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Lawyer and distinguished psychology expert Dan Bowling is conducting a research study designed to examine the impact of a law school student’s personality on academic success, as well as their well-being. Bowling plans to use his findings to assist students as they begin to make life changing career decisions. By working with both incoming law students and law graduates, Bowling will also examine whether character traits influence the specific career choices they have made, hypothesizing that “unhappy lawyers are mismatched with their careers.” Bowling offers a piece of advice for all law school students, which is to learn the ability to momentarily disengage from the “thinking like a lawyer” mentality.

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