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How to Use Your Summer to Reset for the Following Year
This week we welcome back guest writer Alexandra Muskat to discuss how to use your time during the summer to start out on the right foot in the fall as a law student. In undergrad, we generally spend our summers working and relaxing, but when you get to law school, you learn that your summer … [Read More...]
How to Balance Screen Time as a Law Student
This week we welcome back guest writer Christen Morgan to talk about how to make sure you're not overdoing it on screen time as a law student. Immersed in an era of recurrent tech developments, it’s no secret that we’ve transitioned from a point where screen time was optional to a point where … [Read More...]
Job Hunting for 3Ls and Recent Law Grads: Coping with an Extended Job Search
In this fifth, and final, part of our job-hunting series for 3Ls and recent law grads, Katie Slater of Career Infusion Coaching addresses a very critical issue: How can you stay sane in the face of an extended job hunt? … [Read More...]
3 LSAT Logic Games Tips from LSAT Freedom
I'll be honest -- the LSAT makes my head hurt and I think about it as little as possible! That's why we’re delighted to welcome Robert M. Fojo from LSAT Freedom to share and explain three LSAT Logic Games tips that will help you build a strong foundation for doing well on one of the more dreaded … [Read More...]
I am a Rising 3L and STILL Haven’t Taken the MPRE
This week we welcome back guest writer, and rising 3L, Shirlene Armstrong, to talk about the MPRE and why she's taking it her 3L year. If you were about to listen in on many 2L’s minds, you would hear a variety of topics. “I need to practice for my upcoming mock trial...” or “After evidence, I … [Read More...]
Tales from a Canadian Attorney: Flat Fees
If you're not a fan of the billable hour, you're not alone! But there is an alternative, and that's in the form of flat fees. Carli van Maurik explains how lawyers might consider using a fee range rather than the billable hour. Welcome back, Carli! … [Read More...]
Three Women Who Are a Reminder That You Can Persevere
This week we welcome back guest writer Christen Morgan to discuss some well-known female role models and what lessons we can learn from them. Woman; the epitome of strength, resilience, courage and empathy in human form. The personification of power and perseverance and if we’re keeping it all … [Read More...]
There Is Never Enough Time: Tips to Manage What Little There Is
This week we welcome back guest writer and 3L Mark Livingston to talk about how to manage your time in law school. Life is not easy. There is never enough time for everything that needs to be done on any given day. Time commitments are more acutely felt when in law school. I am a non-traditional … [Read More...]
Young Lawyer Perspective – A Day in My Life, Working From Home
This week we welcome back guest writer Shirlene Armstrong to talk about starting out as a new lawyer and working from home in the age of COVID-19. If someone told me that I would spend my first year in practice working from home for numerous weeks (potentially months), I would think they were … [Read More...]
Is Lawyering the Right Path for You?
I get a lot of emails from people who might want to be lawyers, asking if it's the right move, and from current law students, asking whether they should continue. Today, I've called in a career expert, Lainee Beigel of Career Esquire, to offer her counsel. Take it away! I'm a 3L who's graduating … [Read More...]
Survive Law School: Stop Procrastinating
We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, … [Read More...]
LSAT Prep Options: LSATMax
We're excited to initiate a series of interviews with various LSAT prep companies, exploring their approach and getting some tips for success. (If you'd like to be featured, let me know.) Today, we're talking with LSATMax, a course by Harvard Law grads that you can get right from the Apple App … [Read More...]
Tips for Applying to Law School with a Non-Traditional Background
This week we welcome back guest writer Briana Borgolini to talk about how to position yourself in your law school applications when you are not a "traditional" candidate. Applying to law school can be intimidating for anyone, let alone someone who may have been out of a school setting for a few … [Read More...]
Three Signs You Need To Slow Down
This week we welcome back guest writer Hillary Vaillancourt to discuss some obvious signs that you need to take a breather and slow down your pace in law school. There’s no way around it. Law school is stressful and busy. You are expected to read more than you have ever read before. You are … [Read More...]
