Mohit, I think you've asked some very interesting questions. Here's some questions you might want to consider as you work.

With respect to this line: The study of law – just like the study of the Bible or the Quran – is designed to lead to freedom.

As a reader, the argument that the study of the law has been designed for a purposes raise the question of who the designer was. It seems that, from our class discussions, one can identify a number of different approaches to the study of the law which may intend and produce varying effects with respect to freedom. The conventional "curve and canning" approach may inhibit freedom. If I understand your argument correctly, it may be helpful to open by arguing that the study of law should be about freedom. You could cite some of the Buddhist insights about psychology that you mention to support this view, and it would set up your critique of the "shackles" of law school and practice later in the piece.

I think it may also be helpful to flesh out further the point you would like the reader to take away from analogy of the study of the law to the study of the Bible or Quran. Again, if I am anticipating your argument correctly, I think the analogy would be that they represent the study of texts that provide a set of analytical categories with which to interpret the world. But I'm not entirely certain that this is your message, and I think some elaboration here would be helpful.

-- DevinMcDougall - 22 Feb 2010