Learning for Learning’s Sake
I was fortunate enough to be placed into my number one choice of elective: Critical Race Theory (CRT). It became apparent to me last semester that who your professor is really …
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Where Law Meets Innovation
This semester, I chose Innovation Law with Professor Atik as my 1L elective. At first, I was drawn in by the word “innovation.” As we opened the course with the system …
Talking Things Through
There is a huge emphasis on office hours at Loyola, especially for first year students. I could count on one hand how many times I attended office hours in undergrad. I …
The Conversations That Carry You Through Law School
After my first semester, I felt exhausted and nervous to return. When I met with a professor to review one of my final grades, they looked me in the eyes and …
Choosing to Build Relationships
As a 1L who works outside of school, I made a deliberate effort to build relationships with my professors. I regularly attended Professor Grossi’s office hours, partly because her passion for …
Law School is Hard – But It’s Not Heartless
Being in law school means doing a lot of things you have to do, even when they aren’t things you necessarily want to do. One of those things is sitting in …
From Surviving 1L to Understanding It
If I knew during my first year of law school what I know now, I would have approached 1L with a little more intention and a lot more grace. While the …
Turning Interests into Intentional Electives
Choosing my second and third year electives felt like one of the first moments in law school where I had real control over shaping my legal education. After completing the foundational …
You Don’t Have to Do Law School Alone
Since I went to a large undergraduate university, it wasn’t common to form study groups. I didn’t even know the names of most of my peers in my 100+ person classes. …