last month, was a great opportunity for first-year students like me to meet other first-year students as well as some faculty and administration members. The food is pretty good too. The first weeks of classes was welcomed by many as a good way to transition students and prepare them for the challenges ahead. This first week for 1L's consists of four hours a day in which you are introduced to law school and all that comes with it. IRAC? BaRAC? Too many acronyms, too little time.
Basically, this week is dedicated to an overview of the court system, analyzing and briefing cases, all of which mastering becomes crucial to success throughout law school and your career. If you ever took a law course in undergrad, this is your week to breathe a little easier as this should be a simple recap for most of you. If most of this is foreign to you, and you find yourself feeling lost and frantically looking up translations for all the Latin that you will see, don't be discouraged. This first week is meant to help ease your way into things. Briefing and finding the IRAC in each case will become second nature to you.