{"id":230128,"date":"2020-05-28T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230128"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T06:32:59","slug":"a-look-into-the-world-of-trade-akhil-rainas-journey-from-nlu-jodhpur-to-the-wto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/28\/a-look-into-the-world-of-trade-akhil-rainas-journey-from-nlu-jodhpur-to-the-wto\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look into the World of Trade: Akhil Raina\u2019s Journey from NLU Jodhpur to the WTO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akhil Raina<\/em><\/a> is a 2016 alumnus of National Law University, Jodhpur, where he opted for International Trade and Investment Law Hons. He pursued his LL.M. in International Economic Law & Policy (IELPO) at the Universidad de Barcelona as a European Law Students Association (ELSA) Scholar, and subsequently interned at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).Since 2018, he has been a Marie S. Curie Fellow and PhD Candidate at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. <\/em>He has been interviewed by Nisha Gupta, EBC\/SCC Online Student Ambassador who is currently pursuing her law from NLU Jodhpur.<\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a tradition for every student of NLU Jodhpur to be hear the name “Akhil Raina” at least once in their Trade Law classes. Would you please introduce yourself to our readers?<\/h4>\n

Hi, Nisha. That\u2019s a very flattering way to make an introductory question. I wonder if the statement you made is true, but if it is, it\u2019s all thanks to Dr. Bipin Kumar who teaches at NLU Jodhpur -he was my first \u201cproper\u201d teacher in the field and I learnt a lot from him. He has a particular liking for me because I was so fascinated with the subject he was teaching, so we had a great rapport and I had a great time in Jodhpur as I will tell you later on. That\u2019s the reason some people still hear of me in college.<\/p>\n

I must say I am honoured that you invited me for this interview, so thank you very much.<\/p>\n

As an introduction \u2013 I\u2019m Akhil Raina. I hail from Kashmir and I grew up mostly in Delhi. Since 2018 I have been based in Belgium. Over here, I am predominantly a Marie S. Curie Fellow with the \u2018Global India\u2019 European Training Network (ETN) \u2013 essentially an European Union research project funding scholars all around the world. I am also a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Global Governance Studies, which is situated in KU Leuven. Additionally, I am a teaching assistant over there \u2013 I help 2 professors in their courses on WTO Law. I am also the co-coach for the KU Leuven team for the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition,and I\u2019ve been so for a couple for years. In addition to doing my academic work, I\u2019m also an ad-hoc consultant for a Brussels-based law firm, as well as an associate and mentor for Trade Lab which is an NGO based in Geneva which provides pro-bono legal services in International Economic Law. So that is my not-so-short introduction.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your \u201cnot-so-short\u201d introduction is a glimpse into your rich academic background \u2013 from an undergraduate student NLU Jodhpur to a Ph.D. scholar and teaching assistant at Leuven and everything in between. Can you tell us how your journey with law began?<\/h4>\n

It has been quite a journey and I think that to answer this question I would have to take you all the way to my family, in fact. I come from a pretty nerd-and-proud family. It\u2019s full of doctors and engineers. In fact, my grandparents were professors and government servants. My parents are doctors and they have always seen practice go hand-in-hand with an academic bent of mind. My mom is an excellent teacher, and my dad has a bunch of publications and patents to his name. So, an academic environment was there for me even before I was born so that has always helped me. Specialisation was always something that I was drawn to and I always saw it as a positive.<\/p>\n

The journey with law started as a process of deselection. If you grow up in an environment which is constantly about one thing \u2013 which for me was medicine \u2013 you can grow up to either hate it or love it. I can\u2019t say that I \u201chated\u201d it but I got annoyed a little bit with the constant blowing up of \u201cdoctors are so great\u201d \u2013 and I get it, they are, but so are other professions!You could do something else and still be a great person or a good person at least. I had one stubborn debate with my parents and just decided to do something else. Engineering seemed too drab for me. I had this idea in my head that engineers build bridges \u2013 and that\u2019s what I still think they do!<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know exactly what I wanted to do. But by nature, I was quite argumentative, and I liked to debate in school also, so I thought that law would be a good idea. You have to do things till you figure out what works for you, and try as much as possible \u2013 that\u2019s been my modus through the whole journey: which is to do whatever it is that you\u2019re passionate about. \u201cPassion\u201d is a word that is being thrown around a lot so I would rather say: do whatever you are\u201cinterested\u201d in. And that takes a little bit of finding \u2013 you need to invest time and effort into finding that thing. Once you find it, you just got to be a mad person and go at it with all your heart, all your gut and all that you have. It\u2019s also just the best way to be successful and happy. I was pretty lucky that I could find it in law and in trade.<\/p>\n

