This week we welcome guest writer and incoming 1L Julia Gourary to discuss how she’s preparing to start law school soon. As you prepare to start law school, everyone will give you different advice on how to spend your pre-1L summer, from going on a relaxing vacation and not thinking about school at all to taking
Losing Friends in Law School
By Hannah Myers
This week we welcome back guest writer Hannah Myers to talk about navigating friendships in law school. Perhaps one of the best, yet worst, aspects of law school is the social component. Suddenly, you feel like you’re back in high school at times, with all of the friend politics and occasional drama that rivals that of Homecoming,…
Five Ideas To Celebrate Your Law School Achievements
This week we welcome back guest writer Tiffany Lo to discuss some ways to celebrate all you have done in law school! My law school classmates have done amazing things: publish a student note, achieve a victory for their client in a clinic, argue in front of a court, finish an extensive research paper, present…
What Law School Didn’t Prepare Me For As A Prosecutor
By Sara Beller
This week we welcome back guest writer and tutor Sara Beller to discuss what she’s learned as a prosecutor. I’ll never forget my first day as a brand-new prosecutor. My new boss showed me around the office and made introductions along the way. I shook hands, tried to remember everyone’s name and role within the office,…
How to Keep up with the Law
This week we welcome back guest writer Zoila Sanchez to discuss how to keep yourself informed about what’s going on in the legal field. If you are interested in going to law school, you have likely learned about the various steps you need to take to successfully get there. For example, you must take the Law School Admissions…
Law School Affinity Groups – What They Do And Why You Should Join
This week we welcome back guest writer and 3L Tiffany Lo to talk about what affinity groups are and why you may want to participate! Law school affinity groups are created around a common identity and allow their members to connect and learn from each other. Some of these groups are Outlaw, Black Law Students…
Following Your Own Law School Timeline
This week we welcome guest writer Zoila Sanchez to talk about how to focus on your own law school experience and adapt to what you need to in order to make it through school. As you may have already realized, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to experiencing law school as we are all different and…
Intern Turned Prosecutor: How My Internship at the DA’s Office Led to a Career
By Sara Beller
This week we welcome guest writer and Law School Toolbox tutor, Sara Beller, to discuss how she turned an internship in the DA’s office into a career. By the end of my internship at the DA’s office, I felt like a full-blown prosecutor. As an intern, I conducted numerous preliminary hearings, drafted and argued countless motions in…
How To Respond To Questions About The Law From Friends And Family Members
This week we welcome back guest writer Tiffany Lo to talk about how to respond to family and friend questions about the law when you’re a law student. It is a rite of passage for law students. At a family gathering, over a messaging app, or just out of the blue, a friend or family…
Carving Your Own Path in the Legal Field
This week we welcome back guest writer Zoila Sanchez to discuss how you can find your own, unique area of the law. When I was an undergraduate, it seemed to me that most students fell into either pre-medical school track, psychology, or business. I recall our career center heavily focusing on business opportunity events, however, none…