Soon To Be Esquire

How would you use 24 hours in a day to invest in yourself? In this episode of the podcast, I talk about how to maximize yourself in the 86,400 seconds that we're all given, being intentional in your relationships and with yourself, and embracing a sense of gratitude. Tune it to this week's episode of the podcast.

After recovering from an ugly cold, I share with you how wellness needs to be prioritized over self-care. The difference between the two is important in understanding how to feed your should and keep yourself going by implementing habits that keep you well. Learn how to do the bare minimum - I know, it sounds crazy.

We need to talk about it! Often times BIPOC women are labeled "aggressive" when we have a differing opinion from the majority over something that we have a vast knowledge of when any other time if a white man had the same opinion he would be called passionate. Why is that? Ashly Vill-Ortega, 2L, and I tackle this question in today's episode.

These past two weeks have been a complete 180. I share my feelings on how Tropical Ida turned into Hurricane Ida. How do you think law school has been impacted by the hurricane? Oh, there's much more than cancelled classes I had not expected. I give a tell-all on my true thoughts about my plans expectations for the rest of the semester and how school responses could have been made.

It's the most wonderful time of the year: the start of 3L year! What expectations, goals, and interests do I have for the year and what is my "3L perspective" exactly? Get all of the tea and more while I share with you my highs from the summer and what I'm not expecting to go as planned this semester. It's always a learning curve.

In this season finale episode, I share all the details about my summer associate experience, how I decided on this particular firm and why I accepted the summer offer, what I've been doing in the program, what I've learned, and what lessons that I want to leave with.

Back from our mid-season break, I share details of exam season, my summer associate position, travel plans, life in Dallas, and exciting news for the upcoming semester. I get into the detail about my grades and current rank from this spring and share that law students are more than just what's on our transcripts.

This season keeps getting better with a continued list of adding to the podcast's firsts. This week, we have Diana Mercer, Director of Career Development at Loyno-law; our first-ever attorney to be featured on the podcast! We talk about all things career-related including several paths law students can take after graduation, summer opportunities, attaining a job offer, and so much more.

I'm sharing my legal summer experience once I completed my first year of law school, including how I created a plan in applying to several opportunities acceptances and rejections I received, and the lessons that I've learned. Going into my second summer as a law student, I compare the application cycles from my 1L year and now with advice on how to improve applications and share what I'm looking forward to this upcoming summer.

I am so lucky to be joined with Briana Ortiz, first-year law student, Texas native, and social media influencer! We talk about all things passion, life, social media, and law school-related. As Briana continues their legal journey she has dedicated space on Instagram (@briortz0) to not only represent but be an advocate for the 2% of Latinas in law but also she understands the importance that representation has on increasing that very 2%.