So, I gave the CLAT and landed up in Jodhpur \u2013 which was great for me. I had an amazing time and I made some phenomenal friends. I can\u2019t even put into words how great and supportive they were \u2013 friends of all different kinds . And a shout-out to hostel life which has been very instrumental in shaping my personality, and I believe that if anybody can have an experience of it, they should.<\/p>\n

Jodhpur had some good teachers and a lot of opportunities. I talk to a lot of people about just the whole process of it, like I am talking to you right now, and maybe you can transport this message to your audience \u2013 we have a little bit of an expectation mismatch, because if you\u2019re in Jodhpur, you can\u2019t expect all your professors to be Oxford-type professors. They are going to be good but not all of them are going to be great. But the opportunities to learn are there and you just have to take them. Again, you must invest time in finding out what you like to do. I tried to do in a bunch of ways \u2013 mooting, amongst other things. I would say this to everyone: you must try to do as many things as you can \u2013 mooting, debating, writing papers, sports, music. Who knows, you could be the next big thing in sports or IP law. Everybody has a thing that they are innately good at; it just takes a bit of looking.<\/p>\n

For me, trade is obviously my \u201cbig thing\u201d and it happened a bit by chance; it happened organically. Through the moot-intra system in college it that so happened that the two moots I went to in my 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> year of law school were both on WTO Law. The first one was GIMC which in Gandhinagar and the ELSA Moot Court Competition (now called the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition). I had great teammates and we had a lot of fun but we didn\u2019t really get anywhere. When I came back, I had bunch of research lying around with me and I had a basic understanding of it, so I just compiled it all together and built a narrative around it and out came a paper \u2013 or what I thought was a paper. I sent it around and luckily for me one of the bigger trade law journals in India, the Indian Journal of International Economic Law, accepted it. It was a big thing for me because it gave me a sign \u2013 maybe I have an idea about this; if other people can understand it and appreciate it, it must mean something. That publication was a big impetus for my trade journey.<\/p>\n

Bipin Sir was very instrumental along with other teachers such as Ms. Aakanksha Kumar who was brilliant as a faculty for Arbitration & IP. To support us in the trade world, we had a trade centre in college, and we could opt for Trade and Investment Law Honours. So, I was very lucky, and I think I should keep flagging that as much as I can. In fact, I was also very lucky to have the support system that I did: a really amazing family, very good friends and also mentorships very importantly.<\/p>\n

Not to dwell on this too much but when I got into trade, I saw that people wanted to do corporate law a lot. I just didn\u2019t understand it very much because it was supremely dry to me and I didn\u2019t understand it and people would say \u201cOh no \u2013 it\u2019s for money.\u201d And for some people, money is a consideration and they have to go and do that.But most of the people that I saw just went ahead with this sheep mentality and they had this idea that \u201cwe will do this now, earn some money and have fun later\u201d \u2013 but that\u2019s not how life works. It\u2019s very short and you get just one shot at it so you might as well do something that you truly enjoy.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I didn\u2019t know that trade would come my way. So I did a bunch of litigation internships and I think that if you\u2019re trying to be a lawyer, litigation in a court like the District Courts or a High Court is an amazing default option, and you can be happy just doing that. Of course, it has its own constraints with finances but I think it\u2019s a great place to look at rather than blindly going to a \u2018Big Law Firm\u2019 or something.<\/p>\n

