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    Is Starting Law School Like Moving to a Foreign Country?
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    LSAT Prep Options: Fox Test Prep
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    If I Could Choose Again, Would I Still Wait To Have Children?
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    I Failed the Bar Exam! Now What?!?
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    12 Things I’d Do if I Were An Unemployed 3L
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    Please, I Beg You, Get a Website!
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    An Open Letter to the Bosses of Young Lawyers
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    Looking for Work? 7 Tips for a Remarkable Résumé
  • Should You Go to Law School? Well, What Do You Like?

    Should You Go to Law School? Well, What Do You Like?
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    Hey, 1Ls! It’s Okay to Use the Internet

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The Challenges for Women in In-House Legal Roles

This week our guest writer, an in-house attorney, discusses the unique challenges to being a woman attorney in an in-house legal role and how she has dealt with these challenges. Even as more women graduate from law school than ever before, carving out a successful legal career as a woman can be … [Read More...]

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The 5 Biggest (Avoidable) LSAT Mistakes

Not sure how you did on the LSAT last week? You'll find this guest post by Next Step Test Preparation helpful. Next Step provides complete courses of one-on-one LSAT tutoring for about the price of a crowded lecture-style prep course. Five Common (Avoidable) LSAT Mistakes Are you guilty of any … [Read More...]

How to Get the Most Out of Your Law School Friendships

Today, we're excited to welcome 2L Gabriella Martin, who's talking about a very important topic -- why you need friends in law school! Seriously, these are the people who will get you through, so read on. Sometimes law school gives you such tunnel vision that it can be difficult to see beyond … [Read More...]

Studying for the bar exam

A Review of the Smarter Review Bar Exam Course

One of the great things about running a website is that occasionally you can do favors for your friends! In this case, a nice person from Smarter Review contacted me to see if I wanted to check out their bar review course. Frankly, the last thing I wanted to do was ever think about the bar exam … [Read More...]

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Think You’ve Got a Lot to Do? We Talk to an Entrepreneurial Law School Mom!

Today's interview is with Ciara Vesey, a multi-talented law student, mother, and entrepreneur. I have no idea how she finds the time to do everything she does, but she's just launched a pre-law and law student advising program, which you'll learn more about below. Take it away! Alison: It's … [Read More...]

Rejecting the Male Definitions of Success

What rules are you playing by in your life and your career? Today we're delighted to welcome back Susan Smith Blakely, author of the Best Friends at the Bar book series, to discuss a provocative question: Do you need to change your definition of success so it's less "male" to truly … [Read More...]

Action!

One Key to Success: Have a Bias Towards Action

What's one of the most common clichés about lawyers? Okay, other than being rude and mean. It's that they're risk-averse. Unfortunately, in the rapidly shifting world in which we all suddenly find ourselves, that's a serious problem! Why? Because to be successful these days, you really need to … [Read More...]

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