05/14/2019
Hillary Nye (JSD 16'), a legal philosopher at the University of Alberta, in an interview on Legal-Phi.
How was grad school in legal philosophy?
Hillary: I loved it. It was such a transformative and happy period of my life. I won’t lie; it was stressful and difficult. But I was very fortunate to land in a program surrounded by wonderful people, many of whom are some of my closest friends to this day. It also helped that NYU provided us with a physical space in which to work. That meant that people came there regularly, and we really built a community. Every day when I came in I got to see the faces of dear friends, and I cannot overstate the importance of that support for my ability to thrive during those years. There was always someone there to read a draft, puzzle through an idea with me, or talk me down from my more anxious moments. I feel lucky that I got to spend five years of my life just thinking about things that interest me, and doing so with interlocutors and friends who pushed me to put forward the best versions of my ideas.
This month we are interviewing Hillary Nye. Hillary received her JSD from NYU in 2016 and then took a research fellowship at LSE. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Law at the University of…
