Annie Youchah, JD

Annie Youchah is a practicing attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada, working for legal aid. She received her JD from UC Davis School of Law in 2020. She remembers her summers at the Stanford Campus as highlights of her childhood and young adulthood.

Annie with friends at GBSP on the campus of Stanford.

Annie shared, “Great Books prepared me mentally to understand and interpret texts from many perspectives, and speak confidently about my ideas. Both are critical for the practice of law and continuing to learn.

Everything from lessons from Stanford professors to splashing around in a fountain helped me become not only a lawyer, but a more confident person.”

We were excited to hear her tell us that Great Books taught her how to critically examine texts—useful from middle school to present day—as well as helped her feel comfortable in her own skin as she grew up. She fondly remembers all of her counselors and administrators as supportive people, and her friends as the same.