佚名/Anonymous
ThedeanoftheUniversityofColoradoSchoolofLaw, decidedthatIcouldn'.I', theUniversityofColoradoatBoulderwasaTajMahal, thedoortojudicialclerkshipsandprestigiouslawfirms.
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, youcan'tletyourselfbedestroyedbyadefeat, orletotherssetthelimitsonyourabilitytoachieve.
由于我的分数太低了，科罗拉多大学法学院的院长决定，我从下个秋季开始就不能再回到学校上课了。他说，我永远不可能成为一名律师。即使是今天，我也无法用语言来形容当时的烦乱心情，以前，我在重大的事情上还从来没有真正失败过。毕竟，波尔得的科罗拉多大学是一扇通往司法职业和名气很高的律师事务所的大门，它就是一座泰姬陵。
然而，我决定再尝试一下，于是就去找威斯敏斯特法学院的克利福德·米尔斯院长，这个法学院没有终身教授和法学刊物，是一个穷人学校。在看了我的大学成绩单之后，米尔斯决定接受我进入威斯敏斯特法学院，条件是我要认真地重读一年级的所有课程。他说：“我会一直关注你的表现的。”
一扇门关上了，其他门敞开了。
