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Kate’s Counsel: Chill Out About Exams
Just in the nick of time, Kate McGuinness returns with some words of hard-earned wisdom about law school exams & your future career! In an astonishing display of clairvoyance, I will correctly predict the emotional state of each of the nation’s law students. Ta-da, it’s anxiety. Exam … [Read More...]
5 Non-Obvious Ways Law School Loan Debt Will Impact Your Life
If you're considering law school, there's a very good chance you're planning to take out student loans. (About 80% of law students graduate with some debt, and the average amount borrowed is over $100,000. That works out to over $1,000/month in loan payments on a standard 10 year repayment … [Read More...]
Feeling a Little Unprepared for Practice?
If you're feeling a little unprepared for practice (despite three years of law school!) or are thinking about clerking or starting your own business, today's interview is for you. We're talking with … [Read More...]
Things I Learned from My Judge
When I started work as a law clerk, I assumed I'd learn about trial practice and explore some new areas of law. That turned out to be true. What I didn't realize was that I'd get some really great life advice along the way. … [Read More...]
“The Graveyards are Full of Indispensable People”
Yesterday, I went to a really fantastic event, the TEDxBayArea Global Women Entrepreneurs conference. (Seriously, if you're in the Bay Area, try to go to this next year. It's great.) Kara Swisher, who is apparently very famous in certain circles, gave a fascinating talk about work and life, in … [Read More...]
The End of the Academic Year: A 1L Perspective
Please welcome Shirlene Armstrong, first-year law student at Wayne State University. Today, she's giving us the 1L perspective on what law school life is like as the second semester draws to a close. Another semester is coming to an end and a new law school season is about to begin, Studying … [Read More...]
Riding the See-Saw: Maintaining Support at Home and Finding School/Life Balance
This week we welcome back Mark Livingston, current 3L, to discuss how to balance your personal life with your law school career. I knew from the start that law school was going to be a long and arduous journey. There are innumerable articles on the internet in which law school survivors detail … [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...]
5 Tips for Getting the Best from Your Paralegals
It's no secret that young lawyers rarely get management training before setting off to work. So, I was delighted to receive this guest post from the experienced paralegals at ParalegalEdu, offering five useful tips on working with paralegals. (They're broadly applicable to other support staff, as … [Read More...]
Mentors or Sponsors: Which Do You Need?
What support do young lawyers need to succeed? Conventional wisdom says you're good to go if you find a couple of experienced mentors and do what they tell you to do. The modern viewpoint, however, is a bit different. Now just having good mentors isn't enough -- you need to find a … [Read More...]
12 Things I’d Do if I Were An Unemployed 3L
With all the gloom and doom reporting out lately (only half of graduating law students can expect jobs! and so forth), I've been thinking about what someone who's graduating from law school in a couple of months without a job offer can do, right now, to improve their prospects. I don't guarantee … [Read More...]
Summer Reading List: Give and Take (A Revolutionary Approach to Success)
It's still summer, at least here in San Francisco! For the final installment in our summer reading list, guest poster Katie Slater of Career Infusion Coaching returns to review Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, by Adam Grant. I just started it, but I can confirm it's fantastic. … [Read More...]
Finding Your Path: A Business Coach Weighs In
Please welcome Crystal Marsh, former attorney and career business coach. She is the owner of Crystal Marsh Coaching — a where she helps millennials define success and fulfillment for themselves and then land their dreams jobs or start their new businesses. Today she is sharing answering questions … [Read More...]
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...]
