Day in Law School - #1 | Sexual Harassment

To say, "Law School is...an interesting place," is an understatement.

My first day at the University of Chicago Law School wasn't perfect. I read one too many law school self-help books. One of which made me wary of my classmates - and view them as my competition and frienemies (i.e., friend + enemy). I sincerely wish someone would have told me to "STOP" and smell the flowers. Having been there and done that, I can tell you (without an ounce of doubt) that your law school classmates are NOT YOUR ENEMIES. They could be the most invaluable group of friends you will ever find for both your personal life and professional career. The sooner you realize this, the sooner you will LOVE and enjoy law school. 

Thanks to my wiser (and definitely cooler) classmates, however, even in my freakishly hyper competitive state, I was able find close friends. Drew was one of them. He was more mature than I. Married and a former Teach for America corp member, Drew took everything in good strides.

During the first few weeks of law school (when I still had the jitters and fear of being called upon) Professor David Strauss (an intellectual giant of a man!) posed a question:

"Let's just say, you're a professional woman working in the 1950s. You are at work. Your male boss is making snide comments about other women. He's not doing anything directly to offend you. Yet you feel extremely uncomfortable whenever he talks about other women like this in your presence. What do you do? What do you do, when you don't have the term 'sexual harrassmen