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The Law Student Survival Kit

If there is one, would you buy one for yourself? Law school is not for the weak. I am glad that a lot of women have taken on the challenge to pursue their dreams of becoming a lawyer. Success and survival in law school does not depend much on gender, it is more on how bad you wanted it. If a survival kit for law school is made, what do you think should be included in it? This article might give you some ideas to make your law study, well, bearable. :) "Your Survival Kit for Law School"

The 'Accidental' Law Student

I always thought of myself as an accidental law student. I never dreamed of studying law when I was young but I remember wanting to become a doctor way back in high school. I took an interest only after college when most of my classmates entered law school. A few years after, a number of women managed to top the bar exams. In fact, one of them was a classmate and orgmate.  Not that I dreamed of repeating that feat. Perhaps, my interest was piqued with this perception that it's primarily a male-dominated profession. And so I was able to convinced myself,  fueled with the challenge and belief that becoming a lawyer would be a good platform for other endeavours. I never really thought of it as an end, because I prefer an open-ended journey. I have so many interests that confining myself to one area would kill the others. The first two years in law school is what I often call my 'survival mode', even if I managed to snatch that honor of being in the Dean's list in ...