Advice for first-year students on navigating law school
U.S. NEWS — In law school, the first year is critical. The curriculum and teaching methods are established, and lectures are intimidating. Professors typically base their grades on final exams using a fixed curve with percentage quotas for each grade. And 1L grades are a key factor in determining summer positions and future job opportunities.
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U.S. NEWS — If you are starting law school this year, you must have a lot on your mind. Besides adjusting to the rigors of legal education, from deciphering cases to handling cold calls, you confront the unprecedented impact of a pandemic that wholly disrupted campus life.
Read More about Advice for law students navigating the transfer processNorthwestern Law students Jamie Hwang and Connor Cohen share advice for incoming students learning online
ABA JOURNAL — As guinea pigs of Zoom law school classes, we learned—the hard way—what it’s like to be first-year law students in a world battling COVID-19. As 1L section mates, we supported each other through an unprecedented finale to our first spring semester at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago.
Read More about Northwestern Law students Jamie Hwang and Connor Cohen share advice for incoming students learning onlinePenn Law student Som-Mai Nguyen discusses summer internship experience at Advocates for Children of New York
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — A rising 2L from Houston, Texas, Som-Mai Nguyen is interested in the legal dimensions of health’s social determinants, especially in relation to educational equity, language access, citizenship status, and transportation justice.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES – When it comes to COVID-19, a college campus is like a cruise ship, a cinema multiplex and a restaurant all rolled into one. Yet many U.S. institutions of higher education are forging ahead with on-campus, in-person classes and activities for fall terms, making campuses likely hotbeds of illness. Some students, faculty and…
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ABA JOURNAL — Most states planning remote bar exams because of the novel coronavirus pandemic have cut the dreaded multiple-choice multistate bar exam portion of the test. But that doesn’t mean that the test will be easier to pass, according to some academic support experts. In fact, they advise test-takers to include the MBE study materials…
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THE INDIANA LAWYER — The 2020 Indiana University Maurer School of Law graduate helped write a letter to the Supreme Court, relaying the fears he and his classmates had about the potential for the Indiana Bar Exam to be postponed because of the COVID-19 crisis. More than 70 members of the Class of 2020 from Indiana…
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ABA JOURNAL — The ABA Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession recommends mindfulness and meditation practices. The benefits of mindfulness and meditation are well-documented and studied: They reduce stress and anxiety, improve attention and memory, and promote self-regulation and empathy.
Read More about Promoting mindfulness in the legal professionArizona State University Law professor Chad Noreuil shares well-being advice for law students
THE NATIONAL JURIST — With so many benefits, why wouldn’t you take time throughout your day to just . . . breathe? Law school can be tough, but it’s a lot easier if you go through it one focused breath at a time.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL – A Harvard Business Review study recently declared law “the loneliest profession,” but a new course at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is working to change that distinction. “Thriving in the Law,” designed and taught by Law School Associate Dean John F. Hollwayexplores the tools and strategies necessary…
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