The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and Beyond

039: Battling Test Anxiety in Law School and on the Bar Exam

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Welcome back! Today we’re talking about everyone’s favorite topic – Test Anxiety. Okay, not really anyone’s favorite topic, but a really important one because so many law students deal with test anxiety in law school and on the bar exam.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Lee and Alison discuss their experience with exam anxiety
  • Your physiological response during exam prep and exams
  • Why stress isn't all bad
  • The importance of taking care of yourself in law school
  • The correlation between anxiety and lack of sleep
  • How to calm your mind and focus
  • Coping mechanisms when you're blanking on a test
  • How meditation and mindfulness can help alleviate stress and test anxiety
  • Why it's important to control how you talk to yourself in stressful situations
  • When you may need to explore other options for alleviating anxiety with an expert
  • Meditation is not just for hippies - snipers and other elite athletes, soldiers, and high profile people do it, too! 

    • Resources:

    • Performing Under Pressure Before and After the Exam (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/performing-under-pressure-before-after-exam/)
    • Caution Law Student Pressure Ahead (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/caution-law-student-pressure-handling-law-school-stress/)
    • Defending Law School Pressure - Leading Up to the Exam (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/defending-law-school-pressure-leading-exam/)
    • Law School Pressure - The Night Before and Morning of the Exam (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/law-school-pressure-night-before-morning-of/)
    • Podcast: Handling Pressure in Law School (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-29-handling-pressure-law-school-guest-dr-hank-weisinger/)
    • Tips for Surviving Exam Anxiety (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/tips-surviving-exam-anxiety/)
    • Law School and Mental Health http://lawschooltoolbox.com/law-school-and-mental-health
    • Pema Chodron – The Places that Scare You (http://www.amazon.com/The-Places-that-Scare-You/dp/1570629218)
    • HeadSpace App for Meditation (https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app)
    • Warrior One (http://warriorone.com/)

      • Thanks for listening!

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      Enjoy!

      Alison & Lee

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