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Unlock Better Learning by Evolving Your Style

Our approach to learning can shift rapidly due to us moving through different professional roles,...

Bellina Barrow

September 24, 2025

Of Pool Fobs and Stress Overload

This blog post is about recognizing stress overload, the deluge, being slammed, drinking from a f...

Melanie Houk

September 10, 2025

The Art of Lawyering: Where Creativity Meets Craft

Why is it that we are so often taught to view lawyers as one-dimensional, when the practice of la...

Shea Holman Kilian

September 3, 2025

Polishing Your Anchored "Why"

Over the past few years, I have been contemplating how integral it is to have a strong “why” for ...

Bellina Barrow

September 2, 2025

Feeling “Some Kind of Way,” and Still Passing the Bar Exam

The last time I sat for the California bar exam, I felt… different.Not because I had studied smar...

Sara Santoyo

July 23, 2025

Becoming an Authentic and Values-Driven Legal Professional

In our series so far, Jennifer Riggs and I have shared information and research about how stress ...

Gabriela Brunner

July 16, 2025

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