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MilesGreeneSecondEssay 4 - 27 Apr 2018 - Main.MilesGreene
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A Lawyer's Epitaph | | | I need to take steps to avoid being a person who regurgitates information through rote habit, unthinking efficiency, and soulless processing of cases and statutes. I need to shake off casebook amnesia by actually interacting with content in critical and meaningful ways. When I return in the Fall, I hope to break out of the four walls of this Room at law school by participating in experiential learning opportunities and working directly with attorneys who represent clients in need. I have been fortunate enough to be placed within the Low-Wage Workers Externship with Legal Aid. This class may grant me a chance to break down the door and leave the Room. My mission will be to discover new tools and mentors, and to experience a real ecosystem of legal advocacy. I will be able to go beyond passing symbols underneath the Room's door, and can observe the direct impact that these legal messages have on the outside world. If I stayed alone in that Room for another year, it would be possible to remain blissfully unconscious of my purpose and of my life's billboards. | |
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< | Lewis, a figment from the verisimilitude of Lawyerland, found a way to use his specialty of labor law to effect positive change. He and Justice Marshall, now an icon of history, are lawyers that changed the world for the better. But first they had to leave the Room. Once I'm outside, I can search for what Frank Putnam called the "Aha Moment," which he defined as a "profound flash of insight that changes everything going forward." Surrounding myself with practicing attorneys, real clients, and diving into legal matters that have consequences will bring me closer to generating that moment and discovering the type of lawyer I need to become. | >
> | Lewis, a figment from the verisimilitude of Lawyerland, found a way to use his specialty of labor law to effect positive change. He and Justice Marshall, now an icon of history, are lawyers that changed the world for the better. But first they had to come back in the Fall and leave the Room. Once I'm outside, I can search for what Frank Putnam called the "Aha Moment," which he defined as a "profound flash of insight that changes everything going forward." Surrounding myself with practicing attorneys, real clients, and diving into legal matters that have consequences will bring me closer to generating that moment and discovering the type of lawyer I need to become. | | | After a year of law school and especially after a semester of this class, I understand that no "Aha Moment" was ever conjured by remaining in that Room, and no worthy epitaph was ever earned by remaining unconscious of injustice. |
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