I saw a post on Twitter, “What’s your best mentoring advice for law students in 5 words or less…?” Thought I’d play:
Don’t cry in the elevator.
Don’t talk in the elevator.
Don’t take the elevator.
Give appropriate deference to superiors.
Give appropriate tribute to superiors.
Don’t take credit.
Don’t roll your eyes.
Don’t call attention to yourself.
Don’t make typos.
Don’t catch my typos.
Or: fix my typos secretly.
Be the last to leave.
Be the first to reply.
Wear underwear, always.
Keep an extra suit available.
Keep an extra brain available.
Hide your flaws.
Hide your liquor.
Hide all bodily functions.
Hide your family.
Hide your hobbies.
Hide in closets.
Hide from partners like me.
Never stop learning.
Never start sleeping.
Never admit you used Wikipedia.
Never let phones lose charge.
Never take the last cookie.
File everything on time.
Reserve a burial plot.
Max out your life insurance.
No third-tier law schools.
No second-tier law schools.
Pass the bar.
Pass the bar.
Pass the bar.
Pass the bar.
Get off Twitter.