by Jeffrey K. Walker | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
I spent a lot of time in China on business. By business, I mean spending a lot of time at law schools convincing deans to sign partnership agreements and students to spend a lot of money studying at the law school I worked for in New York City. And I mean a lot of... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Nov 4, 2018 | Blog, Voices from the First World War |
You can read all my “Voices from the First World War” posts HERE. 100 years have passed since the guns fell silent in France, marking the end of the First World War. The Great War. The War to End All Wars. I’ve written historical fiction set in that era,... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Feb 18, 2018 | Blog |
During my travels over the last decade or so, I’ve noticed something peculiar. It has to do with… t-shirts with English words on them. Not exactly an earth-shaking issue of vast geo-political significance, I know. But as with so many other quotidian matters, this... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jul 23, 2017 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
I had a gig for five years—just ended last summer—as the international programs dean at an East Coast law school. It meant I got to spend five weeks every summer in Rome or Paris. Not too hard to take. But it also meant I was flying 13 hours in coach to and from China... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Jul 2, 2017 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
Let me start by coming clean. I really like trains. First, because train travel is not air travel. Which is increasingly miserable for those of us who can’t afford First Class, don’t have a company expense account to pay for Business Class, and/or aren’t a...