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No one sees what happens inside the chrysalis.The chrysalis is lived.Bar prep looks like just studying, but in reality it is a process of transformation. I began this process on December 15 knowing that. In fact, I named it that: chrysalis mode. And I was excited to see what the result of this rite of…
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I’m somewhere in the middle of bar prep as I write this—not at the beginning, not at the end. Just in the thick of it. The kind of place where effort is constant, time feels tight, and certainty is hard to come by. It’s a demanding process in every sense—mental, emotional, physical—and lately it’s been…
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I arrived in Grand Rapids, Michigan not quite knowing what to expect—just the name of a judge, a calendar, and a strong sense that something meaningful was about to happen. On my first day, they assigned me to an empty judge’s chamber and said, “Looks like we made you a judge on Day One.” We…
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