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This Guide will help to take you through the first semester (and a little beyond) and advise you regarding what you should be doing as you progress through your journey in learning the law. If you follow the advice of your professors and consult this book, you’ll find that the journey becomes much easier, because you’ll know the steps you should be taking to make sure that you are keeping up not only with your dayto-day classwork, but also with your preparations for final exams.  \nBefore we start talking about what you need to be doing, however, there’s one thing you need to keep in mind regarding law school here at Washburn:  \nDON’T PANIC  \nLet me say that again: Don’t Panic. You deserve to be here. We didn’t make a huge mistake in letting you in. If you are here now, it’s because we think you’ve got the ability and intelligence to succeed in law school. We don’t let people in with the idea that they will fail. We don’t take people who aren’t ready and then “cull the herd.” If we let you in, it’s because your credentials and achievements have told us that you can be successful in law school. Therefore, if you stick to the plan and do what you are supposed to do, everything will be just fine.  \nNow, of course, it is true that not everyone who starts law school is successful. There are people who decide that law school is not something they want to do, or who find themselves academically dismissed. However, almost always this is the result of not following the plan, or of having something in their lives intervene to disrupt the plan. There are a number of things that can do this, and you should be aware of them and seek to minimize their influence on your legal education. Not so coincidentally, these are the same factors that will  \ninterfere with your ability to perform well on the Bar Exam after you graduate from law school. 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