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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

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

Empathy: The Not-So-Secret Negotiation Tool

When we think about lawyers and lawyering, empathy is probably not the first trait we would ascri...

Melanie Houk

August 13, 2025

Prep, Minus the Pressure: A Summer Guide for Incoming Law Students

This is not the usual advice like reading for pleasure or taking time to relax (which I hope you ...

Shea Holman Kilian

August 6, 2025

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