Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 202 min read
Lessons from a Foggy Morning
This morning, I looked out my window and saw a landscape softened by fog—a heavy, gray blanket that blurred the edges of the world around...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Sep 182 min read
Finding Your Footing Your First Year of Law School
Last night, Dancing with the Stars kicked off its 33rd season with a premiere that gave us all the excitement we hoped for. From...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 275 min read
9 Minutes, 3 Times a Day, 7 Days a Week: Enhancing Your Study Routine the Dayton Way
As a teacher, I’m always exploring new ways to help my students enhance their study habits and succeed in law school and on the bar exam....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 263 min read
Avoiding Bunkers and Blunders: Strategic Bar Prep Inspired by the Old Course
It's been a pretty good August for professional golfer Lydia Ko . Yesterday, the New Zealander and future Hall of Famer captured her...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 224 min read
Boxers or Briefs? In Law School, It’s All About the Case Briefs
As another year of law school begins for aspiring lawyers, you’ll likely hear the same question echoing in the halls from almost every...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jul 52 min read
Show the Font Some Love on Comic Sans Day
Today is Comic Sans Day. No, really, it is! I previously wrote about the effectiveness of the Comic Sans font in 2017 (“Vary the Fonts in...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 262 min read
Work Smarter, Not Harder (and Grab a Burger, too)
Shake Shack's recent promotional campaign, "Work smarter, not harder," is a perfect mantra for the final month of bar exam preparation....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 115 min read
The Host with the Most: Hosting Your Own Bar Prep Study Groups
Study groups can be a powerful tool in bar exam preparation, offering diverse perspectives, shared resources, and mutual support....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 55 min read
"Pho"-nomenal Bar Prep Tips
If you follow my postings, you know I believe in using nontraditional methods to engage students and bar exam takers and make the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Rethinking Last Week's "Law Students: Be a 'Rockstar,' Like Dolly Parton" Post
Last week, I wrote a blog post about explaining what law students can learn from Dolly Parton’s incredibly successful career, like...