quarterly update November 2022

I’m going to try to post 4x a year since I have mostly quit social media. School I am in my second year of law school. I am scheduled to graduate in May 2024 but may try to exit a semester early (December 2023). I had to take the Spring 2021 semester off after starting … [Read more…]

scholarship essay

I was delighted to receive a scholarship from the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium and am posting my essay since many of my students find it helpful to look at successful application essays. The prompt asked for 700 words on my interest in legal operations and how I hope to contribute to the field. Dear Scholarship … [Read more…]

I have an LSAT podcast –

PODCAST COVER rc

For SEO purposes, I’m announcing my podcasts here and linking back to the announcement on my business website. One of the frustrating things about studying for the LSAT was how convoluted, condescending, or downright unclear some of the free question explanations online were. I ended up hiring a tutor because I couldn’t reliably find good … [Read more…]

we’ll miss you, CDPG

I feel truly bad for young people who have no occasion to go to the funerals of older people who have lived good lives. One of the loveliest things about living in Blue Island is getting to know our neighbors, who come from all walks of life. Observing milestone events in the lives of our … [Read more…]

costs of starting an online tutoring business

budget

I’m a little surprised every month at how much I have invested and continue to spend on elleSAT, so I wanted to document it. I hope this post might be useful to anyone considering starting their own business. It costs me between $220-350/month to run the business when my annual expenses are included. I also spent … [Read more…]

logistics after unattended death

My neighbor died suddenly earlier this year, and I want to share information about this process since the google results for this tend to be infotisements for death cleaning services. I feel absolutely sick about this situation: we cared very much for our neighbor and hadn’t visited much with her because we were afraid of … [Read more…]