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    Is Starting Law School Like Moving to a Foreign Country?
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    Law School Myth #2: Student Loan Debt is Good Debt
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    “I Hate My Classmates” and Other First-Week Problems
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    Am I Neurotic, or is the Whole World Crazy?
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    Want Better Law School Grades? Take an Iterative Approach to Learning
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    1L Tip of the Day: Good Confusion and Bad Confusion
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    2014: The Year of the Hustle
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    Leaving Litigation: Preparing to Leave
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    On Fear and Fearlessness

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How To Find The Area Of Law That’s Right For You

This week we welcome back guest writer Hillary Vaillancourt to talk about finding the right fit in a legal practice area. I am one of those people. You know the kind, the kind that can’t try a new recipe without posting a picture on social media with a lengthy write-up about how the food was … [Read More...]

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Craft a Law School Application That Gets You In: Sample Résumé Teardown

It's easy to give general advice about how to make your law school résumé the best it can be. It's harder to actually do it, right? Instead of talking generally, I thought it would be helpful to do a résumé teardown for a sample (fictional) law school applicant, so you can see how a humdrum … [Read More...]

Bruce MacEwen

Should You Go to Law School? Should You Drop Out? Advice from Bruce MacEwen of JD Match and Adam Smith, Esq.

Today we have a very special guest, Bruce MacEwen, president of JD Match and Adam Smith, Esq. He's at the leading edge of innovation in the legal profession, and routinely writes and speaks about the serious issues lawyers face in the current economy. To say he's got opinions about the value of … [Read More...]

Three things I learned in law school that weren't in the curriculum.

Three Things I Learned in Law School That Weren’t in the Curriculum

As we start off a new year, please welcome back guest writer Christen Morgan, attorney and Real Estate Specialist at a wireless infrastructure company, to discuss what three major lessons she learned from law school (and no they were not on any class syllabus). It has almost been two years since … [Read More...]

Dream

Want a Public Interest Job? Find Out How to Get One Here!

Lots of people go to law school because they want to do public interest work. Sadly, fewer people end up actually doing it. Here's an interview with my fantastic law school roommate, Gráinne O’Neill, who's living the dream! She's a real, live public interest lawyer, and she's got great tips on … [Read More...]

Summer associates burning the midnight oil

As a Summer Associate, Should You Burn the Midnight Oil or Have Another Drink?

Today we welcome Christen Morgan, guest writer and foreclosure attorney, to talk about how to juggle work and social events at your summer associate job. Before beginning your summer associate position, you knew what to expect. Your law school mentors already warned you about the long nights you … [Read More...]

The MPRE – 3L Perspective

Tackling the MPRE as a 3L

Please welcome back 3L guest writer Shirlene Armstrong to discuss what it's like to take the MPRE as a 3L and how to prepare! In case you did not know already, I am a 3L, and I am about to enter my last semester of law school (I’m not panicking, you’re panicking). Not only am I dreaming about … [Read More...]

Gambling

Law School Myth #6: You Can Trust a Law School’s Employment Numbers

Law schools release a decent amount of information about their graduates’ prospects, so it’s easy to think you’re getting the full story. You’re probably not. Schools fudge data in a variety of ways, but the most common approach is simply not to report unflattering information on graduates’ … [Read More...]

10 Tips to Help You Decide What Type of Law to Practice

Please welcome back Jeena Cho with a follow up to her excellent post, The Art of the Hustle. Today, Jeena's sharing 10 tips that will help you decide what type of law you'd like to practice. Take it away! I recently gave a talk "What I Wish I Learned in Law School" at Golden Gate University. … [Read More...]

Note taking in law school

What Should You Take Notes on When Your Professor Won’t Discuss the Law?

At some point in your law school experience, you're likely to encounter a professor who -- brilliant though he or she may be -- just isn't that interested in discussing "the law." Sure, they'll go on for hours about their pet theory of justice, or an esoteric research problem they're working on, 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...]

Combatting the “Out-of-Water” Feeling of 1L

Combatting the “Out-of-Water” Feeling of 1L

This week we welcome back guest writer Alexandra Muskat to talk about dealing with the adjustment to law school as a 1L. The first few weeks of law school are over for many of you, and I’m sure that the “out-of-water” feeling is starting to set in. When I first started school, I was totally … [Read More...]

BigLaw Departure

Leaving Litigation: A First-Hand Account

I got an email recently from a friend who'd done what lots of other young lawyers want to do -- she left BigLaw for a job she liked better (without leaving the law entirely). When she offered to tell her story, I jumped on it, naturally! Today, Elaine gives a bit of background and explains why … [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...]

research paper

Navigating the Research Paper

Please welcome back Keri Clapp, professor and tutor for the Law School Toolbox and Bar Exam Toolbox to discuss how to handle your first big research paper in law school. Once you survive your 1L year, you may be accustomed (or at least resigned) to having your grade decided by a single exam; … [Read More...]

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