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Why Law Students Should Take Up Running

There are a lot of reasons that running is helpful for coping with stress. As a law student, I can speak to how running helps me deal with the specific stressors faced by law students, but I think these comments and observations are pretty universal. First, let me explain a little bit about my stressors this year as a 2L. As a 1L, my biggest source of anxiety was school. I was worried about being prepared for cold-calls, I was worried about exams, I was worried that I wasn't participating enough, I was worried about grades. As a 2L, school is not my biggest stressor. I still feel the pressure to be prepared and get everything done on time, but my anxiety is coming from different sources. I'm in law review, so I am working on writing my student note (which is a misnomer because it is a paper that is at least 30 pages), and working on citation checks for articles that are going to be published. I'm a teaching assistant for legal writing, so I'm working with 1...

What to do the Summer Before Law School

A lot was going on the summer before I started law school. I had just graduated from my university and left all my friends behind in Minnesota while I went to spend some time with my parents. That summer was the first time I had lived with my parents in four years. The summer prior, I was a resident advisor at my university. The summer before that, I lived at my university to work at the tutoring center. The summer before that, I lived with my grandparents in Wyoming to help them out with their house and garden. The summer before that, I lived with my aunt in Colorado to do housework and nanny her kids. Needless to say, I was excited to get to live with my family for once! But they were very busy at that time, too. My parents were preparing their house to sell because they were moving to Ohio. Since they would be moving in mid-July, I needed to move to Colorado before that so they would have less to worry about during their move. In June, I helped keep their house clean and drive...

Outlining in Law School: How I Outline Law School Classes

We're headed for the end of the semester, now! (Well, we were at the time I was writing this...) It's coming up fast, and I'm definitely not prepared for it. For all of you out there who need some pointers on outlining law school classes, here are my tips and how I approach the outlining process. First of all, I'm sure you've heard tons of people saying that you need to get started right away at the beginning of the semester. That's just not true. If that's the kind of person you are and starting to study right away is what works for you, great! Keep doing you. If you're like me, you do not get started with studying until the last minute. At least that's what I did in undergrad. I'm telling you now, you can NOT leave studying for law school until the last minute. But you don't have to get started right away, either. The ideal timeline for outlining is to have it done by Thanksgiving, so that way you can start to use your studying tim...

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