Tagged: 1L

Your Brain on Winter Break

January 2, 2019 at 11:46 am

Sleep for ten hours the night after finals. Receive nutrients from vegetables for the first time in days. Wonder how you are can possibly spend a full week without studying. Panic that you must be forgetting to do something. Forget about upcoming grades. Remember that you will get your grades in a few weeks. Convince […]

By Maris Kramer Brosnan | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Does Law School Have a Toxic Atmosphere?

January 1, 2019 at 11:43 pm

Starting out law school I had no idea what to expect. None of my family had gone to college, let alone to law school. I had zero preconceptions and did not know what to expect. As you’ll see, law school is a small bubble. You go to class with the same people every day for […]

By Conner Kingsley | Posted in Academics, Advice | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

How to avoid law school during break

December 28, 2018 at 3:39 pm

You’ve done it. You finished all your finals and now you can say the basic phrase you have been waiting to say: I am one sixth a lawyer. It feels good. But, are you prepared for the barrage of jokes coming your way? “Is Legally Blonde really what law school is like?” “If I get in […]

By Conner Kingsley | Posted in Advice | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Finding Balance after 1L Fall Finals

December 23, 2018 at 8:22 pm

1L exams over and done with, I’ve had time to take a breath and return to some of the activities that I had to put aside in order to focus on my classwork throughout the semester. One of those pastimes is rereading The Prelude, a poem I studied as a grad student and have also […]

By Kevin Brown | Posted in Academics, Finals | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Study Spot: Coolidge Corner Branch Library

December 13, 2018 at 2:31 pm

I have been awaiting this moment for months: the Coolidge Corner Branch of The Public Library of Brookline has finally reopened after renovations. I don’t know what it looked like before, but I can tell you now that it is my new favorite place to study. (Which I should definitely be doing right now. Finals. Oy.) […]

By Maris Kramer Brosnan | Posted in Finals, In the Community | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)