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Students wereup their tablets and laptops when I walked in the room Luckily, it was a small auditorium I took a few seconds to unload the materials I had prepared and slon

I only needed a few brief seconds to frame my perspective I remembered my first day in law school I didn’t know the professors’ backgrounds or where they attended school I didn’t kno old they were or how many years they had practiced law Later, I found out some of them never had It didn’t matter I was too wrapped up inthere

And I was 99 percent sure these students had the sa that had happened to me before I crossed that threshold They had oneas I helped them do that, the rest was just interference

I exhaled and smiled

“Good athered the syllabi in my arms and walked toward the first row “I’m Professor Charles Welcome to your introductory trial class”

I counted out the sheets and passed them to a student on the end

“Don’t worry The syllabus is also online, but so you can reference if you need to make notes”

I walked to the second step and counted another section

“Let’s get started with the expectations for the semester and then you’ll have a chance to ask questions about the papers and exams”

I walked to the front of the auditoriuory both smiled

I realized there was so all eyes on

“Please look at page one”

Chapter Seven

The next week I walked into the office and Addie adjusted her glasses to the brim of her nose It had taken her three days to return to work She said she caught a nasty stoed to set a record for the ht her mentees onto my team while she was out They had no one to help the my o firm A very mini-non-profit law firm But I loved it

Addie did not