Today’s digitally-oriented law and pre-law students might rarely (if ever) encounter a traditional “pocket part.”
Such a paperbound insert updates, and is attached to a special slot (or, pocket) inside the back cover of, a hardcover treatise, statute book, or collection of caselaw.
This blog, KeepingYourOwnCounsel.com, is intended to extend and supplement my 2023 book (also available on Amazon) of the same name, continuing the spirit of the book’s subtitle: “Simple Strategies and Secrets for Success in Law School.”
It will offer my own suggestions (which are neither the official positions nor the official prescriptions of the American University Washington College of Law) for ways to maximize the law school experience both inside and outside the classroom.
In particular, although one chapter of the book provides “Five Secret Words for Success,” an equally important five words are, “It’s Not All About Grades.”
Like the book, this blog will focus on practical themes and advice for law students, often using illustrations from popular culture; and it will identify some surprisingly-useful resources that are often overlooked and underappreciated, but inexpensive and easily available.
As the Grateful Dead sang,
“Once in a while, you get shown the light
“In the strangest of places, if you look at right.”
I hope that readers of this blog will find at least a few of its reflections somewhat illuminating.
