Legal Education
Apr. 7, 2020
Coronavirus, ethics and law school
The first year of law school is exciting for anyone who likes to think. Many students experience what I experienced: you realize that law is all around you. As you start to “think like a lawyer” in the best sense, you “spot issues” with the excitement of perceiving the world differently, as if a secret had been revealed.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
The first year of law school is exciting for anyone who likes to think. Many students experience what I experienced: you realize that law is all around you. As you start to "think like a lawyer" in the best sense, you "spot issues" with the excitement of perceiving the world differently, as if a secret had been revealed. The same is true, I have found, of ethical concepts, which of course are or should be very much related to legal norms. Here is a case study: the Nav...
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