Law school will challenge your relationships — that’s almost inevitable. But it can also be a rich source of new friends and supporters.
Read on for advice on building relationships in law school, so you’ll have a strong support network when you need it.
Law School Classmates
- Six Misguided Law Students You'll Encounter There are predictable types of "unhappy”"law students (or at least those who are unhappy when grades come out). Recognize yourself in any of these archetypes? It’s not too late to change course.
- Supporting Your Friends of Color in Law School Discussions on race, diversity, and inclusion can make people feel really uncomfortable. Stephanie Nweke dives into this issue though, and talks about some ideas for actually getting involved and becoming an ally to your friends of color in law school.
- Survive Law School: Find Your People If you’re going to make it to graduation with your sanity reasonably intact, you need allies. Learn how to recognize "your people," so you can steer clear of those who aren’t.
Having a Personal Life as a Law Student
- How to Maintain the Connection With Your Significant Other While in Law School Whether you are married, co-habituating with someone you just like a lot, or are committed to your significant other, Mark Livingston offers some advice for balancing a relationship while also remaining committed to your law school career.
- Riding the See-Saw: Maintaining Support at Home and Finding School/Life Balance Law school can be all-consuming, but you don't want to lose your loved ones or your happy life at home as a law student. Mark Livingston is talking about how he's managed to maintain good relationships at home as a law student and how you can do it too.
- Why Law School Friendships are Essential For Your Sanity Finding and developing some good friendships as a law student can be a key to your survival there, and Alexandra Muskat looks at why this is.
- How to Navigate Law and Politics During the Holidays Hillary Vaillancourt talks about dealing with family and friends over the holidays - and getting through some of those difficult conversations, including about the law and politics.
- Experiencing Grief in Law School Zoila Sanchez talks about dealing with grief as a law student.
- Social Life SOS: I Have No Social Life Because I’m in Law School Many students get to their second year of law school and find that their once-bustling social life is all but nonexistent. Sound familiar? This article might give you some perspective – or at least help you feel less alone!
- The Case For Dating in Law School: 5 Arguments of Advocacy Is law school the perfect opportunity to date? Here are five arguments to convince you that the right time to start dating is now, while you're in law school.
- The Case Against Dating in Law School: 5 Antagonistic Arguments Is dating in law school a good idea? We discuss the counterpoint to our previous dating post, and offer reasons why you may want to hold off on dating in law school.
Sources of Social Support in Law School
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Law School Friendships Even when you're spending time in law school focused almost solely on your studies, it's still important to have friends! Seriously, these are the people who will get you through, so read on.
- Why Having a Non-Law School Person to Lean On is So Important Do you have a support system outside of your law school world? Here's why it’s so important to keep your non-law school people close!
- What Makes a Mentor? What makes a great mentor? This is important to figure out, both as a mentor and a mentee. We share some characteristics that are important on both sides.
- How To Get To Know Your Professors in Law School Your professors can be an invaluable resource in law school. We share some suggestions for developing a relationship with them early on, which should help you throughout school and beyond!
- Taking Advantage of Academic Support If you're struggling a little (or a lot) with your law school classes, consider visiting your school's academic support office. Here's some advice for making the most of the experience.
- Dealing with Negative People in Law School Law school is a huge transition, and there will be many new people in your life. Alexandra Muskat talks about her experience with some negative, new people she met in law school and how she turned it around and found a better support system.
- Dealing with Loss in Law School Law school is tough enough, but if you're dealing with a personal loss it can be even harder. Alexandra Muskat talks about how she handled this and reached out for help.
- Cultivate Relationships With Faculty After Graduation Mark Livingston discusses how maintaining relationships with faculty and others from law school can be helpful for building your network later on in your career.
- Create a Care Package for the Law Student in Your Life Tiffany Lo talks about why sending some love in the form of a care package is a nice touch for any law students in your life.