All the tools you need for law school success
If you’re just beginning your first semester of law school, you might find that the process is already confusing … and expensive! With that in mind, here are some resources to help you find your way that won’t cost you a cent! [Read more…] about Free Resources for Law Students
If you’re beginning law school, you’re likely thinking a lot about what you say and do in class, how to handle all the reading, your exams, your grades, and the price of text books (yikes!). The furthest thing from your mind is probably how to stay healthy. Eating well in law school is crucial, though. Take it from someone who didn’t! [Read more…] about You Are What You Eat! Eating Well In Law School
If you’re starting law school this fall, here’s a little secret that might make your life both easier and more difficult. Ready? Here it is: No one in your class knows what they’re doing any more than you do! This might sound obvious, but let me explain. [Read more…] about The Secrets More 1Ls Need to Know
If I had to choose one characteristic that I think would separate out the 1Ls who will do well in school versus those who won’t, it would have to be a self-starter attitude. [Read more…] about Want to Get Good Law School Grades: Become a Self-Starter
In talking with some of our students the other day, I realized some robust patterns between who was doing well and why. There are several key traits and attitudes that I have inevitably seen in those students who perform at the highest levels and succeed the most with their grades. And guess, what, it doesn’t have much to do with “who is smarter” or “who puts in the most study hours.” [Read more…] about How to Think Like a Successful Law Student
What do you call it when you put one hundred Type-A personalities who are used to excelling at everything into a high-pressure, high-stakes environment for 10-12 hours every day for a few months and then tell them it’s impossible for everyone of them to “succeed”? Well, my friends, you call that law school. But, you know what else you call it? Prime incubation territory for widespread and rampant anxiety, self-doubt, mental health problems and depression. If you think law school depression and mental health issues aren’t that common, think again! [Read more…] about How to Take Care of Your Mental Health in Law School