Law in Contemporary Society

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A Conclusion of Questions

Fairness is not neat, and is obviously not the same to everyone. And, looking back on my life, I am not certain what fairness would have demanded. A better safety net? Some surer guarantee of stability in exchange for hard work? A promise against anxiety about the basics of life? How? And who pays for them? I came to Columbia Law School not because I knew the answers, but because I was asking these questions. Lawyers seemed ideally, and perhaps singularly situated to apply academic learning to real life, to hold powerful institutions accountable, and to champion fairness for other people. As I continue on my journey of lawyering, I wonder if this still holds true.
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This draft seems to me to have served well the job of bringing you to the point of departure for the next draft. That's often what good first drafts do. You've told well the story of how you came by your questions. You can compress that account significantly, and by removing what can be squeezed out you have space to tilt the draft not in the direction of completely open-ended questions, but towards the beginning of answers. Does seeking fairness mean a job lawyering for the CFPB, or the New York State Department of Financial Services? Might it be investor protection litigation? Using the base of understanding you've communicated well here to ground your imagination about what forms of practice might suit you would make this better for the writer, but also more effective in reaching the readers who are your colleagues here.

 
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