Spotlight on: Columbus Young Professionals Club

With all the insanity of Law School, the late-night study sessions, camping out in the building during finals week, and a dedication to learning, you probably forgot that in a short time, you will be back out in the professional world, joining a diverse and vast community of professionals.

With this community of professionals comes the opportunity to learn and meet new people.  If you’ve already joined a committee at the Columbus Bar Association, or one of the niche legal organizations the city boasts, then you may be interested in the Columbus Young Professionals Club!

With over 20,000 registered members ranging in age from 21-45, the group, founded in 2005, hosts networking events across the city, sports leagues, and community service events. 

“Our mission is to offer connections, access, and value for our members through professional and fun events, quality athletics, and community impact.” 

Said mission is accomplished through seven employees and over 50 volunteers working to connect Columbus, all while further building the City, and connecting young professionals together!

Has your interest been piqued?  Head on over to https://www.cypclub.com/ for more information, including how to become a member yourself! 

LawSchool Life Hack: Maintaining your best YOU!

Law School is a different creature, I get it, believe me! But, that does not mean that you need to lose your best self in attempts of being the best law student. Here are some ways that you can maintain the best you WHILE in law school:

• Create a schedule and STICK TO IT! By this I mean a schedule that goes BEYOND studying. Create a schedule that includes sleeping, exercise, and even snacking if you like to take time out of your day to do so (I know that I do🙂). A schedule can help you find some balance in between law school, studying, internship interviews, etc. It is also important to schedule some ME TIME for things that you do enjoy, even if it's one time a week.

• Pick a daily cut-off time for studying and homework. You may have been able to pull an all-nighter in undergraduate but in Law School, there’s NOTHING worse than being exhausted from studying, then getting cold-called on by a professor. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. So, set a daily cut-off time for studying. For example, if your studying cut-off is 7:00 PM, stick to it. After 7, you stop all studying, law-school related stuff, and take some time for you to rest, go to the gym, etc. You’ll thank yourself ultimately for taking this time and giving yourself the ability to relax…if only just slightly.

• And FINALLY, RELAX, it's just law school. I know, I know, it's easier said than done BUT freaking out about it will do more harm than good. Mastering law school TAKES. TIME. It's all about learning your method and lots of trial and error to get to earning your JD and passing the bar exam. Keep pushing, asking questions, and when in doubt, remember, "It's just law school!"

Spotlight on VITA Clinic

YOU WANT PRO BONO HOURS RIGHT?!?!?!

Is this you?

Well, say no more! The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic needs your help! All law students (YES EVEN YOU 1LS), paralegal students, and administration are welcome to be a volunteer. There is NO prior tax training required to become a volunteer. 

YES IT CAN! FREE VITA training materials are available for you to pick up outside of Professor Wood's office on the 6th floor, room 610. 

 TRAINING will be on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 5:15 PM in room 242. You will be instructed how to pass the necessary exams to become a VITA volunteer; however, it is not necessary to attend the training and be a volunteer. After the training is complete, there will be a sign up list on TWEN for VITA Session on Tuesdays 5-7 PM and Saturdays 9:30-11:30 AM

PRO BONO CREDIT will be organized with Ashley Messick. I KNOW you want those hours towards your Pro Bono Legal Hours requirement, which is 50 by the time you graduate. 

If you have any questions please email Professor Wood at rwood@law.capital.edu, the two Student Site Coordinators Victoria HanohanoHong at vhanohanohong@law.capital.edu and Tim Kromer at tkromer@law.capital.edu

Get your grub on! (614) Restaurant Week 2019!

614 Restaurant Week!  Eat 614, Live 614, Explore 614

Tired of the cold and drear of winter?  Looking for something to warm your body and palette up this balmy January?  Look no further than 614 Restaurant Week! 

Explore some of your favorite local haunts, that steak house that you only go to on special occasions, or even something totally new for a steal! 

That’s right, for THIS WEEK, dozens of Columbus restaurants will be offering pre-fixed menus featuring their most popular dishes!  Prices range from $15-$40 depending on the restaurant.

We get it, Law School can be expensive, and dinner can be expensive, so why not feel like a king, eat like a king, but not break your bank doing so?

For more information, including a list of participating restaurants, please visit https://eat614.com/event/3/search

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1L Life Hack

First Set of Law School Grades

You all are probably listening to your friends discuss how great (or terrible) first semester grades were. You all probably are noticing that your class sizes have certain people missing.Your fall semester grades may have made you feel far from the superior student that you are, here are some tips and words of encouragement for the rest of the semester!

• You are the same student that you were before grades were posted! Your grades haven’t changed how intelligent or how capable you are; don’t let them change how you see yourself. 

• The important thing is not what your grades WERE but how you respond! Whether your grades were what you had hoped them to be or not, go and talk to your first semester professors and figure out what it is you did well, where you can improve, and what this whole grading game is about. 

Every lawyer will struggle with an assignment, not understand what is needed, and even experience failure. That’s part of the job, but it can also become the secret to your success.

Save the date! Career Advantage Program!!!

You want to go to Law School, yes?  You want to be a lawyer, yes?  Have any ideas who to talk to or what you want to do?  Ehhh…

You’re not alone!  Many people, like myself, have been struggling with figuring out who to talk to, and what jobs may be interesting/fields of law, that may interest you!  

Capital Law, seeing this, developed a great program to help, the Career Advantage Program! 

The program brings together current and admitted students as well as esteemed alumni, and together the program aims to help students and prospective students with their career planning and furthering developing a professional network.

Speaking of networking…if you’re reading this, start doing it! 

Before the program and school begins, it wouldn’t hurt to sit down with your network to speak with them about opportunities and even if you don’t know any lawyers, someone in your network may be able to introduce you to one!

If you don’t have a network, make one at the program!

Program Details:

Saturday, January 26, 2019

9AM-5PM

Capital University Law School-303 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215

Questions?  Please use this link for more information!

https://law.capital.edu/careeradvantageprogram/

Welcome Back Spotlight

Welcome Back CapFam! 

I hope your Winter Break was exactly what you needed to get through this next semester. 

This first hack is shining the spotlight on the Resume Workshop!

On Wednesday, January 9 at 12:10 pm OR 5:10 pm in room 241, there will be a brief resume workshop.

Dean Beem will cover do's and don't's when creating a strong resume! Remember last semester when we discussed internships? WELL, the time is now! And the time to get your resume together is RIGHT NOW!

Common Mistakes we've ALL made (Even those 2 and 3Ls!):

• Using Juris Doctorate instead of JURIS DOCTOR!
• Rounding GPAs
• and much more!

Join your colleagues and Dean Beem THIS Wednesday to kick off the semester in the right way and possibly ending the semester with an internship based on your STRONG and GLOWING resume!

Have a Great First Week Back!