Dear 1L, the 1L spring brief is a 1L confidence thief.
Dear 1L, the 1L spring brief is a 1L confidence thief. Just as you’re…
- 2026 | Dear 1L | Dear Pre-L
I am starting a new series for pre-law students. This one’s on 4 things to do for your career before law school starts.
Dear Pre-L: If you start law school in the fall, please don’t get blindsided…
Dear 1L, It’s new: big law firms are giving 1Ls $50K to commit for 2L summer (and they can go work somewhere else for 1L summer). —WOW.
I haven’t seen this before. Apparently, too, several schools had some type of OCI…
- 2026 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
Dear 1L, A legal brief should be evergreen.
“Evergreen” is a term you might recognize from the plant world:—it refers to trees…
Steal my study hack that passed me 3 bar exams—
🔸 My first was 1996 (NY). Debilitating back spasms made it too painful for…
Dear 1L, I can’t forget the job interview I totally bombed.
Lesson for you in your law-firm interviews: Beware of the associate lunch. Growing up,…
Law students—especially 1Ls with oral argument coming up:
👉 This is a fantastic article(and a quick read)—-it will help you!! Note the…
I was diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder in law school, and January was always so especially bleak. And so, dear 1L, I thought of you as I woke today.
A still-dark scene on my window bay.Forever it took for the sun to rise,And…
- 2026 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
Dear 1L, Expel “regard” from your legal writing.
And while you’re at it, cut “regard” from your vocabulary altogether: 👎 “Regarding”👎👎 “In…
Dear 1L, Justice Elena Kagan apparently didn’t rush to “write home about” her 1L fall grades, either
She only received two, according to reports, and they came as a shock: a…
- 2026 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
Dear Legal Writer: Stop writing “the court found”!
“Find” and “hold” mean very different things. ▪️ “Find” refers to determining facts—what actually…
- 2026 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
Dear 1L, “To be sure” is a genteel expression that lawyers use a lot. Perhaps you’ve noticed.
Well, here’s why we use it and how you can do so effectively in…