I was uncharacteristically excited to get back to campus this fall.* Heading into my 3L year, I was excited to be so close to graduation; to see friends who dispersed all over the world for their summer employment; and especially to get to know the incoming Class of 2018, which I�ll do primarily as a Coker Fellow. (Others have eloquently described the role elsewhere, but briefly: Coker Fellows are third year students who assist small group professors in teaching legal writing and host social events for first year students.) My primary motivation for taking the job was a desire to help the incoming students have a really satisfying, enjoyable, and (as much as possible) stress-free transition into YLS. I had a fabulous set of Cokers when I arrived here, and their generosity, wisdom, and patience with all my stupid questions were invaluable. Paying it forward seemed like the right thing to do.

Once I decided to transfer to Yale, contemplating starting 2L and, simultaneously, starting over again at a new law school was very exciting�so many fascinating courses, legal theory everywhere, only kind of real grades�yet also somewhat unnerving. Would I really become part of the YLS community? What if all my classmates had learned all of law during 1L and I was hopelessly behind? Also, don�t all these people already know each other? (The issue-spotting aspect of legal training can apparently be disadvantageous at times.) On arriving in New Haven during Fall Interview Program week, many of us as transfer students wondered if we would really integrate into YLS.