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    Wondering How to Get a Job? Here’s Advice from a Law School Career Counselor
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    Thinking of Starting a Solo Law Practice? Avoid These Traps for the Unwary
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    Leaving Litigation: How Do You Know When You’re Ready to Leave?
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    What the Hell is Wrong With Lawyers?
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    12 Things I’d Do if I Were An Unemployed 3L
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    Want a Job? Clean Up Your Online Paper Trail

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7 Law School Resolutions For The New Year

This week we welcome back guest writer Tiffany Lo to talk about starting fresh in the new year with some resolutions. Being a law student is not easy. There is always room for improvement—to make things more efficient, to grow your knowledge, to hone your legal skills. This year, consider … [Read More...]

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4 Ways to Seek Feedback in Law School

4 Ways to Seek Feedback in Law School

This week we welcome back guest writer and 2L Tiffany Lo to talk about how to get feedback in law school. In law school, a final exam is often the sole determinant of a grade in a course. For many students, this is an uncomfortable shift from undergraduate classes in which there are multiple … [Read More...]

Are You Willing to Look Stupid to Learn?

Lee Rosen once said something interesting to me, which is that he runs across a lot of solo and small firm lawyers who are more concerned about looking like lawyers than they are in doing the non-glamorous work that's required to get enough business to actually be a lawyer. At the time, I found … [Read More...]

Scales of Justice

Don’t Go to Law School Unless You Want to Be a Lawyer

If you’re considering law school, you may have a variety of ideas floating around in your mind. Typically, these include one or more of the following: law is glamorous and exciting, just look at all those TV shows about hot lawyers lawyers are really rich if I’m a lawyer, I can help … [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...]

Losing the Fear of Being Stereotyped: Surviving as a Young Woman in a Position of Authority

Losing the Fear of Being Stereotyped: Surviving as a Young Woman in a Position of Authority

Please welcome our guest writer this week to discuss an issue than many women in positions of power in the workplace can experience - a fear of being stereotyped in a certain way. “You need to look and sound intimidating and scary.” That was one of the most popular versions of advice I received … [Read More...]

Waitlisted

On the Dreaded Law School Waitlist? 7 Tips for Getting In

So you've found yourself in law school admissions purgatory. Not in, and not rejected. Nope, you've landed on the waitlist. What to do? … [Read More...]

Five Ways To Prepare For Fall Semester

Five Ways To Prepare For Fall Semester

This week we welcome guest writer Hillary Vaillancourt to talk about easing into fall semester after that summer off from law school. Transitioning from summer break to fall classes has its challenges. For some, the summer was spent at a law clinic practicing one area of law or at an internship … [Read More...]

Golf

Stop Telling Me to Play Golf. Enough, Already!

I swear to you, if ONE MORE PERSON writes an article about how professional women need to take up golf to get ahead, I'm going to completely lose my mind. The most recent crop: Yes Ladies, You DO Need to Play Golf Dress Well and Play Golf Rules for Women to Climb the Corporate … [Read More...]

Advice for Incoming 1Ls Part III (Studying and Exam Prep)

Advice from the Trenches for Incoming 1Ls: On Outlining and Exam Preparation

This week we welcome back Kala Mueller to finish up her series offering advice to incoming 1Ls from those who have gone through it already. She'll complete the series with a discussion about studying and exam prep. Now that you’re all well-versed on the rigors of law school and the importance of … [Read More...]

Disappointing grades

Disappointing 1L Grades? Four Common Reasons, and How to Fix Them!

As law school classes start back up again, many of you are trying to come to terms with your disappointing 1L grades. People tend to take one of two approaches when the first year didn't go so well. Most students just accept the status quo, decide they're lousy law students, and quit trying. But … [Read More...]

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

This week we welcome back guest writer Kathryn Blair to discuss what Imposter Syndrome is and how you can deal with it if it's something you're facing. “Imposter Syndrome” is a term that many of us have heard in recent years. And many of us that have heard of it, regardless of age, race, gender, … [Read More...]

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Why Multitasking is a Terrible Idea

OMG, there's so much stuff to do!!! How will I ever finish everything? I'm so busy I could die! If this sounds like you, you're not alone. In fact, it's the lament of many law students, and most lawyers. I once walked into a partner's office at a law firm, and she uttered the above, … [Read More...]

Mock Trial

My First Mock Trial – A 2L Perspective

Please welcome back our 2L guest writer, Shirlene Armstrong, to discuss her first mock trial experience. She discusses everything from the preparation through the actual trial, and tells us what she learned. As a 2L, I have the opportunity to participate in “professional experience” activities … [Read More...]

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Judicial Clerkships: What You Need to Know About Scheduling Clerkship Interviews

Do NOT Answer the Phone The most critical piece of advice for managing your interview schedule is simple: do not answer the phone! Let all of your calls go to voicemail, at least temporarily. If you are a competitive candidate and have applied to fast-moving locations, it would not be uncommon … [Read More...]

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