This article first appeared in the Modern American in September 2010. For the full text, with citations, please visit that site. I am a third year law student, gearing up to face a bleak legal job market, a bleaker economy, and almost two hundred thousand dollars in student debt. I entered law school from the Peace Corps with a clear goal: to be an advocate for gender and sexual minorities through public policy, legislative drafting, or appellate litigation. Now to make that