Jamal Greene: commitment

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…What is your oddest or most unusual effective work habit? Well, I don’t know that it’s so unusual, but certainly my most effective work habit is to use the entire day to work. I get a lot of work done late at night. Most of my time during the day is spent teaching classes or meeting with students, and all writing and reading and preparation and everything is much later. That means I don’t watch television shows. It’s a really extended workday. I work during soccer practices. I work sitting in the car while my kids are doing something or other. I don’t segregate times of the day where I can’t work. When you teach a law class, what is it you feel that you do differently from most of your colleagues? What is special about taking a class with you?…

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