Best Friends at the Bar: Law School Exams Are Upon You. Good Luck To All Young Women Law Students.
By Susan Smith Blakely • March 16, 2012 •Other Law School Issues
Editor's Note: Ms. JD is excited to announce that Susan Smith Blakely, author of Best Friends at the Bar, will be speaking at Ms. JD: She Leadson October 5, 2012. This post originally appeared on the Best Friends at the Bar blog on April 23, 2011.Here we are again with law school exams looming on the horizon. I know this is not a favorite time of year for law students—-or for their families, for that matter. As one significant other told me recently, “I always look forward to this time of year when I will be told not to talk to her or make…
Best Friends at the Bar: Young Women Lawyers Need To Exercise Self Control
By Susan Smith Blakely • March 16, 2012 •Other Career Issues
Editor's Note: Ms. JD is excited to announce that Susan Smith Blakely, author of Best Friends at the Bar, will be speaking at Ms. JD: She Leadson October 5, 2012. This post originally appeared on the Best Friends at the Bar blog on April 25, 2011.You know that I am always thinking of you young lawyers and trying to eke a lesson for you out of everything I read. Well, yesterday the fertile ground for my efforts on your behalf was church. There I was at the Easter Sunday service, and you were on my mind. Glancing at the church bulletin, I noticed some…
Best Friends at the Bar: First Year Law Students Listen Up-Sometimes You Need To Follow The No Money
By Susan Smith Blakely • March 16, 2012 •Internships and Clerkships
Editor's Note: Ms. JD is excited to announce that Susan Smith Blakely, author of Best Friends at the Bar, will be speaking at Ms. JD: She Leads on October 5, 2012. This post originally appeared on the Best Friends at the Bar blog on April 28, 2011.I know how tough it is for first year law students these days when it comes to finding summer employment. Paying positions are not likely to be plentiful for students after only one year of law school in this economy, and unpaid internships are really the only practical possibilities for most of you. I know that your law…
Best Friends at the Bar: Networking Your Way To Success As Women Law Students and Prelaw Students
By Susan Smith Blakely • March 16, 2012 •Law School, Pre-Law, Mentoring and Networking
Editor's Note: Susan Smith Blakely, author of Best Friends at the Bar, will be speaking at Ms. JD: She Leads on October 5, 2012. This post originally appeared on the Best Friends at the Bar blog on March 12, 2011.I recently attended a Prelaw Advisors Conference in Las Vegas at UNLV Law School. The conference was sponsored by the Western Association of PreLaw Advisors (WAPLA), a subgroup of the National Association of Prelaw Advisors (NAPLA). Because my book includes so much information for undergraduate women who are considering law school, this is a great market that I am just beginning to tap. Not only did…