So that was the beginning of my journey. Like I mentioned earlier, mentorship is especially important. I had some great seniors in college;talk to your seniors and they will help you. Internships again are particularly important. After I realised I had an interest in trade law, I did a few internships with the government research centre \u2013 the Centre for WTO Studies; there\u2019s Mr. Abhijit Das there, amongst others, and now Dr.James Nedumpara is heading the other Centre. They were great mentors to me. I had two otherinternships: with Lakshmikumaran& Sridharan which was another great experience, and with Clarus Law Associates with Anuradha RV, a bunch of very dedicated people who really care about the people who are interning under them.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you said earlier \u2013 specialisation was something you were always drawn to. How did the decision to go for an LL.M. right out of college come about?<\/h4>\n

Yes \u2013 right after Jodhpur, I decided to go the whole hog and go for an LL.M.. I was one of the two-three people in my batch of 80+ who decided to step out of placements. At that time, everyone would automatically be seated for placement interviews unless you explicitly gave your name to not be included in the process. So, it sounded like a suicide mission, but I did it anyway. I called my mom, who I was petrified would be really upset about me not going for a job, but she surprised me by saying \u201cno, I know you want to this as a serious thing \u2013 so go for it!\u201d<\/p>\n

That pushed me to apply for an LL.M.to try and see if I could build a career around my \u2018passion\u2019. I applied to all the 6-7 universities that I thought were the best for the course and had the best faculty. I wasn\u2019t looking at the name of the university; it\u2019s just one of the ways to do it, different people have different ways. Amongst the places where I got accepted, I chose a programme called the International Economic Law & Policy (IELPO) LL.M.at the Universidad de Barcelona; I also got the European Law Students Association (ELSA) scholarship.And I would say that it was a great experience; a foreign experience is amazing if you can afford it. If you get a scholarship, you should definitely go and see how things are done outside, differently. All the top-notch people in the field of trade and investment, competition, tax; whether they were practitioners (from WTO, UNCTAD, etc.) or academics, they were all there. I was like a kid in a candy store \u2013 I just couldn\u2019t get enough of it! I made a lot of friends from different countries and they have become my \u201cprofessional connections\u201d as well later on.<\/p>\n

At this point, I must say that connections are important but not in the way that most people think it to be. They think of it as networking \u2013 I just hate that word. It sounds so transactional. You just have to make a connection with people, you have to like them. The trade world is a small world so you might as well get along with it. But then again if you like people and make a genuine effort to connect with them, you won\u2019t have to go \u201cnetwork\u201d with anybody. I hear this all the time \u2013 \u201chow do you network?\u201d I mean, you just go and talk to someone! How hard can it be? A lot of us approach these people just for jobs and they get a hundred people like that every day. So, you must stand out from the crowd and also make sure that you don\u2019t use them. I have been guilty of it myself and it should be noted that they will only give you a job if they like you! Like I said, the trade world is small so you are going to work with the same people over and over again; the investment world is slightly bigger but it\u2019s pretty much the same in that respect. Be genuine with people, make a connection. It\u2019s not that hard and it doesn\u2019t have to be like a business.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You have said that the trade world is a small world. How was the experience of finally entering this world after the LL.M. Program?<\/h4>\n

I just tried a lot \u2013 I have to say. I just applied everywhere after the LL.M. and I got rejected like you will not believe. A lot of people get disappointed like \u201cI didn\u2019t get an internship with the WTO\u201d or \u201cthis didn\u2019t work out\u201d. Keep in mind that trade is a small field around the world so it is really competitive with some extremely smart people working in it. I am not saying that people on our side, in India are not smart, but it\u2019s very hard to crack it outside. You must try \u2013 people just give up after a couple tries. I sent so many emails \u2013 emails to people I\u2019d never talked to, just telling them who I am and explaining what I wanted to do; handing out printouts of my CV to just about anyone who would take it. And you have to ask. It is not like if you ask you would automatically get it but if you don\u2019t ask for things you won\u2019t get them anyway. Just through this process, at the end of my LL.M., two very fortunate things happened.<\/p>\n

One<\/em>, I got an interview with the WTO (which had always been a dream, I used to look at pictures of the WTO building sitting in my hostel room in Jodhpur),since I was doing pretty well in my class where the top 3 or so would get pre-selected for interviews. I went up till the final stage of the interviews where they told me that they had just taken in a person of my nationality so they couldn\u2019t hire me \u2013 it\u2019s not their fault, it\u2019s just how international bureaucracies works. But I was crushed.<\/p>\n

