Personal Introduction
-- By
CMcKinney? - 29 Jan 2015
I hope to leave law school with a sharper mind and a broader understanding of diverse viewpoints. Studying the law can involve a high degree of critical thinking, and I think that one can lead a more fulfilling, worthwhile life once he has developed that skill. On the second point, I attended a fairly homogeneous university, and I believe Columbia is a good place to expand one’s horizons – particularly because it attracts a student body from many walks of life.
If that last statement were true, we would have many more people
here from working-class backgrounds. We look much more diverse than
we are.
Studying law can indeed involve a high degree of critical thinking,
but only if you are critical of law school. By itself,
unchallenged, it produces no such thing.