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#WeAreDukeLaw: Hannah Rogers ’23 (she/her/hers) is in the ‘Spotlight’ this week as we continue checking in with our 1L class—studying at Duke Law here in Durham and abroad—through a series of weekly spotlight posts! ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ? Durham, North Carolina ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘɪᴇꜱᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ʏᴇᴀʀ? On the last day of my Contracts class, Professor Richman gave a really moving speech about how hard this isolation has been on everyone, but how it's also shown how strong we are and how connected we remain. Then he played @Coldplay and everybody cried. It was, hands down, one of the most beautiful moments of law school for me. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴅᴜᴋᴇ ʟᴀᴡ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱᴇꜱ ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟ? Running into people in the hallways and deciding to get coffee together and catch up. I miss seeing other human beings in real life! ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴅɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ? My boyfriend Sasha, FaceTime, taking long walks where I get to admire cute houses, and the @Netflix show @NailedIt. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴘʀᴏᴜᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