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A marble tomb in the middle of a large room that looks slightly like a greenhouse: a sloped glass ceiling with a clear blue, late-afternoon sky above. The floor is marble as well and there are green bushes and leafy plants around the tomb. The back wall is glass and, past some trees, the city of Belgrade is barely visible.

Two Vignettes from the Same Day

 Published by Matthew Griffin
The scene by the marble tomb was too quiet, too peaceful. Outside the late-afternoon sun burnished the trees and tall …
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Witness

 Published by Lindsay Campbell
The courtroom relentlessly prefigures us. When Ceci and I enter, we are eminently innocent – the youngest interns, the most …
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One Step Closer

 Published by Cecilia Cardelle
Months before I ever began my internship with Dade Legal Aid, I was bombarded with warnings about how difficult it …
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A Place of Contrariety

 Published by Bennett Burnes
My initial view of South Africa is a place of contrariety.  From imposing mountains to the beaches and million dollar …
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ICE Machine

 Published by Alexander Frumkin
On our first day at my internship in Miami, the law firm’s human resources coordinator said that immigration law is …
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Kid Gloves

 Published by Nicolas Aldana
All right, that’s it. Kid gloves are off. I’m so tired of feeling like a child, I thought as I …
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group of people in a park holding signs and banners

Hypocrite or Nah?

 Published by Jinny Yoon
Living in Charlotte is really pushing my buttons in different ways. Namely, I keep noticing that people of color rely …
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