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Welcome to ������Ƶ’s “Got a Minute?” series. These are fun, short-answer interviews with 20 rapid-fire questions. We’ll find students throughout William H. Gates Hall as they study, wait for class or hangout with their classmates.

This week’s “Got a Minute?” interview is with Jasneet Sandhu, 2L.

������Ƶ: Are you originally from Seattle, and if not, where?

Jasneet Sandhu (JS): I'm from Auburn, WA. I’ve lived there my whole life.

������Ƶ: Can you tell us something interesting about where you’re from?

JS: It used to be called Slaughter a long time ago. We read about it in eighth grade, and it's something that's stuck with me.

������Ƶ: Where did you earn your undergraduate degree?

JS: I went to Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.

������Ƶ: Did you take time off between undergrad and law school?

JS: I did not. I went straight through.

������Ƶ: What's the funniest or most unexpected thing a professor has done or said in class?

JS: Professor Feldman recently drew the ghost of Lochner on the whiteboard while he was talking about a constitutional law case, which was quite fun. It had everyone laughing.

������Ƶ: Without looking, how many glass structures are in the courtyard?

JS: Three.

������Ƶ: It’s funny because everyone guesses three, but it’s four. Which fictional lawyer do you think would be the best law professor?

JS: The one from My Cousin Vinny. I feel like everyone would take that class.

������Ƶ: If you could add a new class to the curriculum, what would it be called?

JS: I'd like to see something focused on the intersection of religion and constitutional law. It would be called con law and religion.

������Ƶ: Finish this sentence, “Law school is like …”

JS: Getting hit by a bus but then surviving.

������Ƶ: Where's your favorite spot on the UW campus, excluding William H. Gates Hall?

JS: I like going to Odegaard. It's fun to roam the book stacks and the undergraduate students are a bit livelier and have more fun in their library buildings than we do. So, it's fun to pop in there.

������Ƶ: How many different Law & Order TV shows have there been?

JS: Law & Order? I actually have no clue. So, this is going to be a random number — eight.

������Ƶ: Yes! You're the second person in a row to guess it correctly. Which historical legal case would you time travel to witness in person?

JS: I think Yick Wo was a fascinating one, especially the story behind it. It has to do specifically with Asian immigrants running laundromats in San Francisco. And it's super weird how con law would apply to it.

������Ƶ: Which legal term would make the best name for a band?

JS: Summary Judgment.

������Ƶ: Where's your favorite spot to get a bite of food nearby?

JS: I really like Kai's Thai. It's right by the light rail station.

������Ƶ: Name one professor that should give a TED Talk and on what topic.

JS: Last quarter, I had Professor Danieli Evans — she's new to the law school. She taught our course on the Fourth Amendment, and she intersected social science and constitutional law in a way that I haven't seen a lot of professors do. So, something about internal bias and policing would be super cool by her.

������Ƶ: How old is ������Ƶ?

JS: 125 years? Is that right?

������Ƶ: Yep, that’s correct. What area of law would you like to pursue after you receive your J.D.?

JS: I'm hoping to pursue immigration law.

������Ƶ: Name one lawyer that inspires you and why.

JS: I worked with this lawyer this past summer — Luis Cortes Romero — and he was the first DACA recipient to argue in front of the Supreme Court. He was awesome to work with and he really showed me what it looks like to use the law as a tool for social justice and equity. And I would like to be a practitioner like him. He's very client-centered and focused on his clients.

������Ƶ: What’s one class you're hoping to take while you're here?

JS: I think it's called Street Law. It's the one where the first quarter you're learning basic things about the law, and then the second quarter you go and you teach them to high school students. So, they can have practical knowledge of their rights and what the law really is. I think that's a super cool course.

������Ƶ: What's one interesting thing about you that people may not know?

JS: My sisters and I have a home-based cake company called Sandhu Cake Co. We make wedding cakes, birthday cakes and lots of custom cakes. If people have a funky, fun design, we can do it for them. We started it during COVID, just because we had free time on our hands, and then it actually turned into a whole proper business. I never would have imagined that we could make the cakes that we do, but it's quite fun.