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1● 5 ● 14: Numbers for Starting Law School

I will be serving as an orientation ambassador at my law school for the second year in a row. In this volunteer role, I assist in orientation activities and serve as a mentor to incoming students who are beginning law school. I felt compelled to do this job as a way to give back for all of the great friend-mentors I was lucky enough to have during my first year of law school. Beginning the process is a jumbled mix of emotions: excitement; fear; apprehension; intimidation; and hope. That last one changes as your first semester unfolds. You hope you won't get called on; you hope you can get through your reading; you hope no one will figure out how scared you are to be there. But over time, the hopes change: I hope he asks me about that case; I hope I get into that class; I hope I get that job. And this is why the numbers above are so important when beginning your process. Do not walk into your first day worrying about how you'll get though 3 years of law school, sit for a bar exam, and find a great job. That is not your concern right now. It will come up sooner than you expect, but it should not be on your docket right now. Focus on 1, 5, and 14. Get yourself through that first day (1). Get yourself through that first week. (5) And then, the third will come more easily than you expected: your first semester, roughly 14 weeks.

Topic: Curriculum and Classroom Dynamics
Optional tags: worries, student, starting law school, orientation, myths, 1L

California Bar Foundation Diversity Scholarship Deadline

Start: 18 Jun 2008 - 4:30pm

Timezone: US/Pacific

Since 1991, the California Bar Foundation has awarded more than $2 million through its scholarship programs. Launched for the first time in 2008, the Diversity Scholarship seeks to support newly admitted law students from groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession who have committed to attend a California law school. Candidates apply for the Scholarship at the beginning of the summer prior to commencing their law school studies. The Scholarship helps pay the costs of obtaining a law school education, including tuition, fees, books, and related education expenses.

Optional tags: scholarship, 1L

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1Ls: Finals Are Over, Time to Find a Summer Job

Submitted by jessie

For those of you finishing up your first semester this week: Congratualtions! Next step: summer job. 1L summer jobs can be found in firms, non-profits, government agencies, judges' chambers, and law school. Each has distinct benefits and its own application timetable. It's time to think about all of them now, because winter break may be your chance to get a foot in the door.

Topic: Choosing a Career and Landing a Job
Optional tags: Summer, 1L

Networking

Submitted by Alex Janus

Today I received my final rejection letter for a 1L summer associate position. Naively, I thought that having a bit of firm and administrative law experience and being en route to a JD from a top 15 law school would have appeal somewhere. So I applied machine gun style: I sent my resume to over 30 firms in the Bay area, hoping I'd hit at least one or two. Turns out, it was more like zero. Over 30 little white envelopes filled my mailbox over the following two weeks.