"I think one thing we don't talk about (or admit to) enough is that law school is about way more than just what happens in the classroom - the relationships you build with professors and classmates will play a huge role in the opportunities you're offered during and after law school. I think that's something other folks might have known or realized much more quickly than I did. My advice to incoming law students now is to do what they can to learn about their school, the culture, and the professors, and to push themselves to navigate these unspoken systems, even if it's awkward and uncomfortable at first."

Haiyun Damon-Feng
Assistant Director, W.H. Gates Public Service Law, University of Washington School of Law