I’ve found that meditating is a perfect oasis away from the stresses of law school.
If you’d told me two years ago that I’d be writing philosophy papers, I would have laughed in your face. But the Colloquium on Law, Economics and Politics changed my mind.
Because it’s been terrifying to watch the ever-increasing vilification of Islam, I attended a candlelight vigil on September 10th, in support of citywide tolerance and religious freedom.
When I read that Elena Kagan earned a B-minus as a Harvard first-year, I had two reactions: I was surprised that she’d faltered early on, but I also was pleased that she seemed not to have let her grades define her as a law student or as a lawyer. It took me two semesters to learn this lesson.
Public law schools have come under fire for their law clinics’ legal battles against powerful interest groups. But as a law student, I’ve seen that clinics are critical to a sound legal education.
The air was bursting with Spring in Washington Square Park. Of course, we weren’t there to enjoy the weather. No, I was with fellow journal members, and we were discussing what I had to fix in my 10,000-word paper.
In mid-February, I interviewed to be one of four executive editors of the Journal of International Law and Politics. For two reasons, this interview was unlike any I have ever had.
I am sitting in the first Lawyering session of the year, and the class is debating the definition of the word “vehicle.”
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