Legal Research

Over at Ms. JD, Carlie Boos has a great post about surviving the first-year of law school.  I love her emphasis on the importance of networking and learning to explore the social aspects of law school -- topics that usually get short shrift in the usual "how to survive first-year" posts.  My spouse started business school immediately after I finished law school, and I remember being incredibly jealous of his experience as a first-year business school student.  Business school seemed so much more collaborative and fun than my first year of law school, but as this post points out, there is absolutely no reason why law school can't be the same way.  Just don't buy into the competitive myths surrounding law school, network with your fellow classmates and with alums as much as possible, and team up whenever the honor code allows you do so to get you through the tough classes.