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Rabbit Trails and Exam Writing – A Concrete Tip to Improve Exam Analysis
My dog loves rabbit trails. Luckily for the rabbits, at least thus far, the trails…
The Lawyerly Skill of Asking for Help
With apologies to T.S. Eliot, April is not the cruellest month -- October is, at…
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Habit Stacking to Create Lasting Change
Have you ever decided to eat healthy, exercise, or do some other generally good action…
Are you being sabotaged by perfectionism?
A perfectionism epidemic has broken out at most law schools across the country. It is…
Threats and Challenges in Law School
Final exams. Olympic competition. Oral argument. Job interviews. The bar examination. These are all high-stakes…
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Tips for Turning Bar Exam Sorrow Into A Successful Fresh Start
It's that time of year. In the midst of many celebrations over bar passage, let's…
The Key to that “Peaceful Easy Feeling”
As reported in a Wall Street Journal essay by author Nicholas Carr, if you have…
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Getting Unstuck
We all get "stuck" sometimes. Whether you call it writer's block, perfection paralysis, or…
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Legal Analysis is a Skill to Perpetually Shape
The book Building a Better Teacher confronts the myth of natural born teachers. Some early…
The Window of Knowledge vs. The Window of Experience: Learning Takes Seeing Out of Both Windows!
While recently hiking through a wildlife sanctuary, I came across this wooden facade of a…