So, I went back to the same thing of emailing people, I found out about people who work in different departments of the WTO. And it so happened that a professor who had taught at my LL.M., Prof. Lee Ann Jackson, was looking for a legal intern, not for the dispute sides of things but for the agricultural division. She asked me to come along and I went there for a 3-month internship. It got extended to 6 months because we just got along that well. She was amazing and even the other people there were really kind to me. And I would have stayed on, it was my dream-place to be at, but then the 2nd<\/sup> fortunate thing happened right around the time that I was passing out.<\/p>\n

Two<\/em>, my academic mentor at the time \u2013 and pretty much still \u2013 Prof.Pierre Sauv\u00e9 said \u201cyou know, Akhil, you\u2019re eventually going to get into teaching so you might as well do a Ph.D. now.\u201d I obviously said that \u201cI am too young, I don\u2019t know anything what I\u2019d do.\u201dHe just told me to not worry about it since he had already figured it out for me. He pointed me to the university and the professor; and said he had told him about me.<\/p>\n

I had about 3 places where I would have wanted to do a Ph.D. \u2013 one of which is where I am right now. I had a set of some very gruelling interviews in the selection process and they also asked for some write-ups. They were happy with what I had done. They were looking for somebody who wanted to research on India as well as the EU, as well as trade law,so I fit the bill.<\/p>\n

So that is how I landed up in KU Leuven. It is a great environment with a great support system. People say that doing a Ph.D. is a lonely path \u2013 and it can be quite lonely at times \u2013 but I\u2019ve made some very good friends here and it\u2019s not as bad. We have a very diverse multicultural working environment;you get a lot of free time to do whatever you want and you can figure out your own schedule. This should be taken with some amount of caution, though, because people think that you have a great life doing a Ph.D. and being your own boss; but know that having a boss is hard but being your own boss is the worst.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mooting led you to publications, which in turn led you to your specialisation. I think it\u2019s safe to say that mooting and publications had a drastic impact on your life. And with over 30 publications to your name, you have certainly mastered the art. What would you say to our readers \u2013 especially law students \u2013 who are trying to get the hang of legal writing?<\/h4>\n

Mooting \u2013 I cannot say much for except for the fact that if you\u2019re trying to be a lawyer you should enjoy it, rather, you should naturally be able to enjoy it. It is essentially what you will be doing. You think of a case, you think of legal arguments, you draft, and you plead. It\u2019s what you are going to do for the rest of your professional life, so you might as well have a good time with it. It\u2019s like being a doctor and saying that I don\u2019t like to suggest medicines to people \u2013 it makes no sense! You don\u2019t have to make a life out it. Try it, see how you like it. If you like it, try another one; if you don\u2019t like it, give it up! Go play a sport or do parliamentary debates or write a paper or get into a journal or take an online course \u2013 there are so many things that you can do. But mooting is a good place to find something that you like.<\/p>\n

As far as publications go, I think just saying \u201cpublications\u201d shows us that we are grabbing the wrong end of the stick. Forget publications; enjoy what you\u2019re doing. Publication is the by-product \u2013 you have to enjoy the writing bit of it. In law school if you write a paper or two, that\u2019s more than enough. These days you have blogs and so many other opportunities, you can do it much more often.<\/p>\n

I think legal writing can be taught but I do think that for it to be something that you do a lot it has to be something that you genuinely enjoy. As for me, I\u2019ve always loved words and I loved writing. Even as a kid, I used to write short stories and poems just for fun; it was complete garbage, but I really liked doing it! I just followed that into my career so now I have done a fair bit of it. I would encourage anyone who wants to do it to really give it a try.<\/p>\n

The idea of it is very simple. The first thing is that you have to find something to write about \u2013 which is 80% of the trick. You must find something that is not being talked about a lot and some place in which you can add a novel argument. Essentially something that is interesting and perhaps something that is also contemporary.<\/p>\n

