Melissa A. Hale is the director of learning for legal education at LSAC. Prior to joining LSAC, Melissa was the director of academic success and bar programs at Loyola University Chicago, with a focus on helping students, especially first-generation law students, develop the academic skills they need for law school. She is the author of “A First Generation's Guide to Law School” and “The Ultimate Guide to the UBE (Bar Review).”
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