Graduated from Law School

July, 2021
Graduation Day

Never have I ever imagined that this is the way I will be graduating from law school: Graduated as the Best Graduate/Valedictorian and attended the ceremony that was being held online.

A time in 2018
Debate and Research Community [more like a family to me].

There is an actual term to define this flux of emotions when you just love and despise something at the same time: Emotional Ambivalence – the perfect term to define how I feel towards this past 3.5 years in law school. Not going to sugarcoat anything in this post, it has never been easy to win law school’s heart (if it has any). I may look strong as titanium on the facade, or maybe some of you thought that I was made for this, I am gifted, bulletproof, but for sure I am not. Not a little time I encountered mental breakdowns and had to drown my face into the pillow to scream and cry and had no other choice but to fake a smile the next day, acted like everything is okay. Too many bittersweet memories and ridiculous trinkets that sure I will catch myself smiling reminiscing it later in the future.

Beginning of 2019
Civil Procedural Law — I am the ‘dress code’ trendsetter when it comes to giving presentation at class. Yes, we are THAT ambitious.

Law school is no joke. You can slowly feel like you are losing yourself in the most incomprehensible way and if you are not aware, it might devour you alive. Nevertheless, I was (and still am) privileged enough to have a strong support system that has helped me went through all these impediments and struggles. Regardless of how ostracised I thought I was at the beginning of my university years, along the way I met educators who guide, seniors who nurture, juniors who support, and a bunch of friends that I know I can count on them for the rest of my life.

Somewhere in 2019
State Administrative Court Law

Here is to my ex-boyfriend who told me that I am not that smart, teachers in high school who thought that I am not going to make it, the lecturer who thinks that I am not ambitious enough. Here is to knowing that (an insane three years period of) Tuberculosis, financial crises in the second year, sleepless nights, many failures, terrible breakups, and losses that I faced due to the global pandemic, are not going to make me give up and quit. In fact, I will just come back stronger and better.

End of 2017
Adat Law or Customary Law — Dressed up as Indonesia’s Tribe. Unity in Diversity indeed.

Last but not least, Alhamdulillah. I will never be here without God’s grace and the prayers of my family, my siblings, my mum, and my dad (from up there, I know he is watching). Those supreme power ease my journey. Thought that I can do it on my own, but there are people who have also been here since day 1 as my safe nets whenever I am falling: all kind souls that unfortunately cannot be mentioned one by one. You know who you are.

February 2020
The Wedding of kak Febia. Got the bouquet and snatched an Oppo Phone door prize. I ripped the back part of my skirt. I came to the stage, took the phone with pride.
P.S: Still using it up to this moment.

At the end of the day, all I can do is cherish all those memorable lessons and pick the best fruit out of them. Here I am, well-equipped, doubtless, and ready to embark and sail on a new adventure.

End of 2019
Attended a General Meeting of Shareholders at a Private Company

Cheers to many more open doors and opportunities.


[P.S: I was thinking of uploading more of my law school stories here or on my LinkedIn page. Hope that those stories can inspire you.]

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Author: Nanna Iskandar

Hi, I am Nanna! A researcher by day, a writer by night, a performer in between. I pledged myself to write at least twice a month about anything, could be something scientific or romance, but oh well - things happen.

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