186: Book Club: Becoming, by Michelle Obama - a podcast by Alison Monahan and Lee Burgess - Law School Toolbox, LLC
from 2019-03-04T10:00
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're kicking off a new series: The Law School Toolbox Book Club. This is a chance for us to chat with you about the books we're reading and why you might want to check them out. Today we're talking about Becoming, by Michelle Obama.
In this episode we discuss:
- The new autobiography, Becoming, by Michelle Obama
- Some key takeaways about gender and race in the legal profession
- Embracing a growth mindset and asking for you want
- That even someone as accomplished as Michelle Obama can fail the bar!
Resources:
- Becoming, by Michelle Obama (https://becomingmichelleobama.com/)
- We Were Eight Years in Power, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550170/we-were-eight-years-in-power-by-ta-nehisi-coates/9780399590573/)
- The Final Year (https://www.finalyearfilm.com/)
- The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House, by Ben Rhodes (https://www.amazon.com/World-Memoir-Obama-White-House/dp/0525509356/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=_)
Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-186-book-club-becoming-by-michelle-obama/)
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Alison & Lee
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