Date: January 13, 2000

To: Cyberspace Law Seminar

From: Nicholas Johnson

Re: Personal Bio Writing Assignment Due Prior to January 19


One of the greatest resources of any law school is the intellectual quality, and diversity of background and experience, of its student body. We are particularly blessed in that respect at this law school in general -- and this class in particular. The more we can all know about each other, and the resources we bring to the classroom, the more each of us can take from it. Besides, it's more fun knowing who these folks are with whom you are about to be locked in a room for 14 evenings.

We began this process by introducing ourselves at our first class meeting, January 12. Now we'd like to put a little bit of that in writing.

So, please hand in to my assistant, Ms. Sharlee Feller, Room 433, before January 19, a brief, one page
essay about yourself that can be shared with other members of the class. You need not, but may, examine examples of bio booklets from past classes, available from Ms. Feller. We'll put together a comparable one for our class, make copies, and give you one.

Obviously, if there is anything you want to keep to yourself you are a skillful enough writer to do so. There's nothing you must include.

But while you wait for the muse to strike, be aware that the following kinds of things would be interesting and useful:

(1) something of your family, community and upbringing,

(2) early ambitions, goals or professional interests,

(3) college majors, intellectual interests, activities,

(4) work, travel or other job-related experiences,

(5) your current obligations and environment outside of law school (e.g., marital and parental status or other family responsibilities, nature and demands of outside employment, hobbies or other activities),

(6) areas of specialization in law school, student activities, or legal internships,

(7) any experiences working for (or dealing with) computer-related firms, print or electronic media, advertising, or political campaigning,

(8) future goals, expectations and plans for using your legal education,

(9) electronics hobbies (e.g., amateur radio license, computers).

Format Request. Please use
(1) one page maximum,
(2) single spaced,
(3) using a computer printer or typewriter,
(4) with a ribbon or cartridge sufficiently dark to make machine copies possible,
(5) one inch margins all around,
(6) jagged, not justified, right margin,
(7) the "memo heading" above (substituting only the correct date, your name for mine, and using "Re: Personal Bio"),
(8) no indentation of paragraphs,
(9) any reasonable font.