You also aren’t sure what to say.

Here are some things to avoid and some guidelines on what to say:

🔴 PHRASES THAT HAVE LANDED FLAT:

🔻 “I ‘noticed’ that you practice __ law.”

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It’s a premier law-school admissions consulting firm, and it’s got a popular podcast that’s chock full of helpful tips for pre-law students.

I was thus SO honored when asked to join Spivey pre-L coach Jordana Confino on the podcast.

When I started, I didn’t even know how to “tag” someone. In fact, I didn’t even know it was called a “tag.”

I recall asking someone (who seemed non judgmental):

— “How do you make it so a person’s name lights up in blue bold so they get a notification that I mentioned them?”

I’m spending the weekend in a final push on the book:

going through the last round of comments from the final proofreader.

A surreal feeling suddenly came over me on this early June morning, and I thought I’d share.

Yet no one wants to start working at a firm only to find out it’s a culture mismatch.

You really need to do some detective work first.

Here are 6 markers of firm culture to look for & some ideas for how you might go about uncovering them:

I had just returned to my desk after an early orientation meeting and was on the way to the loo, when my phone rang.

“Could you stop by as soon as possible?”

It was a partner. I’ll call him MB.
I was genuinely excited.

Here are 7 sayings that I heard for the first time at a firm.

Learn these today, so you won’t hear them, feel clueless, and be left to wonder.

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🔸 “I forgot how ‘green’ they are.”

It’s called “Dear 1L: Notes to Nurture a New Legal Writer,” and it’s due out June 25, 2024.

🔹 If you read it, you’ll learn:

-What to expect every month of 1L
-How to research & write the 1L fall memo

I’ve seen several hundreds of these resumes. Law students send them to me AFTER everyone’s already signed off, and AFTER they think the resume is “blessed,” “final,” and “good-to-go.”

BIG problem:
—I see nits & formatting errors.
—I see things SO easy to improve.
—It always breaks my heart.

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.

🔹 I was hired fresh out of college and had no experience. There were 6 of us, plus a paralegal manager, and she was the only one with prior experience.

We were 4 toddlers strapped across the back seat that day—two to a seatbelt, in the 1972 carpool, as then was the way.

I must have had my mother tell me the story of that morning a million times. It became a bedtime ritual.

✏️ It’s an IRAC essay on Article III standing. Click to View

The structure of the essay shows how I used to set up my answers for issue-spotters in every course and on 3 successful bar exams.

I hope you can adapt this to work for all the issues you face this exam season.

I’m finally becoming less anxious and more excited as the self-publishing process proceeds, so I want to start telling you all about ‘Dear 1L.’

At a high level, the book is a conversation between a first-year law student (1L) and a mentor who writes to them throughout their first year.