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Why More Women Should Compete in Law School

Despite making up nearly half of law school classes, women remain underrepresented as trial attor...

Su Aray

September 17, 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

A 1L’s Guide to Supplemental Resources

Whether you’re entering law school directly out of college or after decades in the professional w...

Su Aray

August 20, 2025

The Journey Through Law School is Just the Start

Dear Friends in the Law,Wow! This is my last blog post with you. The year has flown by, and I hav...

Kristina Bilowus

July 31, 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

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