Sotomayor Warns Law Students About Information Overload
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says some of her favorite times at Yale Law School were discussing events and classes with other students over coffee and soft drinks.
Sotomayor fears law students today are missing that experience because they don’t unplug and suffer from information overload, the Associated Press reports. “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s advice to law students boils down to a simple concept,” AP writes. “Chill out more.”
Sotomayor dispensed advice and answered questions during an appearance at the University of Chicago Law School on Monday. Her comments on information overload were made in response to a question about how students can improve their chances of obtaining a Supreme Court clerkship.
“I want a passion. I don’t look at the kid who has 1,000 things on their resumé,” she said. “Do you ever just stop and breathe? Do you ever go to a movie?”
The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune also have stories on Sotomayor’s appearance. She confessed that she misses “being a little anonymous” and that she was nervous her first year on the Supreme Court. Fear of failure helps motivate her, she said.
“Everything I’ve done, I’ve been afraid about doing, including being a Supreme Court justice,” she said.
