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Tips for Time-Managing Your Law School Personal Statement
In honor of law school application season, we're excited to welcome Eileen Conner, founder of Pen and Chisel, LLC, who's here with some useful tips for personal statement time management. Don't delay, take this advice to heart today! If you're applying to law school this year, you probably have a … [Read More...]
LSAT Prep Options: PowerScore
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 PowerScore, which offers a variety of different options to help you maximize your … [Read More...]
“Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Paper” – A Law Student’s Guide To Staying True To YOU
Today we've got a fantastic guest post from Desiree Moore of Greenhorn Legal about a lesson from elementary school that applies equally well to law school. Without further ado: As kids, we are told to "keep our eyes on our own paper." … [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...]
Will You Be a Happy Lawyer?
Today we're talking with Jennifer Alvey, lawyer turned career coach (with a specialty in the "thwarted creative" lawyer type). She's got great insight into the personality types likely to be miserable in the legal profession, and is hysterically funny, to boot. Without further ado...here's … [Read More...]
Dealing with Loss in Law School
This week we welcome back guest writer Alexandra Muskat to talk about how to handle loss as a law student. Law school is hard. It’s exhausting, stressful, and time consuming, but life outside of law school doesn’t stop, and sometimes you have to figure out how to deal with unimaginable stressors. … [Read More...]
Where Should You Apply To Law School?
Some people argue that you should only go to law school if you get into a “top” school. The definition of “top” varies, but could include the top three schools (Yale, Harvard, Stanford), the top 14 schools, the top school in a given geographic area, or some combination thereof. Like it or not, … [Read More...]
Judicial Clerkship Interviews: What You Need to Know
Ring, Ring, Ring... If all goes well, one morning your phone will start ringing with judges who would like to meet you. Plan Ahead to Optimize Your Results While receiving calls is certainly exciting, it can also be stressful, especially if you’ve applied in more than one geographic area. … [Read More...]
Law School is Expensive, Not Impossible: How to Navigate Student Aid
Please welcome Matt Lenhard, Co-Founder at LendEDU. LendEDU is a marketplace for student loans and student loan refinancing. Today he is sharing the different ways to pay for your law school education. Welcome, Matt! … [Read More...]
Job Hunting for 3Ls and Recent Law Grads: How to Get the Inside Scoop
In part four of our job-hunting series for 3Ls and recent law grads, Katie Slater of Career Infusion Coaching provides tactical tips for getting insider information on job listings and potential openings. Try to Contact Someone Before Submitting Your Application A word on job postings. … [Read More...]
Flipping Out About the Bar Exam? An MBE Expert is Here to Help
I remember well the unpleasantness of preparing for the Multistate Bar Examination. Even after weeks of preparation, I was still completely convinced I'd failed afterwards! Not a fun test. That's why I'm very excited to have Sean Silverman here to talk about how to prepare for the MBE. Sean is an … [Read More...]
Law School Myth #3: Law School Gives You Three More Years to Decide What to Do With Your Life
Are you applying to law school because you want three more years to figure out what to do with your life? Guess what. That’s not the way this works. You need to know where you want to work geographically, and what kind of work you want to do, well before graduation. In fact, it’s helpful to … [Read More...]
Kate’s Counsel: Finding Your Way in the Legal Profession
Big news! Kate McGuinness, author of Terminal Ambition and a legal trailblazer in her own right, is going to be a regular writer on The Girl's Guide, which I couldn't be more excited about. Kate has a wealth of valuable experience to share about navigating as a woman in the legal profession, and … [Read More...]
Judicial Clerkships: Wondering Where to Apply? Consider These 4 Factors
The perennial question – where should you apply to clerk? Naturally, it’s impossible to answer with any authority! You'll need to balance several competing threads to decide what clerkships to apply for: prestige geography preference availability … [Read More...]
