Learning to be Bored: How Law School Prepared Me for an Unconventional Legal Career
I did not come to law school to become a litigator or to work in private practice. Rather, I wanted to learn the law so I could implement big, systemic policy changes. But focusing on the long-term made staying engaged with the “now” a challenge. By learning to focus on the smallest details, I began to change my frame of thinking and value the ways in which lawyers are taught to make thoughtful and deliberate choices.