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- Path: sparky!uunet!gator!towers!mwhhlaw!tim
- From: mwhhlaw!tim (Timothy E. Hollingsworth)
- Subject: Re: Actual lawyers on this group?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.175422.26798@mwhhlaw.uucp>
- Sender: tim@mwhhlaw.uucp
- Reply-To: uunet!mwhhlaw!tim
- Organization: Martin Wade Hartley & Hollingsworth
- References: <246DuB4w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:54:22 GMT
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- In article <246DuB4w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us> bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob
- Kirkpatrick) writes:
- > AZ7408A@auvm.american.edu (Aimee J. Zeltzer) writes:
- >
- > >
- > > Can I tell you? My goal in life as I near the end of my law
- > > school career is to dissuade any and all creative or intersting types
- > > who are not anal retentive from going into law. If you want to be
- > > a corporate drone, and if you can pay attention to tiny, (indignificant)
- deta
- > > s (like periods or commas, or whatever) go into law! Right now I am
- working
- > > a patent office and I could just die!! However, if you like math or
- drawing
- > > go for it. But heed my warning: It's a lie!! (p.s. I don't care about
- typi
- > > or spelling--law school has failed with socializing this one!)
- >
- > Whoa! Take it easy there, Aimee. When you're done with school, you can
- > become a lawyer, marry a politician, get him elected and then change the
- > world based on misinformation.
-
- Or meet with a recent widow of a former client and do your best to assist her
- through difficult times.
-
- >
- > You can go into the wonderful world of family law, impart your own views
- > and interpretations on the concept of 'fair and equal,' and affect many,
- > many people.
-
- Or handle an adoptions for a childless couple.
- >
- > You could specialize in product liability and leave your mark by making it
- > law to tell people not to use their false teeth as hemmorrhoid removers,
- > not to operate large aircraft in school classrooms, or not to use plutonium
- > as an aphrodesiac.
-
- Or assist a couple of folks who have a great idea, but who don't know how to
- raise money and start a business.
- >
- > Sure, it all looks bleak now, but hang on. It's going to get better. It's
- > the Law.
-
- It is the law. And it can be personally rewarding. By the way Mr.
- Kirkpatrick, exactly how much professional work did you give away this year?
-
- >
- > ---
- > Bob Kirkpatrick <bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- > Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA
-