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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

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

Tough Topics in the Law: Maintaining Well Being

Dear Friends in the Law, With summer arriving just a few short weeks ago, I definitely feel the p...

Kristina Bilowus

July 9, 2025

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