

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


Work Smarter, Not Harder (and Grab a Burger, too)
Shake Shack's recent promotional campaign, "Work smarter, not harder," is a perfect mantra for the final month of bar exam preparation....

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 26, 20242 min read


The Host with the Most: Hosting Your Own Bar Prep Study Groups
Study groups can be a powerful tool in bar exam preparation, offering diverse perspectives, shared resources, and mutual support....

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 11, 20245 min read


"Pho"-nomenal Bar Prep Tips
If you follow my postings, you know I believe in using nontraditional methods to engage students and bar exam takers and make the...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 5, 20245 min read


Rethinking Last Week's "Law Students: Be a 'Rockstar,' Like Dolly Parton" Post
Last week, I wrote a blog post about explaining what law students can learn from Dolly Parton’s incredibly successful career, like...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 24, 20232 min read


Law Students: Be a "Rockstar," Like Dolly Parton
Is there anything Dolly Parton can’t do? A year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the 11-time Grammy winner and one...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 17, 20233 min read


What's Your "Hype Song"? (Fall 2023 Edition)
Prior to every semester, I ask my students to complete a pre-course survey or online discussion post. Some of the questions require them...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Sep 2, 20231 min read



