Columbia Class of 2006 Blog

Blog Proposal: Rough Draft

Now that we're a few entries in, I'm beginning to form a set of opinions about what I'd like this blog to be. The strongest of these is negative: the last post alerted me to what I don't want it to be, namely a forum for debate on sensitive political, religious, moral, or aesthetic topics that don't bear directly on the experience of attending Columbia Law School. (Note to Avi: This is not a criticism of your entry, the motivation behind it, or its appropriateness. Since we haven't yet talked about what belongs here, it is as appropriate as any entry so far.)

The entries on computer purchases typify the ultimate unobjectionable, relevant, appropriate topic for discussion here, but I can imagine threads on:

• Columbia's administrative practices
• The personal and cultural experience of living in New York and attending Columbia
• Reviews of books on the law
• Pointers to essays on legal issues
• Discussion of legal news
• Announcements of resources for Columbia Law students (or for low-income New York residents in general)

According to that laundry list, the other entries to date would all fit: we have a piece on the cultural experience of living in New York, a pointer to a law essay, a pointer to a news story about law schools, and discussions of resources available to law students.

Comments? Please, please: comments. And to Anthony: thank you for setting this up.