Elite Lawschooler Podcast

This episode is about unanticipated and unforeseeable life events and how to minimize any damage to your law school GPA.

In this episode, we will discuss two proverbs from my old man that I found quite relevant to my law school experience: Learning occurs through introspective thought; and Experience is most needed while you're gaining it.  NOTE: This episode is most relevant when you've recently finished a round of exams. 

A little background on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis and how to apply these psychological concepts to improve your exam scores. 

Today, we're going to talk about mnemonics and how to use creative techniques to recall information more effectively. 

I received an email asking me to elaborate on how to create a good first impression on law school and Bar exam questions, and this episode is my response. Thanks for the questions and thanks for listening. 

I received a few emails asking about the remote Bar Exam and what it was like compared to the standard convention center, 5,000 people in one room madness. I also cover a little bit of bar exam strategy. If you email me at elitelawschooler@gmail.com, I will riff about whatever it is you're curious about (within reason). Thanks for stopping in :)

Lawschoolers!! I'm humbled by your love and support. In this episode, I discuss the need to build our little group into a little community. I've gotten some truly touching emails from some fantastic people, and I'd like to spend more time with you. We can form a community on YouTube or Zoom, or we can do it some other way. I'm open to ideas.  I also talk a little about depression. Although we've almost made it through 2020, people are hurting. I've dealt with it, and someone you love has too.  Finally, thank you so much for listening, for buying the book, and for your kind emails. I love you guys. Email me at EliteLawschooler@gmail.com if you're interested in doing live streams and PLEASE give me topic ideas. If we can get a small group assembled, I think we could have a lot of fun.  Your friend, Charlie B. 

In this episode, we’re going to talk about time and how to master it. I’m going to talk about how you can become aware of how you spend your time and then how you can learn to maximize it through a process I’ve coined “Task-Classing.” Nothing fancy, just a way to use neuroscience to your advantage to squeeze one more hour (maybe more, maybe less) out of every day without losing your mind and burning out. I hope this helps.

In this episode, we will focus on how a person can use his or her JD to secure his or her non-legal dream job. Wes Cooler crushed law school, business school, the Georgia Bar Exam, and landed a fantastic job with Coca-Cola upon graduating from the JD/MBA program at the University of South Carolina. Tune in to hear how the JD and the JD/MBA can help you to stand out in a world full of lawyers and help you to get into an exciting, unique, and lucrative career.

Elliot Condon shares how she graduated #1 in her class, earned 11 CALI awards, and scored a clerkship at the US District Court for the District of South Carolina after law school. Tune in to get Elliot’s secrets to success in law school!

Caroline Gimenez shares how she finished 1L year #1 in her class and graduated in the top 2%, all while maintaining a happy and positive attitude throughout the process. Caroline is a former judicial law clerk for the South Carolina Supreme Court and a current associate at one of the biggest law firms in SC.

Tune in to hear how Jeffrey Gurney earned 7 CALI awards and graduated at the top of his class while serving on Law Review, Moot Court, Mock Trial, the Pro Bono Board. He also worked full time in law school and worked as a tutor, and he landed a clerkship with the federal district court after law school. Since starting law school in 2012, he’s been published 8 times (as of Sept. 2018)! In addition to all that, he completed his LLM in Taxation from the University of Alabama. This guy is Yoda, period.

Tune in for this special episode with Nick Spetsas from ABC’s The Bachelorette. Nick is going to talk to you about mastering the interview process, using LinkedIn, hustling hard and putting yourself out there so that you can land top-tier summer gigs for your 1L, 2L, and 3L years.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals law clerk and former US District Court clerk, Cate Cardinale, shares her secrets to success in law school and discusses how she managed to land a clerkship with the US District Court directly after law school and a clerkship with the Fourth Circuit after that.

Tune in for an interview with South Carolina Senator, Vincent Sheheen, as he discusses his secrets to success in law school and how he graduated #2 in his class, CALI’d multiple subjects, and landed a federal clerkship.

Tune in for this interview podcast where I interview 2 in-house counsels for Michelin: Matt Staab and Jessica Fisher. Hear about how these two amazing people crushed it at law school and landed their dream jobs.

Hello! Thanks for checking out the Elite Lawschooler Podcast! I recorded these episodes back in 2018. I hope these interviews help you on your law school journey. I wish you all the best. Enjoy!