It’s that time of year again. Anxious 1Ls await the beginning of what will be the longest three years of their lives. Meanwhile, attorneys, law profs, and other legal professionals are eagerly sharing advice on how to survive. The weekend before the start of law school is overwhelming. With so much information, words of wisdom, […]
Guest Post by Swathi Sreerangarajan, Santa Clara Law 1L [Jess’ note: Law school might require you to develop new study habits, especially remote law school. Everyone has a different way of studying. And importantly, everyone has a different idea of success. When I was a 1L, I found it useful to learn about the different […]
Dear COVID-19 1Ls, By now the grades have probably started rolling in. I don’t envy you in the slightest. At least when my first semester grades came in, I had people around me to commiserate with. More importantly, I had my fellow 2Ls and 3Ls there to pick me back up and tell me everything […]
My colleagues and I compiled some of these notes last year as we were interviewing for 1L Summer internships with various in-house companies. None of these notes are specific to any one company. Best of luck, be yourself, you’ll be great! 1-24-2019 Prep Notes from Mentors Write down the top 5 things you want to […]
There are two things I’ve always really admired about Santa Clara Law that I think makes us stand out among other law schools. 1. Our collaborative environment (which is normally strange for law school) and 2. How willing upper-year and alumni students are to give back and help us rising professionals succeed. In an effort […]
This morning, my husband and I tackled the Angel Island half-marathon which will now go down as the most challenging race I have ever completed. Like a good law student, I failed to read the rules of the race and to my great dismay at the starting line, I found out headphones were completely […]
If you find yourself relating with the above image, trust me, you are not alone. Last night I hit my breaking point. Between constant networking events and informational interviews, student org duties/responsibilities, re-drafting my resume for the 50th time, social circle drama, anxiety over readings, studying/practicing (or lack thereof), and the occasional self-doubt, I’ll be […]
If you haven’t heard of impostor syndrome yet, Alex really summed it up well here I’m not sure what it is specifically about law school but for some reason it makes us lose our minds and forget all of the lessons we learned over our MANY years of previous schooling. Should we do […]
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