“At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal...” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote

At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child.

My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.

Undocumented aliens unfortunately are not protected by the law, and they are tremendously subjected to exploitation. The result is that they would be willing to work for a wage that no person who is welcome in our shores would take.

It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong, and I would do it this way,' but the greatest dissents do become court opinions.

For many years during college and after graduation, I felt like I was against the clock and I had to figure out things very quickly or else I wouldn't be able to stay in the U.S. To top it all off, there was the added difficulty that my dream life wasn't to secure a stable job. I wanted to live a creative life.

School days were very special to me as I never found the time to complete my graduation.

I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.