January 02, 2020
It can be incredibly isolating to feel like your experience is dramatically different from that of everybody else around you and that few others will understand where you come from. That can feel especially true in law school, where the vast majority of students are young, single, child-free
January 01, 2020 Contrary to popular opinion, there are advantages that come with age, and they can help in law school.
January 01, 2020 Law school isn’t tailored to students with kids, so create an academic experience that works for your family.
January 01, 2020 A nontraditional student for her time agreed to challenge a school admissions policy for a cause “so right, so just.”
January 01, 2020 These lawyers trusted their instincts and took a leap of faith to find their perfect career.
January 01, 2020 Insurance defense litigator Emily Albrecht digs into a specialty that would mortify other lawyers.
January 01, 2020 That long-term career plan? It can be limiting. Instead, start with a shorter vision.
January 01, 2020 Your career may not be a straight line. But if you know what you’re good at, you’ll get where you’d like to be.
January 01, 2020 These first-in-their-family law students reveal how they built the foundation that many other students already have as they begin law school.
January 01, 2020 I first developed survival tools and then figured out how to survive without them.
January 01, 2020 A first-gen law student had no idea how far behind he was in the networking and career category.
January 01, 2020 Sure, students whose family members are lawyers have advantages. But not as much as they think.
January 01, 2020 Lawyers who participated in moot court and other competitions explain how they’re still benefitting in their practice.
January 01, 2020
Tradition, especially in the law, means a lot. Traditions connect us to people and ideas that came before. They can add meaning to the things we say and do. But tradition can also hold us back from addressing choices that need rethinking. It’s OK to start fresh every
January 01, 2020 You can use a social media campaign designed by the ABA to communicate your messages to Congress—and your representatives are listening.
January 01, 2020 Intensive bar preparation is a “long, strange trip” (apologies to the Grateful Dead). You need your Bar Success GPS—something you don’t want to be frantically pulling together in June and July. Start early. Start now.
January 01, 2020 Only 314 law school applicants for the 2017-2018 academic year—not even a half a percent— were music majors, according to the Law School Admissions Council. Dana Musial, a 3L at the University of Cincinnati College of Law in Ohio, was one of them.
January 01, 2020 Achievements matter, but opportunities offered and provided to others have rich rewards, too.
January 01, 2020 How I’ve learned and been motivated by those who break from tradition.
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