Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have

FOREWORD

by Gloria Larson, J.D.,president at Bentley University

1968 was a turning point for my generation. The assassinations of Dr. King and RFK threw a country already in turmoil over the Vietnam War into full-blown rebellion. More than 115 cities erupted in violence. Riots rocked the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Black Power raised its proud fist at the Mexico City Olympics. And President Johnson spoke of a nation “challenged at home and abroad.”

With that as a backdrop, I packed my bags and drove north from Virginia for my freshman year at Vassar College. I left early to participate in a retreat sponsored by Vassar and Yale. Led by our schools’ chaplains, the group read books about race relations—Malcolm X, Black Like Me, ...