-- EldonWright - 20 Jan 2009

I came to law school because it was the next logical step. Not because I didn’t know what else to do, or because I had been told I might make a good lawyer someday. But because I saw law as a career, a calling I could truly embrace. Something interesting and challenging that could engage me for many years to come. This made law school the next step. I looked forward to law school on a few different levels. I looked forward to delving into academic topics anchored to real life issues, as well as challenging my writing, even my thoughts. So far everything has been good, but not great. I am generally enjoying the academic and social aspects of life here at Columbia; however, nothing is truly calling to me. We have been told of various paths we may go down after we leave school. Like many others I am kind of standing here, craning my neck, looking down the forks in the road, trying to see where best I fit. Hopefully this class can shed some light on what is to come, or at the very least provide a forum for the discussion of law’s place in society, and possibly our place in law.