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Categories: Dear 1L, Dear 2L, Legal Writing
By Year: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
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Dear 3L, This is a mental-health check-in. Everyone assumes it’s the 1Ls with the most stress. But my 3L almost killed me.
On the outside, I seemed to have it all together:
—a top GPA,
—a job lined up for fall, and
—a law review Note ready to publish.
What could I be stressed about?
As it turned out, a lot.
Dear 3L (OG), I’ve been trying to write this letter for over a month now. But every time I start thinking about your graduation, I get mushy, and this letter gets schmaltzy.
We started this whole journey together, you know. You and me. This is year THREE! You guys are my original gang. I know your names. Your faces. Your fears, your triumphs.
Dear 3L, This is a mental-health check-in.
I don’t care: whatever your class rank, your post-law-school-job plan, or the numbers in your GPA. If you’re prone to anxiety & depression like me, the specter of law school ending may seem NOT A-OK.
As I’ve written about before, my anxiety got so debilitating during my 3L spring that I ended up lying flat on my back at home.
Dear Followers, I have happy news to share today:
It’s official trademark status for Dear 1L!
I don’t quite know yet where I’m taking any of this, but it makes me feel proud to be building something that’s helping so many people.
Your support has meant the world to me. Thank you. Writing to you has brought me great joy.