As thousand of law students are poised to descend into the tunnel that is bar exam preparation, I am beginning my work, affectionately known to those in my immediate circle as “bar season.” We are in this together, my students and me. It’s a sobering endeavor for both of us. To the graduating classes of new lawyers in training, I want to offer some perspective about purpose.
It did not occur to me until very deep into my first year of law school that some of my classmates did not want to be there. I don’t say this in the dismissive sense. I mean they openly admitted they truly did not have any desire to be in law school. Coming from where I did, against some serious adversity, I saw the opportunity to go to law school through the lens of my own yearning. Didn’t everyone there want it so bad it hurt?
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