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Should You Go to Law School? What’s Your Motivation?
Thinking about law school? Let's talk about your motivations. Which of the following statements resonate for you? If I go to a good law school, my parents will be happy If I go to a good law school, my friends will be impressed If I go to a good law school, I’ll make lots of money If I … [Read More...]
Career Development: Beatles or Stones?
Today we are honored to welcome Dan Lear. He is a lawyer, blogger, and Director of Industry Relations for Avvo. Today he has brought an interesting perspective to career development. I’ve always found the question “Beatles or Stones?” rather asinine. The answer is, of course, Beatles. … [Read More...]
How to Punch Above Your Law School GPA
Today, we welcome guest Andre Castillo, founder of Career Mavin, a site that offers personal coaching and career training. He is sharing his tips on how to punch above your law school GPA. It’s not fun to get lower law school grades than you wanted—but it’s going to be ok. You can easily punch … [Read More...]
Surviving On Campus Interviews: Tips to Ace Your Callback Interview
It’s almost OCI time, so today we are excited to welcome back Peter from Law Firm Interviews with a follow up to his first article, Dealing with Adverse Facts During Interviews in the Surviving On Campus Interview Series. Today he is sharing tips to ace your callback interview. Welcome back, … [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...]
What I Learned About the Future of Law from Buying a Logo
I'll just go ahead and warn you -- some of you aren't going to like this post. But I think you should read it, and think about it. Here's the story: … [Read More...]
Don’t Go to Law School Just Because You’re Good at the LSAT
Since LSAT scores were released yesterday, this seemed like a good time to check in with Nathan Fox, founder of Fox Test Prep, who went to law school for a terrible reason. Namely, a high LSAT score. Here's Nathan, with a cautionary tale for everyone who got (seemingly) good news yesterday. As … [Read More...]
Cool Idea for Legal Networking: Make A “Contacts Roadmap”
Let's face it, the average law student hates networking. Sure there are a few social butterflies who actually enjoy socializing with real attorneys and other grownups, but they're few and far between. Partly I think networking gets a bad rap because it's unclear how exactly people are supposed … [Read More...]
7 Things to Do Over Spring Break For Better Law School Grades
Unless your law school is on some wacky schedule (I'm looking at you, Stanford) you've got Spring Break in the next week or two, and exams starting a month and a bit after that. What can you do over Spring Break to ensure your exams go well? … [Read More...]
Help! My First Semester Law School Grades are Really Bad.
Okay, you're getting your first semester law school grades back and they're -- shall we say -- not exactly what you'd hoped for. What now? … [Read More...]
My Federal Debt and Me: The Truth About Income Based Repayment
Please welcome Marina Modlin, wills and trusts attorney and author of The Independence Track -- a resource for freelance attorneys. Today, Marina is sharing her student loan story and what she's learned about Income Based Repayment (IBR). Welcome, Marina! So, the other day I called the people … [Read More...]
How to Know When a Job isn’t for You: Tales of Terrible Interviews
This week we welcome back guest writer Alexandra Muskat to talk about some bad interview stories and why you should remember you are also interviewing your future employer, as well as being interviewed. I sometimes wonder why the veil of naivety was so strong with me when I was in law school. I … [Read More...]
Pen and Chisel Q&A: How to Tackle the “Why X School?” Essay
Working on your law school applications? Please welcome back law school admissions essay expert Eileen Conner, founder of Pen and Chisel, who has some timely advice on the dreaded "Why School X?" essay. If you missed any of her other admissions Q&As, check them out here. Q: One of my target … [Read More...]
“I Hate My Classmates” and Other First-Week Problems
Awesome, you're starting law school. It's gonna be so cool! Like, new BFFs all around, right? OMG, I can't wait! Yeah, probably not so much. If you're one of the many 1Ls who shows up to find out things aren't exactly what you expected, don't panic. It might just be a temporary glitch in the … [Read More...]
