I am a comparative literature major.  It's the culmination of about twenty years of education.  I'm proud of it and will defend the study of literature to my deathbed (ask anyone who knows me).  But I can laugh at myself and my major, too.  But its hard.  Kind of hurts, like thinking.

For example, what does a comparative literature major do?  Well, in my case, you leave the exclusive study of literature and enter law.  But what if you continue studying comp. lit.?  Well, you get a PhD in it.  Then what do you do?  You teach more Comp. Lit students.  And what do they do?  They become comp. lit. professors.  Its a cycle of perpetual renewal that doesn't have a direct effect in the marketplace.  (So what?!  Who cares about the marketplace?  Well, some (ok, most) people do, and they are the ones that giggle or give me funny looks when I say I'm a comparative literature major.)

Now that that rant is over, I've discovered someone else who is renewing his profession by creating more people in his profession: little lawyers, in this case.  Edward Lehman is helping to set up a law school at a local Chinese university, the Beijing Agricultural University (BAC).  And its called Lehman Law School.  (Ever wonder how people got their names on buildings in universities?  Well here's a hint----)  He's been helping BAC with scholarships and interships over the past several years and now he is helping to set up their law school.  He's giving the law professors money to do research, helping to find a sister law school in the states, sending attorneys from the firm to lecture there, helping to set up their website, etc, etc.  He's doing quite a bit to help make sure little lawyers at BAC get a good education.  Bravo!

Now, its up to you, dear reader, to decide whether the perpetuation of lawyerdom is in the same class of marketplace uselessness as the perpetuation of literary scholars.  I vote that more little lawyers are a plus, but hey, I'm training to be one. So I guess that makes me a wanna be little lawyer.