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Welcome back to another Ladies Who Law School Podcast episode!

On this week's episode, the ladies talk to Jasmin Robinson, a Future Lawyer Activist, Coach,  Writer, Consultant & Entrepreneurship Attorney. She is the creator of the brand - 5% of lawyers are black — and she does everything In her power to help increase that! Jas has helped and raised over 2.2 million in scholarship to help get future lawyers to law school!! 

Jas went to Mercer Law School and she talks about why she chose to go there! She uses a good line in reference her experience with to the other law schools she didn’t get into, “rejection is redirection” we all have to remember that one! Jas shared her accomplishments: graduating with honors, she made the deans list 1st and last semester of law school! She also shares her struggles: learning discipline- this level of studying and discipline needed to be successful in law school! cue Ciara’s Level Up! In true Jas fashion, she worked her booty off in law school. She did 5-6 different internship while in law school, including  at U.S. Department of Education in the Civil Rights Department. 

Jas shares her Bar Prep experience with us, she was a Barbri rep. and that helped keep her accountable. Then listen to what happened 2 weeks before she took the bar. She also talks about the *Barbri tracker* -- don’t let it get you down, keep up the hard work and KEEP LEARNING from your mistakes! While waiting for her results she worked as a recruiter at Mercer then after she found out she passed she started at a family law firm, but realized litigation wasn't for her. So she focused on Jas Talks Law, listen to find out the rest of her story!

Birth of Jas Talks Law — thanks to Mercer, she was a 2L, and was asked by the school to go back to Hampton and recruit! She did a law fair event but of course she wanted to do a little more then just the fair. So she had an event and named it “Jas Talks Law” — 6 years later she has made this brand into her own law firm! She wrote a personal statement work book, to help everyone in any financial situation!  Jas shares her experience with racism and the reason behind *5% of lawyers are black* brand — she talks about the “beautiful struggle” — Jas talks about how AWARENESS is what is really wants — she considers this as her contribution to the movement! Follow her on Insta HERE and Linkedin HERE

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