Chapter 14

As I started my second year of law
school, I felt like I’d made it. Fresh off a
summer job at the U.S. Senate, I returned
to New Haven with a wealth of new
friends and experiences. I had this
beautiful girlfriend, and I had a great job
at a nice law firm almost in hand. I knew
that kids like me weren’t supposed to get
this far, and I congratulated myself for
having beaten the odds. I was better than
where I came from: better than Mom and