Law school exams present a unique set of stressors, inducing fear even in the most confident people. When the parade of horribles comes marching in - "I can't do this," "I'll never get all this done," "Everyone is so much more prepared than me," "I don't understand any of this" - stop that procession in its tracks and declare out loud: FEELINGS ARE NOT FACTS.
Topics: Advice and Tips, Classes and Courses
Written by
Paula Franzese
Law Students Develop Leadership Skills While Giving Back to Community
Posted by Paula Franzese on 11/9/17 8:09 AM
Photo: Leadership Fellows Max Mescall, Mary Bessemer, Joanita Gakami, Nick Carlson and Cornelia Szymanski
The Leadership Fellows Program at Seton Hall Law provides a unique opportunity for law students to cultivate essential leadership skills through a series of interactive activities, reflections, and ultimately, through the planning and execution of a leadership project. Here is how Leadership Fellows Mary Bessemer ('18) and Cornelia Szymanski ('18) described their experiences in the program:
Topics: Classes and Courses, Student Life, Experiential Learning
Written by
Paula Franzese
Highlighting Professional Experience on Your Law School Application
Posted by Peter Eraca on 10/26/17 8:01 AM
Students of all ages and experience levels often wonder how to appropriately express their professional credentials on their law school application. Whether you have college jobs, an internship, or twenty years of professional experience under your belt, there are a few overall guidelines you can follow to get the biggest application bang from your experience buck.
Topics: Graduate Programs, Advice and Tips, Admissions, Writing
Written by
Peter Eraca
Professor Review: A Short & Happy Guide to Being a Law Student
Posted by Amy Newcombe on 10/3/17 11:15 AM
When I started law school, I loved it. But I also worried that law school would be too hard. I worried that I would not be smart enough, that I would not be up to the challenge, and that I didn’t belong. I read my assignments too late into the evening and then had trouble falling asleep. What I needed was a little wisdom, some reassurance, and encouragement from someone wise—I needed a book that had not been written yet: A Short & Happy Guide to Being a Law Student by Paula Franzese.
Topics: Advice and Tips, Student Life
Written by
Amy Newcombe
Ok, ok, I know the title’s a bit dated. Fortunately, every movie in the theaters these days is a remake, so you all get the reference.
Anyway, when Vigo the Carpathian comes to spoil the party you need Egon and his Proton Pack, but when the scary stuff is real, and it’s threatening to spoil way more than just a law school party, do you know who to call? Actually, do you even know that you should call?
Topics: Advice and Tips, Student Life
Written by
Andrea Cascarano
Maximize Your Success on the Uniform Bar Exam with Careful Course Selection
Posted by John Kip Cornwell on 9/25/17 10:25 AM
Bar passage is the gateway to practicing law; indeed, outside of Wisconsin, you cannot practice in the United States without it. But the bar exam is being transformed, and prospective students should understand these changes and their implications.
Topics: Advice and Tips, Classes and Courses
Written by
John Kip Cornwell
Online Masters Degree Trains Professionals in Privacy Law & Cyber Security
Posted by Gaia Bernstein on 7/21/17 7:45 AM
Huge data breaches exposing the personal information of enormous numbers of people have become a regular occurrence, manifested recently by hackers’ theft of the data of 500 million Yahoo users. The risks of data breaches can lead to identity theft and can be magnified as businesses use Big Data tools analyze masses of information to attempt to predict our behavior.
Topics: Internships/Jobs, Graduate Programs, Compliance
Written by
Gaia Bernstein
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted to law school. You’ve received your acceptance from the Admissions Office and your Financial Aid Award letter. Now what? What steps do you need to take to receive your financial aid awards?
Topics: Advice and Tips, Financial Aid
Written by
Karen Sokol
Job Interview Tips for Any Law Student Who Wants to Land the Job
Posted by June Forrest on 5/12/17 11:15 AM
Summer.
It’s that glorious time chock full of barbeques, poolside relaxation, the smell of sunscreen, and sunshine-filled, long, warm days.
Not up here in the Office of Career Services, though. You’d think it was 6 PM on Christmas Eve in the jewelry department at Bloomingdales up here. It’s crazy time! For us, summer means that the clerkship application season is in full gear and Fall OCI is just around the corner. June is the time that cover letters and resumes by the ton are being edited, mock interviews are underway, and there is a massive outreach to the many employers who will flow through our doors later in the summer to scoop up our wonderful students. So as you are preparing for our little OCS “Christmas in July”, now would be a good time to consider some of our tips for job interviews.
Topics: Internships/Jobs, Advice and Tips
Written by
June Forrest
Ever heard of the concept of a “happy accident”? No? Because I like food so much, allow me to reduce it to the place I am most comfortable, the kitchen—where my best metaphors are concocted. Like Chocolate Chip cookies? Me, I love them. However, those delightful little mouthfuls of dough and chocolate were not the product of some great baker who painstakingly mixed dough with chocolate chips and baked them into a chewy, crunchy, brown-edged sweetness that melts in your mouth and which I, along with countless Americans cannot do without. You can take a lot away from me, but deprive me of my chocolate chip cookies and you will find one angry sweet-toothed Assistant Dean. But I digress.
Topics: Internships/Jobs, Advice and Tips, Classes and Courses
Written by
June Forrest