I was thinking about how I’ve changed since I entered law school. I think I’m more assertive (naturally), and I think I’ve become more curious about my fellow humans.

I was looking at the ice-cream uncle who has his van at the Chun Tin carpark and I thought maybe someday I should go interview him, ask him how he got started selling ice cream and why he picked this spot (he wasn’t here before).

And I realised that the old pre-law me might never have thought about doing something like that, I certainly never thought about interviewing strangers. I think part of the reason for the change is that there is no escaping your fellow humans in law. For all our reputations as dusty nerds spending all day in the library, law students are actually continually grappling with the failures, brilliance and general interestingness of humanity, case by case. There is no escaping the underlying humanity running through our work. There is no law without humans anyway, who would a hermit rule? Or sue? Or marry, or divorce, or make and break contracts with?

Maybe all this is why lawyers are so fun (and often challenging) to hang out with 🙂