Grit & Resilience: Well-Being for Law Students and Lawyers

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Grit and resilience

Get gritty -- harness your passion and perseverance to reach long-term goals. Dr. Angela Duckworth defined and developed the grit framework. She is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. Learn more about grit and her research at her website.

Grit by Angela Duckworth
Call Number: BF637.S8 D693 2016
What really drives success is not "genius" but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that--not talent or luck--makes all the difference.

Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-term Goals
Angela L. Duckworth, Christopher Peterson, Michael D. Matthews & Dennis R. Kelly, Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-term Goals, 96 J. Personality & Soc. Psych. 1087 (2007).
What is your Grit Score?
Answer questions and learn where you think you fall on the Grit Scale.
Cultivating Grit in Law Students
Denitsa R. Mavrova Heinrich, Cultivating Grit in Law Students: Grit, Deliberate Practice, and the First-Year Law School Curriculum, 47 Capital U. L. Rev. 341 (2019).
'Grit and Grind' Your Way to Success in Law School
Andrew J. McClurg, 'Grit and Grind' Your Way to Success in Law School, Student Lawyer, July 14, 2016.
5 Things Resilient Lawyers Do Differently
Paula M. Davis-Laack, 5 Things Resilient Lawyers Do Differently, Wisc. Law., Feb. 1, 2018.
Getting Gritty, Law School Toolbox
A round-up of sites and advice from a law school tutoring service.

Grit & Resilience: Well-Being for Law Students and Lawyers

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