Continuity of Services

Before the Bar, ABA Law Student Division blog, has collected COVID-19 resources and information for law students including online learning tips, financial assistance available to students, and mental health resources.  Selected entries are included below.

Getting Started

• Your law school went online - now what?  Here's how to adapt to remote learning
• How to plan for take-home exams

Online Learning Tips

• How law students can find success in online classes
• Train your brain to be productive at home
• I don't care what you wear to an online class (but sitting at a desk is a good choice)
• 7 things to do after an online session ends
• 4 keys to staying focused and active during online courses
• Remote learning: How to make human connections between teachers and students

A Student Remote Learning Toolkit outlines tips for students who "suddenly need to learn online."  Modules include:

• You, Learning Online
• Do Yourself Favors
• Find Your Support
• Maximize Your Learning
• Tame Your Tech
• Build Your Network

​Another guide written by a student offers practical tips in a streamlined, conversational approach.

• 4 Tips to Help Separate Work and Home Life During Coronavirus (June 28, 2020)

• 7 Ways I Stay Alert and Productive Throughout the Day, Even With Brain Fog (SELF, May 28, 2020)

• HBCU Presidents' Roundtable: The State of Connectivity in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic (FCC, May 4, 2020)

• How to Work From Home, According to Neuroscience (Vanity Fair, April 29, 2020)

• FCC AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROMOTE REMOTE EDUCATION SO STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE LEARNING  (FCC News, April 27, 2020)

• How to Look Good on Camera, According to Tom Form (NYT, April 7, 2020)