Law school grades can seem all-important, and certainly they do matter. But, they’re not everything and they don’t have to define your legal career.
Below, we dig into some “truths” about grades, and suggest ways for you to handle bad news — and bounce back with better grades!
Dealing with Law School Grades
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Law School Truths
- Law School Truth #2: You Are Not Your Grades Because most classes are graded on a curve, it’s easy to feel like your law school grades have something to say about you, as a person. They don’t. You are NOT your grades.
- How to Stay Resilient When a Professor Criticizes Your Efforts Alexandra Muskat looks at ways to handle criticism in law school - particularly from a professor.
- Law School Truth #1: You Don't Control Your Grades For better or worse, you don’t really control your law school grades. (Whether they control you is another issue!)
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