Early Career Professionals—Imposter Syndrome: Self-Esteem and Mental Health in Law School
- October 01, 2022
- Tristan J. Van Horn , Candidate, Rutgers Law School
Like most incoming first-year law students, I was feeling great. I was rocketing out of my undergraduate studies at a small university in Kansas to the East Coast, moving on to bigger and better things, determined to succeed even more than I felt I already had. I was still riding the high of graduating with honors, overcoming the LSAT, and being accepted to law school. However, the first days of law school—the heavy reading assignments, the cold calls, the legalese, and the sheer intellect of my classmates—hit me like a truck. One moment I was planning my rise to Big Law, celebrating my entry into a surefire success of a career, and the next moment, I was wondering why anyone thought to tell me I was smart enough to go to law school.
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