Professor (Dr.) Amita Dhanda started her professional career in 1984 as a researcher at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. Due to these research capabilities, Justice Bhagwati the then Chief Justice of India selected her to clerk for him till 1986. Her stint at the Supreme Court happened when the institution of research clerks was viewed with scepticism and suspicion and hence making a space for the position was an uphill task. Even so the learnings on judicial culture and psychology are irreplaceable. After her return from the Court in 1987, she worked at the Indian Law Institute till 1999, where she had the hands on opportunity to learn to research, write, edit and teach in association with renowned scholars. The Supreme Court Commission to investigate the condition of persons with mental illness in the jails of West Bengal; chairing the Committee to suggest amendments to the Disability Act of 1995; and co-editing a festschrift in honour of Prof Lotika Sarkar were heart-warming work assignments; and negotiating employee entitlements as President of the Employee Welfare Association brought home to her the difference between the rhetoric and reality of law. In 1999 she joined NALSAR as its first full time professor. Since she had pre-dominant experience in research she had the enthusiasm of a fresh recruit towards my teaching, which coupled with the authority of seniority, allowed experimentation. Her enthusiasm was re-doubled by the fact that as a single discipline university NALSAR had easier protocols for floating courses, amending curriculums and experimenting with evaluation. She have taught like a researcher and her courses do not impart existing information but dwell on questions that need further investigation. Since the students stay over extended periods of time, she have enjoyed the opportunity to build learning together relationships with them. She is also defined by her feminist pride in her traditional build; her sweet tooth, which keeps her traditional built; and her work obsessions, which trump her fitness travails and cause her to miss the movies she should see but watch the soaps she should miss. She is continuing with NALSAR as a Professor Emerita, with effect from February 1,2021.