During the summer between our first and second years, I tried to get a history of law project off the ground. Then second year began, and we were so busy it was hard to see how to survive. Regretfully, I set aside my project in favor of things like sleeping, eating and showering daily. Much went undone that year, and it was all I could do to stay afloat at work and at school. But this year is not so intense, and I finally find myself in a place to pick up the threads again. And I know that once law school is done, making this happen will be so much more challenging. If I want to be a student of the law, it will be up to me to make it happen.
So here are some things I'd like to find out more about:
I had done a little research about Shari'ah law, very little, but I hope to do a little more reading about it now. I'm interested in contract Shari'ah law in particular. The whole concept of riba and gharar, and mudaraba, and much more, particularly how Islamic contract law must co-exist with conventional law, is worth investigation.
Poverty and homelessness law is something I find compelling. I know that it's not something I am going to make a living in-I'm too far down my career path to take such a detour. But conceptually it draws me. So I'd like to continue to learn about the current state of the law in this arena, and perhaps in some small way to contribute something in the future.
Law review seems to have fallen victim to someone's failure to perform on a promise, and so we may take this into our own hands, we class of 2014. In any case, I hope we find ways to stretch our minds and learn better how to write. More to come on this.
And then there is what I was born to do. Contract/transactional law. Yes, I'm one of those - an area of law that is boring to most but invigorating and stimulating to me. And so much more to know, I've barely scratched the surface.
As usual, I'm trying to do too much. And I won't get nearly all this done. But I'll enjoy failing.
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