You were valedictorian of your high school class, graduated summa cum laude from college, and scored in the 98th percentile of the LSAT — all of which got you into a top law school and a coveted spot in the summer associate class of a prestigious law firm. So why are you feeling so clueless, while the summer associate in the office next door exudes confidence?

Could it be that she took commercial transactions, securities law, tax law, and conflict of laws during her second year in law school, while you took entertainment law, First Amendment law, international law, and a seminar in law and popular culture (which was mostly spent watching movies about lawyers)?