Saturday I headed to Oxford for an alumni dinner I had that night. The alum actually worked in Oxford University's law department, so she said that if any of us was interested in law we could go to the Oxford law fair. A group of about seven or eight of us got in around noon, and three of us made our way over to the fair at around 1:00.
The entrance to the fair:
The fair was great, even though we were the only Americans and probably the only non-Oxford kids there. It was interesting to talk to the people at the booths because most of them were probably about 22-25 years old and were willing to just chat about why they went into law. The UK's system of becoming a lawyer is different than the US's, too, so that made the fair a little less practical for us, but it was okay since we were still a step behind most of the students there in the process. I really think I'd love law school and having a career that requires thinking critically like that, but I'm just not sure what specifically I'd like to do.
Once we'd made our rounds at the law fair, we met up with the rest of the group at Christchurch. The way Oxford (and Cambridge) work is that there is one university which is comprised of numerous colleges (I think Cambridge has 31). The colleges are not for different departments, but are rather communities of living and learning. That's a pretty brief description, but it should do as far as understanding that Oxford is not just one campus but is made up of many colleges.
We walked around Christchurch, which was just gorgeous. Also, the dining hall there was used as the great hall in Harry Potter, so we made sure to get pictures there.
After Christchurch, we headed to a market to get coffee before heading to the alum's house. It was so nice to be in a neighborhood again and to go inside a home. The alum and her family had made a variety of about six or so different Indian dishes; the food was absolutely amazing. It was a great dinner and we had very enjoyable conversation. It was really nice to meet an American who had decided to marry a Brit and settle in the UK (don't worry though, Mom and Dad, I don't think that's my plan right now).
It's great that the London Program works with alumni in the area to give students the opportunity to have dinner with alumni, and I'm really glad I've been able to do two of these dinners. It's definitely given me a perspective of London that I wouldn't have had otherwise (and also better food than I would have gotten otherwise).
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