The
LLM is work. Much work. If you take the
program seriously, it is. And if exams are approaching, as they are now, it
definitely is. (Admittedly, maybe my fellow students who have law firm experience
disagree mildly smiling on this greenhorn view…) Pages over pages of readings,
you will do as you fear ‘cold calls’ or because you just find it earnestly interesting,
may overwhelm you. Weekly discussion papers, or seminar papers require you to
spend your most of your time in the library. Taking a look in the syllabus may
sometimes hurt – or cast doubt if your professor really is serious. Does he
really want us to read that for the next week? You want a sneak preview? Here
you will get an absolutely unique chance to see an excerpt from our American
Constitutional Law syllabus for our two last sessions:
Slavery and Race. BLBAS
255-301, 347-72, 405-44, 1093-1152, 1161-1180, 1231-1335; ACAB, Chapters 7, 10;
LOTL, Chapter 5
Believe
me, there will be times, in which you forget that you are in New York New York. It seems far away.
But:
it is not. What is better than relaxing in New York? What is better than
emerging from the Columbia, working, thinking bubble in New York? New York, the place, where there is nothing, you
cannot do.
Often
I am asked why I chose Columbia. It was a difficult choice. There are many
answers. But one reason, which I think you realize only when you are there is
that you can combine both: studying hard, learning a lot, being challenged by
the best of the best, losing yourself in the system of thoughts called law and experiencing life’s richness and
diversity.
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