The people in charge of the latest suit against BAR/BRI claim that they are looking to fundamentally change the landscape of bar review for future law students.

• "'The other case sought principally damages for those who had taken the BAR/BRI course and paid too much over nine years,' Disner said of the case that settled. 'This case focuses on the future and posits the view that there are people out there, including the two who are plaintiffs, who will take the bar review course in a few years and want to make sure they have a competitive market in which to choose the right course and pay the right price.'" (From Law.com)

It's still obviously pretty early in the suit, but keep an eye on it because it has the potential to impact the way you study for the bar and how much you pay to do so.

Read more about signing up for BAR/BRI during first year below...

If you're a new law student, BAR/BRI is probably trying to get you to sign up for their bar review class by putting down a deposit so that you can "lock in" their prices.

While they will give you some free stuff to help you throughout law school and it will "lock in" the price, just know that it's by no means mandatory that you sign up for BAR/BRI your first year or at all.

I take the bar in February and still haven't signed up for BAR/BRI, though I plan to do so at some point. I figured with being unable to work and living off of loans during first year that I'd have more of a need for money early in law school. This was basically correct so I was happy with that decision.

Plus I guess I thought it was presumptious to sign up so early for bar review without knowing what the future held for me in law school.

Either way, put some thought into whether signing up for BAR/BRI is what is best for you this early.