The NBA Skills Challenge DQ: What It Teaches Us About Good-Faith Effort in Law School
Last night, during the NBA's Kia Skills Challenge , San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul were disqualified for failing...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 16, 20255 min read
Teaching Class vs. Peloton: Why My WHOOP Strain Says It All
As a law professor who’s also an avid Peloton user, I found it interesting that my WHOOP band told me that teaching a bar prep class...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 24, 20253 min read
Bar Prep Tips Inspired by Food-Themed College Bowl Games
College football bowl season is nearing an end, and my law school alma mater is playing in tonight's Duke's Mayo Bowl . I'm hoping...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 3, 20254 min read
Dua Lipa at Royal Albert Hall: Varying Your Study Locations and Strategies for Success
I’ve recently had An Evening with Dua Lipa on rewatch mode since it aired earlier this month on television. The performance was...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Dec 29, 20243 min read
Lessons from a Foggy Morning
This morning, I looked out my window and saw a landscape softened by fog—a heavy, gray blanket that blurred the edges of the world around...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Finding Your Footing Your First Year of Law School
Last night, Dancing with the Stars kicked off its 33rd season with a premiere that gave us all the excitement we hoped for. From...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Sep 18, 20242 min read
9 Minutes, 3 Times a Day, 7 Days a Week: Enhancing Your Study Routine the Dayton Way
As a teacher, I’m always exploring new ways to help my students enhance their study habits and succeed in law school and on the bar exam....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 27, 20245 min read
Avoiding Bunkers and Blunders: Strategic Bar Prep Inspired by the Old Course
It's been a pretty good August for professional golfer Lydia Ko . Yesterday, the New Zealander and future Hall of Famer captured her...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 26, 20243 min read
Boxers or Briefs? In Law School, It’s All About the Case Briefs
As another year of law school begins for aspiring lawyers, you’ll likely hear the same question echoing in the halls from almost every...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 22, 20244 min read
Show the Font Some Love on Comic Sans Day
Today is Comic Sans Day. No, really, it is! I previously wrote about the effectiveness of the Comic Sans font in 2017 (“Vary the Fonts in...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 5, 20242 min read