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Lawyer / Univ. Lecturer / Writer in USA & Japan / Law Related Ed./ Inequality / Meritocracy/ Invisible Poverty in Japan & Beyond / Sharing Excerpts from #NovelBohemians 米国弁護士 / 大学教員 / ライター instagram.com/bohemianslaw

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · Jun 29

What is autonomy when #poverty decides for you?

Eagerly awaiting my publication exploring the myth of #meritocracy. My heartfelt thanks to the editorial staff.

#academicsky

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1h

Shinjuku, Japan

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 3h

Kobe, Japan

#photography #japan
#blueskyartshow

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 9h

Legacy Admissions:

Some students bring perfect SAT scores.
Others bring… their grandparents’ class rings.

#harvard #meritocracy

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 9h

No legacy admissions. Rooting for MIT, from across the Pacific --where I'm exploring the myth/ache of meritocracy in America, by focusing on Harvard's legacy admissions, from a U.S.-Japan comparative perspective. Talk about the American Dream.

#academicsky

Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

Another impressive highlight from MIT’s response to the proposed “compact:”

“MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.”

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges.
We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.
• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%.

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 13h

MIT led the way. Now it’s up to all institutions and individuals to stand with them. Defend academic freedom. Protect independent inquiry.

#academicsky

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 14h

History will remember the institutions that refused silence.

MIT’s stance was a lesson in intellectual integrity.

#academicsky

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 29d

Harvard's Legacy Admissions:
A handhake louder than any essay.

U. of Tokyo's Exam Gatekeeper:
Mother's rice balls, quieter than any lecture, fuel the fight.

Handshake or gatekeeper --both wear the mask of merit.

#legacyadmissions #legacy #academicsky #inequality
#japan #harvard #meritocracy

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Exploring Good Old Japan

#photography #japan

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Good old Japan, where the neon-drenched urban landscape of Tokyo feels almost impossibly far away.

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Osaka Station, Japan

Celebrating the first three-day weekend in a long time (so it seems)

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Three-day weekend has begun in Osaka, Japan

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

In the heart of Tokyo

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

In the heart of Tokyo

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Memorable night at Osaka Expo, Japan

#EXPO2025
#photography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Connecting the dots between K-pop & humanity’s timeless quest for immortality?

Yes!

#academicsky #BTSarmy
#lawyersky #Kpop

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BAR BULLETIN

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Storytelling in legal education reminds us: behind every case is a heartbeat, behind every judgment, a life forever changed.

#academicsky #lawyersky
#storytelling

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 2d

Day after day, buried in research and hunched over my computer, I wrestled with one of humanity’s most universal questions: Why is the world unfair? A question no answer could silence.

1 in 7 Japanese living in poverty (1 in 8 in USA).

#photography #inequality
#poverty #streetphotography

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 18d

Classical music should be a river flowing through every life, not a castle moat keeping most people out. To reclaim it for the working class is not an act of charity — it’s an act of justice.

That’s why I wrote #NovelBohemians

#art #music #classicalmusic
#inequality

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 2d

The American Dream promises that anyone can rise—that effort alone can rewrite a life. But what if the ladder itself is broken? A child born into a zip code with underfunded schools, overpoliced streets, and few safety nets learns early that dreams come with disclaimers.

#academicsky #inequality

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 23d

The Myth of #Meritocracy

“If you think Harvard is a meritocracy, I have news for you: it is not, and has never been."
(’17 Op-ed from Harvard Crimson)

Is U. of Tokyo ’s exam gatekeeper more just than Harvard’s legacy handshakes?

#AcademicSky #University
#Admissions #Japan
#Inequality

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Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 4d

No two skies sing the same song.

#photography #sky
#blueskyartshow

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 4d

Solitude

#photography #blueskyartshow
#naturephotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 4d

Tokyo

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 5d

Enjoy the sound🎵 of summer (oh, I miss it…) from an unmanned station in the Japanese countryside😊

#blueskyartshow
#photography #japan

Legal Storyteller @bohemianslaw.bsky.social · 5d

Lantern festival in northern Japan

#photography #japan
#streetphotography

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