It’s officially November. The leaves are falling, the air is getting chillier, and the library is filling up with 1Ls trying to figure out what an outline is. Halloween is behind us, Halloween Bar Review has come and gone, and with it arrives what I like to call the unofficial official start of law school’s annual lock-in season.

Suddenly, everyone seems to be operating on a different schedule. Outlines need to be finished, applications need to be submitted, networking events need to be attended, and somehow, sleep is still supposed to fit into the equation. Finals are getting closer, the semester is picking up speed, and the pressure to make every hour count is becoming increasingly hard to ignore.