so i stutter a lot...

Hanna
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:15:24 +0000

I know a graduate of an HYS law school who has an extremely severe speech impediment, so severe that ordinary conversation is close to impossible. This person excelled in law school, was on law review, and got an associate position at an elite firm everyone has heard of. On the other hand, I got the sense that s/he had to work harder than everybody else and produce extraordinary written work in order to compensate for the disability. That’s something students should probably be prepared for, but those with limited speech can still be lawyers.