When I was starting to write articles, I would go through all of the blogs that were on the subject, go through the past 6-7 months of them, take down any interesting topic or ideas. Then I would go to the journals that have been published in the last 6 odd months. For trade and economic law there is the Journal of World Trade, Journal of International Economic Law, World Trade Review, Global Trade and Customs Journal and our very own Trade, Law and Development of NLU Jodhpur. Then you just see what is the interesting bit that somebody hasn\u2019t seen before and that is what academia is \u2013 you see something that somebody hasn\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n

The next thing to do is to read. I really used to enjoy reading a lot. In hindsight, that is one of the reasons I got into writing so much. I think we don\u2019t read enough even in \u201cknowledge\u201d industries like law and medicine; we should be reading much more. In fact, I try and do this myself more and more.<\/p>\n

I was really interested in keeping up with the latest scholarship; I was a bit of a name-dropper also! If you want to do it a couple of times, you can just be interested in the topic and you can do it with a lot of dedication and interest, and it can come out very well. You can get a hang of it after a while and I would say that it\u2019s very teachable.<\/p>\n

If you are aspiring to write, talk to someone you think has written a bunch or you like their way of writing or what they write about. Not all of them, but some of them will be happy to talk to you. Again, it is very teachable. A friend of mine recently said in a similar talk that you read, you think a lot, you get a storm cloud of ideas, you draft a little bit and then you redraft. Also, writing helps you to think so the more you write, the better and more clearly you can think; they make it better for you during an interview, in conversation, in conferences and they make people take you more seriously. It\u2019s a great thing to do but it takes a little getting used to. It is true \u2013 it is more an art than a science. So, you have to be \u201cpassionate\u201d about it.<\/p>\n

Remember: all writing is rewriting! That is as true for fiction as it for legal writing. You write, you throw it into the garbage and then you rewrite it. It all sounds a bit abstract but it\u2019s 3 or 4 steps \u2013 think, write and redraft \u00d7 repeat. That is my process. I read a lot; I make notes. Using those notes, I will write one draft. Then I will read that draft and make notes of that draft. I will throw that draft away \u2013 will delete that Word file. Then I will redraft it, while reading more. Once I have a second draft, I will make notes of it and again throw it away. It sounds manic but that\u2019s how you get good articles. After 3-4 drafts, you\u2019ve read enough, you\u2019ve thought enough and your writing is getting better, crisper and more and more to the point.<\/p>\n

Though I\u2019ve been talking about interests and passions, note that writing is hard work and to get good at it is very hard. I enjoy it but it\u2019s gruelling work to write an article and to get it published in a good place. But I thoroughly enjoy it. It is hard work and I enjoy it. Sincere but not serious \u2013 I guess that fits here.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Along with studying and writing, you\u2019ve also worked with the WTO, a law firm and continue to work with an NGO. How has work in the field of trade been for you up until now? How different has it been from a simple corporate life?<\/h4>\n

I don’t have a counter-factual. I have never worked in a corporate space so I don’t know how that goes but a lot of my friends complain about it so I can imagine that it is not great. I think the main difference is that I really enjoy what I do. I enjoy drafting and arguing and debating and coming up with new arguments. I think trade is special in that sense because it affords you the opportunity to do all three: you can do litigation or be involved in litigation;consultancy (that\u2019s advisory);and teaching and academia. If you look at the top people in the field, all of them do all three together. I was really inspired by this and I think this is one difference.<\/p>\n

I also have to two more things with regard to this. One<\/em>, when you talk about interest or passion, a lot of people think, \u201cit\u2019s just fun for this guy!\u201d No \u2013 it\u2019s still a lot of hard work! I work from the second I wake up, on the days I\u2019m working towards a project; I start work from the second I wake up to the point when I crash in bed. I\u2019m not saying this is what you should do.You should take care of your health and mental health and work out and meditate, but I work a lot and the only difference between me and someone complaining about their corporate job is that they don’t like the subject matter. I really get fascinated by this subject matter and that brings me to the second point. Second<\/em>, I think what distinguishes this from both, corporate and criminal law, is that it has no boundaries.Trade and investment Law is such an exploding field; it is a remarkably interesting intersection between economics, law and politics \u2013 some people even think psychology, but that’s for later. The politics of it keeps changing, whether domestic and international. You hear about Trump and China, about FTAs, about India and everything in between.Underneath is the economics of it, so you have to understand macroeconomics and microeconomics. Basically, it is multifaceted and that is what keeps it fresh and interesting.<\/p>\n

