Some Lex Fellows describe the legal trainings as an immersive introduction to law school–level thinking.
The goal of these sessions is to equip students with a strong legal foundation, meaningful exposure to how law is practiced internationally, and the tools needed to succeed in law school admissions and future legal careers.
Build Core Legal Foundations Through Comparative, Global Training
Build Core Legal Foundations.
Legal Associate offering comparative analysis. (Spain)
Get a head start by building core legal foundations and learning how law is practiced in an international context.
Beat the law school curve.
Lex student studying a real case during program (Rome, Italy)
Be among the select few who truly excel their first year by understanding the material early.
Succeed in your legal career.
Lex students at prestigious law firm (Rome, Italy)
Your 1L grades will be a major indicator of your career success after law school. Set yourself up for the legal career you want by investing in your future early.
Receive legal training from a local Legal Associate in the host country who provides in-country guidance and professional insight throughout the program.
Lex legal trainings are tailored to each destination and focus on core legal foundations through a comparative lens. Topics may include:
Foundations of the host-country legal system
Key local statutes and practice areas encountered during firm visits
Comparative analysis between U.S. and host-country law
Core U.S. legal concepts and terminology
Legal reasoning, rhetoric, and oral advocacy
Practical skills in legal research and writing
Law school application strategy and career planning
Whiteboard notes from LA’s Legal Training (Spain).
Extended Learning Opportunities
A component of Law School Training, Extended Learning Opportunities allow Fellows to reinforce what they’ve learned while on program with through reflection and practical application. This may include learning now to network with lawyers, creating or editing a resume and cover letter, receiving advice on preparing for interviews and applying for internships, participating in mock trails, working on practice problems, or debating with the cohort on relevant public policy issues. These sessions aim to improve soft skills such as public speaking, teamwork, and collaboration, and give students a social advantage in law school and other legal environments, such as legal internships and paralegal positions.
Lex students at an on-site learning session (Washington, D.C.)
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81% of students completing the Lex Fellowship report progress on the American Bar Association’s core skills, values, knowledge and experience.
“You should seek courses and other experiences that will engage you in critical thinking about important issues, challenge your beliefs and improve your tolerance for uncertainty and criticism… Your law school experience will develop and refine those crucial skills, but you must enter law school with a reasonably well developed set of analytic and problem solving abilities.”
- American Bar Association
Lex students during their program training (Washington, D.C.).
There is no better resource for law school success than a law school student, which is why our Legal Associates come from top law schools.
“Some programs use law professors to prep you for the 1L year which is of much less value because they often give students many of the same suggestions as their [future] law professors. Why pay twice for the same advice?”
- US NEWS
Legal Advisor answering student questions (Rome, Italy).
