Law Students

Life After Work

By Athar Khan

It’s been a couple of days since I stopped working and I have been doing my best to stay busy and catch up on some of the things that often lose out to higher priorities such as work and school. Relatively non-urgent things like getting a haircut, making an appointment with the doctor (and keeping it!), and having lunch with a friend. 

You were expecting something more glamorous weren’t you? 

Well, I did get an opportunity today to participate on a panel of law students who answered questions for a group of about fifty minority students from Compton. It was a lot of fun and felt really fulfilling. I was so surprised at the level of questions that these young seventh graders were asking. One wanted to know how he could become a judge. Another one asked if a particular lawyer or book inspired us to go to law school. Yet another one asked what kind of law we wanted to practice and why.

Wow! At their age, I am not sure I ever thought of anything past the following week — let alone post-graduate school. It felt really nice to be part of the group that participated in the event and I guess I can now see why so many students from my school forego private placement to go into public service. You just can’t buy the feeling that I had today. But then again, you can’t pay bills with the warm fuzzy feelings either. So, I guess one could argue either side. 

Anyway, back to the point. I haven’t really started hitting the books as hard as I need to. Tomorrow, I am going to file a complaint in small claims court, get my graduation pictures taken, and try to make some meaningful progress on my Moral Character Application. So, I think that the official “MBE Kickoff” will take have to wait until this Saturday morning.

Full post as published by Atharkhan on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).