My name is Melissa, and I’m a Canadian international criminal/human rights lawyer. I originally created this blog when I was on exchange in Cape Town as a third year J.D. student, and found that it was a great way to keep people updated of everything I was doing without having to repeat myself a million times (also, the weekly updates proved to my parents that I was still alive). After taking a year and a half hiatus, I started writing again when I accepted an international criminal law position in Den Haag, Holland, and continued as I found other posts. I took a break from writing when I moved to New York to pursue my LL.M. in International Legal Studies at NYU, and following that degree, my life on the road/in the air started feeling too normal to write about. So now, it’s become a mix of my recaps of The Bachelor franchise, with a feminist lawyer twist, and occasionally, reflections on where I am in the world and life.

I called the life portion of this blog “I am a part of all that I have met.” I believe that every person I’ve met has impacted me in some way, great or small, and further, that each experience, positive or negative, continues to shape me into a composition of these various parts.

The Bachelor recaps are part of Rose v Date, a slight play and shout-out to Roe v Wade. R. v Morgentaler (Canada’s right to abortion case) just didn’t have the same pun-ability.

I hope that my words find you well, wherever you are, and however we have been.

xo

All posts are my own thoughts and opinions, and should not be considered reflective of any official position, government, or organisation (particularly those Bachelor recaps).