A Project: Writing Sample

I was washing dishes with Alien Beat Poet this morning (I normally wash, he normally dries, we make the best dishwashing machine team) and discussing my need for a writing sample. Unfortunately and foolishly, I did not save the final draft of a paper I wrote in law school which earned me an award. I'm trying to think of the name of the administering entity, something Institute. Darnit, it will come back to me because I suppose that would be a good thing to cite on the CV.

During my final year in law school I took "Advanced Commercial Problems," which was a writing course. We had to write a paper on a rather complex commercial issue and give a presentation on it. We got to choose our topic so this was my chance to do something of particular interest to me (because, basically, all of law school wasn't. Oh wait, starting up the Performing Arts Guild was something interesting I did in law school, lol). My classmates chose topics like secured transactions, mergers and acquisitions, business entities, etc. I turned my eye towards the arts (because that's where my eyes have always turned). The title of my paper was "The Reclamation of Holocaust Era Artwork." I would say that that paper and earning the award was the one and only time I ever felt truly successful in law school, besides graduating.

While I don't have the final draft, I think I can get my hands on the writing sample I submitted to my former legal employer to do an update on the topic.

Another interesting topic for a writing sample is the whole Barnes Foundation controversey. Just for my own edification, and finally a sense of purpose, I may do both.