Entering Law School

Life's transitions are funny, frantic, and fantastic periods that always require some level of guidance. Entering law school is one of those transitions. And, I would say, so is being introduced to the Bluebook, which is an experience that is occasionally funny, frequently frantic, but always fantastic. Wanting to give back to the GW Law community by providing first-year students with guidance through those two tumultuous transitions is why I am interested in becoming a Dean's Fellow. As a resident assistant at my undergraduate institution, helping my forty residents navigate the start of college was my daily responsibility. I was tasked with teaching my residents about our school's rules as well as enforcing those rules. Additionally, I was required to plan events that would continue my residents' educations outside the classroom. I was also responsible for assisting them when they blew a fuse in their dorms or "loss" their desk chairs. I found that I was good at fulfilling those responsibilities, however, just …show more content…
Both of them were excellent at guiding my LRW group through our transition into the Bluebook. They took the time during our class periods to really work with us through the complexities of using the Bluebook and they reminded us the significance the different skills we were developing in the citation classes (and LRW) would have in our legal careers going forward (which is important when you have just spent fifteen minutes discussing the significance of italicized commas). But, in my opinion, Sydney and Corinne were successful Dean's Fellows because they were willing to provide us with advice on anything law school, legal profession, and even just generally life related we may ask about. Their willingness to help guide us not only through our transition into the Bluebook, but also the transition into law school really made them invaluable resources for my