What Makes For a Good Summer Associate Program?
Ah, the life of a summer associate: the happy hours, the two-hour lunches, the lack of any significant responsibility. It’s not hard to like being a summer associate, and many...
A 2L’s Reflections on EIP
If the Office of Career Services is adopting the same approach it did last year, then 1Ls will by now have been instructed by Assistant Dean of Career Services Mark...
So You May Not Become a Supreme Court Justice
A large number of Harvard Law 1Ls have never experienced failure when they first arrive in Cambridge. For some, this changes in late January when the first set of grades...
Three Exam Tips I Learned the Hard Way
A few weeks before exams my 1L fall, my section leader held a section meeting in which she invited three 3L students to discuss preparation and strategy for our upcoming...
Even Harvard Students Need Their Earnings
I’m a Harvard Law 2L (who plans to work in public interest, I note) writing to voice my discomfort with the marketing campaign employed by One Day’s Work, the program...
What We’re Doing Instead of Having Sex on Valentine’s Day
1. Outlining. It’s only 10 weeks until finals. 2. Chat Roulette. 3. Red velvet cupcakes. 4.Wait, does it count if it’s with yourself? 5. How about to Downton Abbey? 6....
What Is the Point of the So-Called Socratic Method?
Nearly all professors at the Law School at times employ some version of the so-called Socratic method, namely a method of teaching that involves the professor conducting class by asking...