Impostor Syndrome

It is not a mental disorder, but simply a limiting mindset that affects a lot of people.

It’s important to know that there are others just like you who feel this way, even if they project themselves with confidence.

* What are expert advocates’ secrets to cert success? Adam Feldman’s very interesting analysis suggests that using certain buzzwords in a petition might help. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Ilya Somin points out this fun depressing fact: one of the plants that General Motors will be closing sits on land seized in a controversial taking that forcibly displaced more than 4,000 people. [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy]

* The Third Circuit is poised to become the first (but probably not the last) circuit court to “flip” flip from a majority of Democratic appointees at the outset of the Trump administration to a majority of Republican appointees, as Ed Whelan notes. [National Review / Bench Memos]

* A June 3 trial date has been set for Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua in the Dan Markel case — almost five long years after Professor Markel’s murder. [Tallahassee Democrat]

* In the wake of a recent tragedy, Neha Sampat offers some reflections on impostor syndrome in the legal profession. [ABA Journal]

* If you’re a conservative or libertarian law student, you should consider attending the Federalist Society’s 2019 National Student Symposium, with “The Resurgence of Economic Liberty” as its theme. [Federalist Society]

* Can the Supreme Court save our democracy? David Pozen opines (and he’s not optimistic).

If you also struggle with impostor syndrome, take heart. You aren't the only one.

'No one is going to create this space for you... you need to make that space for yourself.'

Are you a high-achieving individual? If so, you might experience this malady.

Now that you have a job, how do you feel about it?

Do you sometimes feel like an impostor? Like someone who is merely posing as an attorney, who actually has no business, whatsoever, practicing law?