Category Archives: Authenticity

Setting Intentions — It’s All About Alignment

It’s funny.  I remember drafting some first posts on this blog where alignment was an organizing force for my writing.  To stay focused, I used anatomy drawings I sketched during my yoga teacher training years ago.  I had actually never been able to draw anything in a literal way before that training.  Anything I createdContinue reading “Setting Intentions — It’s All About Alignment”

Need for Authentic Community — An Open Letter to Recent Law Grads

Dear Other Recent Law Grads, It’s funny, how now that I’m in my thirties, now that I’ve joined a secret society (by this I mean the field of law), now that I’m starting to find even footing in life, I find more and more that what I crave is a sense of community. Sounds cheesy,Continue reading “Need for Authentic Community — An Open Letter to Recent Law Grads”

So Why ARE You Taking the Bar Exam?

This post represents a departure for me.  Most obviously, this is my first post since having officially graduated.  But it is also the first of a series of “conversations” I am beginning to engage in with law professors (from across the U.S. & the world).  Sometimes it will be presented in the form of actualContinue reading “So Why ARE You Taking the Bar Exam?”

Brain in a Jar…

Well, amidst finals (and this time is the last time…) I’ve been re-calibrating from an amazing trip.  It was four days spent at a Zen center just outside of San Francisco, essentially in the middle of a Redwood forest.  What for, you ask?  For inspiration, collaboration and re-generation.  My time was spent with around 30Continue reading “Brain in a Jar…”

Creativity & Authenticity in Your Legal Career

As a final semester 3L I think about this a lot — give a listen to see if you identify with this worldview or if approaching your legal career from a more creative perspective is something you might want to give more consideration to… Please also look out for future posts on this topic, includingContinue reading “Creativity & Authenticity in Your Legal Career”

Imagine we shared our EXPERIENCES of the law as a matter of pedagogy…

Imagine…  You are sitting around a conference table with a number of other students your first year of law school.  Let’s say in the first month, if not week.  Perhaps you are sharing a meal.  At the least, you are together in an open and collaborative environment. Keep imagining…  Whomever is facilitating — whether aContinue reading “Imagine we shared our EXPERIENCES of the law as a matter of pedagogy…”

Embodying Balance

 I was walking home from school the other day and was seized by a compulsion to duck into the local coffee shop/wine bar/book store.  As if pulled by a magnet, I beelined to the used section in the back (my favorite place, of course) and quickly came upon a beautifully illustrated book of Buddhist prayersContinue reading “Embodying Balance”