Welcome back to “Ahead of the Curve.” I’m Christine Charnosky, legal education reporter for Law.com. As always, please share your thoughts and feedback with me at [email protected].

It’s so annoying being a woman! I just went by my dentist’s office to discuss the plan for my upcoming treatment, and the entire time I was worried about being too aggressive, too loud, not appreciative enough of their time—let’s be self-effacing to be disarming.