Henry James said “Live all you can. It’s a mistake not to." And what I would say, for an NYU Law student
in Shanghai is, besides the studying, besides the thinking, besides the course I teach,
for goodness sake, get out and walk the streets. See the life. Have a sense of what’s around you in Shanghai,
one of the great cities of the world. I would say, spend a lot of time in the coffeeshops of the French Concession.
See how the young Chinese are there.
You know, on the streets of Shanghai you hear
French, Italian, German, all sorts of languages.
There’s so many young people there that
are starting up companies.
Get to know them, see what they’re doing.
That’s what I would do if I were an NYU
Law student coming to Shanghai.
