The fledgling blogger

I just met a student from my old law school at Dunn Brothers. I managed to calm the 1L about her upcoming final. I also gave her some leads about clinics and jobs.

Those who succeeded in law school were either the manic-workhorses or those with solid mentors (or, more likely, a combination of both.) The quick advice from an older student is invaluable and something I found in the form of blogs.

The conversation made me realize that there is a subset of people who view blog authors as ersatz mentors and role models. I was one of these people and definitely relied on bloggers (like her and her and them) for advice and support.

Even long before law school, I remember being the chubby middle schooler living in Kansas trolling the blogs of cool kids from more exciting places.

Ten years later and people use my blog as an example of how to survive law school. I think that’s pretty amazing and a reason not to disappear.

I find myself in a new place now. Sure, there are plenty of “how to survive high school/college/law school” blogs. The life of an aspiring corporate executive is harder to write about without coming across as obnoxious and calculating.

I suppose the only thing that I can do is just to remain as honest as I was in law school – readership be dammed. Hopefully that doesn’t backfire.