http://edissent.com A dissenting opinion on theology, politics, culture, and law Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:31:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently received the honor of being invited to join the staff of UCLA Law Review. In order to join, I had to participate in a write-on competition for transfer students. I am very pleased with the UCLA Law Review board for going to such lengths to accommodate ... http://edissent.com/archives/136 UCLA Law | I just received news that I will be transferring to UCLA School of Law, and I couldn't be more excited! I will be moving back to Los Angeles in the next few weeks and beginning classes on August 20. http://edissent.com/archives/129 I have always wanted to study a foreign language (one that is still spoken, for a change). Of course, an extended immersion experience in a foreign country is the best and probably most efficient way of learning a new language. I, however, neither have the time nor the ... http://edissent.com/archives/128 I have finally finished my first year of law school. The time has passed quickly. I can only hope that the next two years will do the same. Completing the first year of law school has been the most difficult and challenging thing I have ever done. At ... http://edissent.com/archives/123 This post contains some rudimentary thoughts on the American legal system, its inner ethos, and the potential for moral formation to occur within that system. In the future I would like to develop these themes into a journal article. Here, I put these themes into writing for the ... http://edissent.com/archives/103 To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day I read over King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and the statement by eight white Alabama clergymen that prompted the letter. Many of King’s statements are striking in their context and apropos for today. I thought I would share a few ... http://edissent.com/archives/97 Law and justice go hand in hand -- one would think. In the one semester of law school that I sat through the word 'justice' was uttered numerous times. Nonetheless, in most instances utterance was not accompanied by substance. Neither professor nor student made a single attempt ... http://edissent.com/archives/90 I've just completed my first semester of law school at University of California Hastings College of the Law. The past month of studying for finals has been the most grueling of my life: fifteen hours a day of studying, four-hour essay exams, and stiff competition between classmates... When studying for ... http://edissent.com/archives/86