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You Only Fail if You Don’t Get Up Again.

Jack Whittington — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:03 +0000

A belated Happy New Year to all of you. Now that we’re a few weeks into 2012, hopefully you’ve all settled into a routine and you’re holding fast to those resolutions you set for yourselves. As a February Bar Exam taker with a full time job I find routine to be crucial. When I studied […]

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Keeping the Grinch at Bay. Managing Your Student Loans

Jack Whittington — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:30:10 +0000

Student loans have become the Grinch that Stole Christmas for many of us recent grads this year. For a lot of people, including myself, my student loans entered repayment this month. The initial payment plan for repaying my costly law school education is staggering to say the least. I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t put […]

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It’s Not Failure. It’s Just Success Delayed

Jack Whittington — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:30:00 +0000

We all want to succeed. We’re wired to believe that we need to succeed. But what happens when we don’t? Recently I received my results from the Texas Bar Exam and learned that I’ll have to retake the exam in February. I’ve never failed at anything in my life (or at least in my mind […]

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Selling Yourself: What Every Lawyer can Learn from Salespeople

Jack Whittington — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:30:52 +0000

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Hello and welcome to the October edition of “Coming of Age”. As I noted last month, while I wait for the Texas Bar Exam results to be released on November 4th, I took an interim job selling cars. In the meantime I also found […]

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Winning at the Waiting Game

Jack Whittington — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:30:57 +0000

As summer gradually fades into Fall many of us July ’11 Bar takers are still waiting on Bar Exam results. If you’re like me you’re watching your bank account slowly dwindle down to a pittance. It has been well documented in this column just how difficult the job market is for recent law school graduates […]

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A Dream Delayed Creates Other Opportunities. Look For Them.

Jack Whittington — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:30:25 +0000

Hello and welcome to the August edition of “Coming of Age” and congratulations to all of you who have recently completed the Bar Exam! Now what? Oh, yeah. A job. Like so many of my colleagues who have just graduated from law school and finished taking the bar exam I find myself feeling slightly deflated […]

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When Tragedy Strikes

Jack Whittington — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:38:51 +0000

Honestly, I’m not even sure where to begin. I come to you this month, bewildered and broken-hearted but at the same time hopeful and determined. This summer was supposed to be about the Bar Exam, about forging ahead and blazing a new path. Unfortunately those plans came to a crashing halt on the night of […]

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I’m Going To Prison. (Actually, Just Studying for the Bar)

Jack Whittington — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:30:20 +0000

I wanted to entitle this article “Solitary Confinement or How I Plan To Study For the Bar Exam” but I was convinced it would send too many Bar takers running for the hills – but I digress…so I called it Going To Prison… Bar Prep for the Texas Bar started on May 23rd - I’m […]

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Could You Turn Down The ‘Dream Job’? I Did.

Jack Whittington — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:30:05 +0000

A job offer before graduation is about as rare as the Crown Jewels in today’s economy. That’s not to say it doesn’t happen, but it only happens to a very select few these days. Three weeks prior to my Hooding Ceremony I received an offer to work as an associate in a sports law firm. […]

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What They Don’t (and Can’t) Teach You In Law School

Jack Whittington — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:30:07 +0000

Hearing about how something is done and then actually seeing how something is done are often two very different experiences. Learning in law school and actually doing legal work is no exception. This past January I began a clerkship with a law firm that specializes in representing professional athletes. Over the course of these past […]

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