Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 18, 20222 min read
Varying Your Study Location
I recently revisited an older article from The New York Times titled, “Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits,” that originally...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 17, 20222 min read
The 1 in 60 Rule
The Mount Erebus disaster occurred in 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight TE-901 flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 16, 20222 min read
Embrace the Failure
A father repeatedly asked his daughter the same question during dinnertime: "What did you fail at this week?" The father didn’t care if...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 15, 20223 min read
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
Stepping outside your comfort zone is the primary way by which we grow and learn. But, many times, graduates who are studying for the bar...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 14, 20222 min read
Combatting Parkinson’s Law
Work will expand to fill the time available for its completion. In other words, if you give yourself a week to complete a relatively...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 13, 20221 min read
Superstitions
Today’s Friday the 13th—a day that has become synonymous with misfortune. There are few superstitions as pervasive in Western culture as...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 10, 20222 min read
Abortion Rights on the Bar Exam
A student recently asked how the U.S. Supreme Court’s leaked draft court opinion that would toss out longstanding abortion rights would...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 9, 20223 min read
What Snoop Can Teach You
Some people discourage the use of contractions in legal writing. However, there isn’t really a hard and fast rule about when contractions...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 8, 20222 min read
The Beatles’ “Get Back” Turns 52
On this date 52 years ago—May 8, 1970—The Beatles released its 12th and final studio album. The Beatles started recording "Let It Be" as...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 6, 20223 min read
The Benefits of Walking
I remember getting ready to meet with a graduate who was preparing for the February bar exam a few months ago. She was studying in one of...