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SarahChanFirstEssay 4 - 18 Feb 2025 - Main.SarahChan
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It is strongly recommended that you include your outline in the body of your essay by using the outline as section titles. The headings below are there to remind you how section and subsection titles are formatted. | | | This course is presented as an extended exercise in active listening. Moglen’s rationale for introducing music into the classroom is more straightforward than one might expect: to break from the traditional structure of legal education. | |
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< | Law school conditions students to prioritize performance over presence. There is a hyper-fixation on what one says and how one says it. While the statement “No one remembers a bad cold call” is debatable, it bears more weight when framed as people are too absorbed in themselves to concentrate on others. This is why students tend to dwell more on their own performance and perceived failures. | >
> | Law school conditions students to prioritize performance over presence. There is a hyper-fixation on what one says and how one says it. While the statement “No one remembers a bad cold call” is debatable, it holds more truth when framed as people are too absorbed in themselves to concentrate on others. This is why students dwell more on their own performance and perceived failures. | | | I am equally guilty. During a classmate's cold call, my thoughts are: What would I have answered? Did I grasp this week’s material? How can I anticipate the next question and craft a satisfactory response? My attention is fractured by a subconscious preoccupation with the self. | | | Law, at its core, is an attempt to impose logic onto primal experiences that defy formalization. It is a manipulation of words, an elaborate system that gains legitimacy not because it is inherently just, but because enough people believe in its authority. | |
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< | Perhaps this is why Moglen emphasizes active listening. To challenge the law, one must first identify who it excludes, where its gaps lie, and what is being rationalized—all of which exist, but in silence. Creativity then steps in to expose blind spots and reimagine what the law could become. Hence, a law student’s goal should not be limited to mastering the language or learning how to operate within the system, but also knowing when to break rules. It is to understand that legal structures are not fixed, universal truths but malleable constructs molded by those bold enough to question them. I am searching for this courage. | >
> | Perhaps this is why Moglen emphasizes active listening. To challenge the law, one must first identify who it excludes, where its gaps lie, and what is being rationalized—all of which exist, but in silence. Creativity then steps in to expose blind spots and reimagine what the law could become. Hence, a law student’s goal should not be limited to mastering the language or learning how to operate within the system, but also knowing when and how to break rules. It is to understand that legal structures are not fixed, universal truths but malleable constructs molded by those bold enough to question them. I am searching for this courage. | | | |
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