8 Tidbits of Advice from an International Student Turned U.S. Lawyer
8 Tidbits of Advice from an International Student Turned U.S. Lawyer
In August 2018, I hopped on a plane from my hometown in Bangalore, India, and came to the United States to study law for a second time. I had just spent the last five years of my undergraduate life learning antiquated common law norms that govern the Indian legal system. I can’t for the life of me recall why I decided, “Oh yes—let’s go halfway across the world and jump into another cesspool of trauma”—but I did—and now my life is decidedly better because I took that plunge. I began my studies at California Western School of Law, not knowing a single person and having no family in the surrounding area to lean on.