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LawSchoolasTrainingforHierarchy 13 - 26 Mar 2012 - Main.SkylarPolansky
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I found this account of the law school experience by Professor Duncan Kennedy of Harvard Law to be relevant to our discussions in class, thought I’d share. | | |
- Class would consist of quite literally looking for a needle in a haystack. I think every job I've ever had involves some sort of mindless, rote task. Ask any law firm employee who has ever done discovery. Or any sandwich artist that has ever worked at Subway (I happen to have done both and found a remarkable comparison between the tasks). I think it's good practical training to expect such tasks, learn how to find pleasure in them, perhaps use the time as meditation, and move on. Additionally it would signal future employers that you will be able to hunker down and do the often ridiculous work they ask you to do, without complaining. And graduate school/additional degrees/more letters after your name in a signature line - especially at a place like Columbia - is oft about signaling, right?
4. Client Advocacy Clinic
- See Rohan's description Above.
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> | 5. Media Consumption
- How to figure out the best media diet for one's self. Tv, radio, newspaper, blogs? Local, National, or International? Liberal, Conservative, both, or unbiased? English, Spanish, Arabic, French? As Professor Moglen keeps pointing out, we are about to go into this world armed with a degree from Columbia, and the consequent power to manipulate the law in a way that does justice. In order to do justice we first need to recognize injustice. In order to find and recognize injustice in the world and what needs changing we need to know how to properly consume the information available to us. In an increasingly flat and technological world I often find myself overwhelmed with choice about the best way to consume news and information about what is going on in the world. A course which presents students with different media diets, and helps students to figure out what media diet best fits their personality would be incredibly helpful and eye-opening.
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