In all these different places I have had different experiences. Most of my work has been outside India where they have a bit of a better sense of work-life balance (contrary to what I said of work from the time you get up till the time you go to bed!).It affords you that opportunity of having that balance; everybody is not in some mad rush to get somewhere. But coming back to what I said about different experiences:<\/p>\n

With WTO, which is an international organisation, I had an amazing experience of working with people from different backgrounds, cultures and countries, all trying to work towards a common goal. You are working with IR (International Relations) people, lawyers, economists, policy people \u2013 all together.<\/p>\n

Working with legal NGOs has been exceptional because you see the need for these legal services that a lot of people and countries cannot afford.<\/p>\n

Working with a law firm is gruelling \u2013 it\u2019s gruelling anywhere and everywhere. Again, the thing is that you must enjoy the subject matter.You are not going to like every brief that comes in front of you. Most of trade or what makes most money is \u2018trade remedies\u2019, and it is very boring \u2013 even I can say that. It very mechanical with a lot of dry numbers but to me, it is still more interesting than doing Mergers and Acquisitions. So, I would say \u2013 do the thing you hate the least and you will be happy.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Quite early on in your life you\u2019ve taken a step that most people your age only dream of doing \u2013 starting your own independent practice. As the Founding Partner, what are you looking forward to doing with Raina International Law Consultants (RILC)?<\/h4>\n

To be honest,it kind of embarrasses me a little because as of now it\u2019s just a small endeavour, and people are already asking about it! Like you said, it is the dream of every lawyer \u2013 one that is inordinately scary and has led to a build-up of a lot of anxiety.<\/p>\n

I have some experience with advising governments in the past and some experience in working with law firms on case briefs. I started the idea of practice \u00a0a few months ago and I have some potential work coming in.What I see in the future is to give consultancy and advisory services for essentially compliance; if a company (especially a company that works in international transaction and business) has a question regarding whether something that they are doing violates any international rules or even Indian or European rules on trade, investment and business transactions, then I would be happy to help them. This also covers trade remedy representation and consultancy in India, for example,anti-dumping, safeguard duties and countervailing duties which are sometimes then challenged in Indian courts and tribunals..As of now, it is just starting and I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to interview some very good people as interns from Jodhpur and Odisha. The plan is to expand eventually, and have some friends from different parts of the world who share the same sort of ambitions as me, come up with a bigger network and work with them.<\/p>\n

The idea is to be a small boutique practice, focusing on 3-4 subject areas which is WTO, FTAs, investment, treaty negotiation, and the like – which is what I\u2019ve been involved in in the past.Right now, it\u2019s in the business development phase so just hoping to get it off the ground and get it running before I can talk more about it.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0That is a long list of things that you do! How did teaching find its way into your life?<\/h4>\n

While talking about work, I just had that epiphany as to why it\u2019s much more fun for me than some of my friends – it\u2019s to do with teaching. I have done a little bit of teaching as a Teaching Assistant in Jodhpur, I\u2019m doing some of it now, and I plan to do it in the future as well. I think it is possibly the most fulfilling thing. I once heard in a speech, \u201cTeach. Even if you\u2019re not a teacher \u2013 teach!.\u201d And I think the reason behind it is that it is just so fulfilling to share something that you are very passionate about with someone who has no clue about it, and you see that look of realisation on their face when they learn; that is just priceless!It adds a lot to your life. I think it’s a big reason why I additionally have more fun with my field. Even my writing of articles is a way to teach. I would say to anybody who wants to have a good time in the legal profession that they should invest some time into teaching. Even if you\u2019re involved in M&A, go to your alma mater and teach a corporate law class or coach a moot team, etc.Trust me \u2013 you\u2019d be all the more happy.<\/p>\n

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