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Podcast Episode 563: Neurodivergence in the Workplace (w/Natalie Diggins)

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:44 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, Lee talks with Natalie Diggins, author of The Autistic Adult’s Toolbox, about her late-in-life neurodivergent diagnosis and the practical “scaffolding” tools she developed to thrive in professional environments. The conversation centers around concrete strategies for meetings, note-taking, and self-advocacy in the workplace.

In this episode we discuss:

How our guest, Natalie Diggins, was diagnosed as neurodivergent as an adult
Meeting anxiety triggers and solutions
Being proactive in the classroom and workplace
Deciding whether to seek a diagnosis
Advocating for yourself as a junior associate

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Podcast Episode 562: Law Every 1L Should Know — Personal Jurisdiction (Civil Procedure)

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:58 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re focusing on an important civil procedure topic — personal jurisdiction. We’ll discuss the two branches (general and specific jurisdiction) and we’ll analyze a fact pattern at the end of the episode.

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In this episode we discuss:

What is civil procedure?
The basics of personal jurisdiction
General and specific jurisdiction
How to analyze personal jurisdiction questions on an exam, and a sample hypothetical scenario

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Podcast Episode 561: Real Talk About the Law School Loan Landscape (w/Teria Thornton from AccessLex)

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:08 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have a special guest — Teria Thornton from AccessLex Institute — and we are talking about law school financing, loan repayment, and what you can do to improve your credit score.

In this episode we discuss:

Introduction to AccessLex and our guest, Teria Thornton
The school loan landscape before 2025
Changes with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
How income-driven repayment plans are structured
Does public service loan forgiveness still exist?
Credit score basics

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Podcast Episode 560: Law Every 1L Should Know — Real Property

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:30 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re delving into real property. We’ll do a quick orientation to what property law actually covers; then we’ll talk about one of the toughest parts of 1L Property — future interests; and finally, we’ll do a deeper dive into adverse possession with a fact pattern at the end.

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In this episode we discuss:

Overview of property law
A primer on future interests
A deep dive into the elements of adverse (or hostile) possession
A hypo showcasing adverse possession

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Podcast Episode 559: Law Every 1L Should Know — Torts

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:20 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re focusing on torts. We briefly go through a review of the intentional torts, and we focus more thoroughly on negligence, since it is the most heavily tested topic in 1L Torts. To illustrate how negligence is tested on an exam, we go through a sample scenario.

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In this episode we discuss:

Overview of tort law
Intentional torts
The negligence framework: duty, breach, causation, damages
A hypothetical negligence claim

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Podcast Episode 558: Law Every 1L Should Know — Contract Formation

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:15 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of the series “Law Every 1L Should Know”, and today we’re tackling contracts. We cover the three essential elements of contract formation under common law — offer, acceptance, and consideration — and apply the rules to a practical fact pattern.

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In this episode we discuss:

Overview of contract law
Contract formation checklist and rules
A fact pattern illustrating contract formation

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Podcast Episode 557: This is How Your Brain Actually Learns (The Brain Science Behind Our RAMP Tool)

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:43 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we explain the neuroscience behind our RAMP bar study tool — which we introduced in a recent episode. We discuss the limitation of working memory, which makes it essential to move legal rules into long-term memory through spaced repetition and scaffolding.

In this episode we discuss:

The research and science behind our RAMP bar study tool
Scaffolding and why we use three learning tiers
Studying through spaced repetition
RAMP study mode features and confidence calibration
How much information can our working memory hold?

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Podcast Episode 556: How Much Do Grades Matter for Different Career Paths?

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:10 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we’re talking about the legal jobs for which grades matter a lot, where they matter somewhat, and where they really don’t matter much at all. We also share some tips for what you should do if your grades so far aren’t what you had hoped for.

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Where grades matter a lot
Where grades matter somewhat
Where grades matter less than you think
What if your grades are disappointing so far?

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Podcast Episode 555: Listen and Learn — The Breach Element of a Negligence Claim (Torts)

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:13 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing the different methods a plaintiff may use to establish the second element of a negligence claim — breach. We also talk about the “res ipsa loquitur” doctrine, and we will walk through several hypotheticals involving breach of the standard of care.

In this episode we discuss:

An overview of negligence claims
The reasonable person standard
The “res ipsa loquitur” doctrine
Hypothetical scenarios involving breach of the standard of care

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Podcast Episode 554: How We’re Thinking About NextGen Prep Differently (Plus, Try Our New Tool for Free!)

Law School Toolbox Team — Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:40 +0000

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we’re discussing how we’re thinking about preparing for the NextGen bar exam differently — and we’re excited to introduce a new tool we’ve built to help you learn and retain the rules you need to know.

In this episode we discuss:

An overview of the NextGen UBE
The big misconception: No memorization is required for the NextGen
Why traditional study methods fall short
Introducing our new RAMP (Rule Acquisition and Mastery Platform) tool and how it works
Our recommendation on who should start using RAMP now

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