Insider Tip: Assessing your performance on practice exams and midterms/finals isn't about shaming your mistakes—it's about adapting your exam preparations in the present and improving your performance in the future.
ChallengeYourself: If you assessed your fall midterms and finals, how do you plan to use that information in the spring?
Sometimes, looking at a bombed (or even decent) exam feels like staring into an academic abyss.
Your heart races. Palms sweat. That little voice whispers, "What was I thinking when I wrote this exam?"
Spoiler alert: That voice is keeping you from growing. And I'm about to show you why.
Why Self-Assessment Works
Reviewing your past performance gives you clarity on four things: (1) What skills you struggled with so you change and hone those skills in the future; (2) What skills you excelled on to continue them in the future; (3) Whether you understood your professor's organization and writing preferences before the exam; (4) If you maximized points for adhering to your professor's organization and writing preferences when writing the exam.
Insider Tip: Celebrating grades and rankings matters—but so does celebrating the people navigating a law school system that was never designed around the realities they carry.
Challenge Yourself: Given everything you’re balancing, recognize what it took just to make it this far.
There is a version of success in law school that gets celebrated loudly.
Top grades. Awards. Honors. Public recogn...
Insider Tip: Your brain doesn’t store what it recognizes when you read—it stores what it retrieves when you ask it.
Challenge Yourself: After reading your next case, close everything and explain the key case components without looking. If you can’t explain them out loud, don’t move on yet—there’s more learning needed.
Most law students think they’re “actively reading” when they’re really ju...
Insider Tip: Most law students outline inefficiently because they keep the same information they read about each topic in ten different places.
Challenge Yourself: Instead of creating different documents to house the information you're learning, try this: create one outline for every main topic that includes your case briefs, lecture notes, reading notes, and any other information you learn ab...
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