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    You are at:Home»In the News»From Bars to Airplanes, the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Prompts Tears, Jeers and Personal Revelations

    From Bars to Airplanes, the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Prompts Tears, Jeers and Personal Revelations

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    By Newsroom on September 27, 2018 In the News, Transition to Trump

    Fordham Law students were quoted in a CNN article about the Brett Kavanaugh hearing.

    Across the city at Fordham University’s School of Law, some two dozen students sat watching Ford’s testimony on C-SPAN in a darkened conference room off the school’s library.

    During a break in the testimony, Rebecca Rubin, 25, a second-year law student and member of the group, told CNN she was impressed by Ford.

    “I can’t imagine having that kind of conversation in public, much less on a nationally televised platform,” Rubin said. “It definitely feels like a big moment in our country.”

    Rubin’s classmate and co-organizer Paige Mankin, 23, agreed.

    “There’s an understanding of how high the stakes are,” Mankin said. “This is a very interesting time to be in law school.”

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