Anonymous Deaf Law Student
The Anonymous Deaf Law Student Blog is written to provide honest insight into what it is like to be a law student with a hearing disability. This blog is written by an anonymous first year law student at a top-20 law school.
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Recent Articles
Epidemic of Anti-Intellectualism?
I’m a bit nervous treading into these waters, because what I am going to say is a bit controversial. However, it needs to be said and hopefully there will be some people listening out there. Like everything I say, feel free to take a grain of salt with my words. J Some of you may wonder...
What About Gender?
Ay, sorry for my blogging neglect - things have been pretty busy for me in the non-virtual world It’s odd - it is only now that I think about my gender in relation with my deafness. Law is a relatively male-dominated field. I would say that my law school is approximately 60% male and 40% ...
Goodbye to DeafRead
It pains me to say this, but I am leaving DeafRead. I orginially joined Deafread hoping that I could present an unique point of view and encourage aspiring d/Deaf law students. However, these hopes become moot when DeafRead espouses a discriminatory and Deaf-centric policy by banning a certain...
A Secret for Succeeding?
I’m afraid that I don’t have the secret to succeeding, but I have made a few observations about successful d/Deaf people. There seems to be two kinds of successful d/Deaf lawyers: one that becomes a tireless advocate for d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing issues, usually enveloping oneself in...
Cultural Barriers?
One interesting thing that I’ve noticed about myself and other law students is our cultural differences. I won’t pretend that I have fully immersed myself in the Deaf community (how could I have done so? I grew up in a mainstream educational environment and went to a hearing...
Labels, Schmlabels
Hello again! It has been a long while. My excuse (and it is a damn good one too) is that I have been consumed by the monster(s) that we call Law School Finals and the writing competition. It wasn’t pretty, but I finished everything, and now I can return to my blogging. This topic has come ...
The Future Deaf Lawyers
I’ve discussed the roots of the expanding pool of the d/Deaf lawyer (for better or worse). Now, the next logical step is to look at what the future Deaf lawyers will look like. This is just my educated guess from my experiences with Deaf Culture, current trends in law schools and law...
The Rise of the Modern Deaf Lawyer
If you think that the Deaf community is small, try the d/Deaf lawyer community. The best estimates thus far, according to www.deafattorneys.com, estimates that there is 170 or so d/Deaf lawyers. That’s not much, if you think about how many d/Deaf...
Interviewing
Interviewing is a potential minefield. Every law student (hell, pretty much everyone) suffers through this ordeal. In fact, one of my friends compared interviewing to prostitution. That might be going a bit far, but interviewing can feel a lot like prostitution. Law students have to face a...
Welcome!
Welcome to my reinvented blog! I decided to switch platforms because this is sleeker and just much cooler! Hopefully you enjoy the layout a bit more. Welcome to my reinvented blog! I decided to switch platforms because this is sleeker and just much cooler! Hopefully you enjoy...
