Law school presents a problem for one with a liberal arts background.Liberal arts developes core values by providing each student with freedom to experiment, question, and explore ideas connecting his or her personal experience with the subject matter.
Law school, on the other hand, has no time for self-exploration. Students must keep questions within 10 seconds, and, in so many other ways, the way law is taught prussures students to use a conceptual template provided by an "expert" in lieu of their own self-created critical thought.
In sum, law school and liberal arts education present two different cultures. The first will fill your brain for you, and the second will patiently wait while you fill it yourself.
In other news, I continue to suffer culture shock.
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