10 Hamilton Songs To Get You Motivated For The New Law School Semester

Law School Toolbox, Lessons From Pop Culture – 10 Hamilton Songs To Get You Motivated For the New Semester:

The break is over and the new semester has begun! Time to get into the grind of law school yet again with classes, studying, and outlining! However, you aren’t exactly ready to dive into your stressful and hectic schedule. What are you to do?? Personally, I use songs and music to help get me pumped up and motivated! For example, I have curated a list of songs to help you get through exams. One of my favorite musicals (and one that has been very popular in pop culture in recent years) is Hamilton. This musical uses a unique blend of genres to create some banging hits all about Revolutionary-Era America and one of our founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton. These songs get stuck in my head frequently and constantly make me feel ready to take on the world! So here are 10 Hamilton songs to help get you motivated for the new semester. ...

NON-STOP
Now that classes have begun again and you are in the hustle and bustle of law school, you will be studying ~non-stop~. Jokes aside, this song is a great way to pump you up for the start of the new semester. This song has a great beat and even has some legal jargon in the lyrics. And no, you do not have to write like you are running out of time to pass your classes! ...

WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY
One of my favorite songs in Hamilton is the last one. It is a reminder that you are making history every day and you can accomplish amazing things. It can be hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you are going through the mundane motions of law school. However, every day you are taking one step closer to achieving your dreams and becoming an attorney. Take in every moment of this exciting experience. Also, spend every day working hard, creating your story, and becoming who you want to be. Best of luck this semester in continuing your law school journey!

(Hat Tip: Selina Farrell)

For more on my obsession with interest in Hamilton, see here and:

• The Story Of Tonight: With Billion-Dollar Hamilton Poised To Sweep Tony Awards, Broadway Pushes For Tax Break Extension (June 12, 2016)
• What Hamilton Teaches Lawyers About Telling Our Story (Aug. 21, 2016)
• Lessons From Hamilton For The University Of Chicago Law School Class Of 2019 (Oct. 4, 2016)
• Law Profs At Chicago, Harvard And Michigan Turn To Hamilton As A Teaching Tool (Oct. 14, 2016)
• Greg Mankiw Happily Paid $2,500 For A Hamilton Ticket, But Asks: Why Should 80% Go To Resellers Rather Than Lin-Manuel Miranda? (Oct. 22, 2016)
• Law Profs Weigh In On The Hamilton/Pence/Trump Controversy (Nov. 21, 2016)
• Hamilton By Harvard Economics Students (Dec. 10, 2016)
• Happy Hanukkah, Hamilton-Style (Dec. 24, 2016)
• Erwin Chemerinsky's Farewell: Lessons From Hamilton (June 29, 2017)
• Hamilton And Law School Deaning (July 7, 2017)
• Lessons From Hamilton On Leaving A Legacy As A Law Professor Through Our Scholarship ('Skin In The Game') And Our Students ('Planting Seeds In A Garden You Never Get To See') (July 10, 2017)
• Hamilton, The Play Has Caused A Boon At Hamilton, The College (July 18, 2017)
• C.S. Lewis & Lin-Manuel Miranda: How I Found My Faith In Mere Christianity And Deepened It In Hamilton (July 24, 2017)
• Caron: From Moses To Hamilton: A Dean’s Journey (Aug. 31, 2017)
• Congratulations To Pepperdine's Newly-Minted Lawyers (Dec. 12, 2017)
• Hamilton At Pepperdine (Mar. 2, 2018)
• 45th Annual Pepperdine Law School Dinner: Our Place In The World (Mar. 4, 2018)
• Pepperdine Law School's Place In The World (Apr. 11, 2018)
• Alexander Hamilton To Receive Posthumous Honorary Degree From Albany Law School (Apr. 23, 2018)
• 2018 ABA New Law School Deans Conference (June 6, 2018)
• Hamilton And Philosophy (June 18, 2018)
• Hamilton In London (June 23, 2018)
• Hamilton And The Oxford Comma (Mar. 4, 2019)
• Enough With Hamilton, Say Fans Of Other Founding Fathers (June 27, 2019)
• Forgiveness: Law, Faith, Christmas, And Hamilton (Dec. 8, 2019)
• What Alexander Hamilton Would Have Thought About A Wealth Tax (Dec. 12, 2019)
• Happy Hanukkah, Hamilton-Style (Dec. 22, 2019)
• Using Hamilton’s 'Farmer Refuted' To Teach Oral Argument (Apr. 28, 2020)
• Hamilton At Pepperdine And On Disney+ (July 3, 2020)
• July 4th, Hamilton, And The Power Of Forgiveness (July 4, 2020)
• The Cancel Culture, Forgiveness, And Hamilton (Aug. 2, 2020)
• Hamilton And The Law (Oct. 20, 2020)
• Texas Federal Judges Release Music Video: 'We'll Be Back' (Nov. 16, 2020)