Ted Uehling Endowed Scholarship

“As I enter my second year of law school, I know the Philosophy department at Morris gave me an invaluable education. In law school, you are taught to assume nothing, to analyze facts, and to live with and even embrace “grey areas” of the law. The same is true in Philosophy. Philosophy teaches one to use the information he or she absorbs and not merely regurgitate it. It encourages one to question everything, including one’s deep-seated beliefs. I felt I was far ahead of my peers when it came to reading cases and preparing for class because I could actually understand the court’s reasoning. The only “downside” is that the court’s reasoning is not always logical, classmates do not always reason logically, and one can start to feel that law is more about rhetoric than finding the truth. This can become frustrating, and is prevalent in more than just the law, but it is a small price to pay for what is gained.”

Yvette Butler ’11, philosophy
Student at George Washington University School of Law

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