Sitting in the deserted law offices, [the client] had the feeling that he was all alone in the world, with nobody but [his lawyer] and the encoraching darkness. Things were happening quickly; this person he had never met before today was fast becoming a kind of lifeline for him.
Friday, March 27, 2009
He Said It Best
Nobody ever asks me why I want to be a lawyer. But if they did, I might point them to this passage from Michael Cricthon's 1994 novel Disclosure:
That's how you justify defending people you think might be guilty: because, as humans, they need somebody to believe in them and fight for their (and our) rights.
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