When you graduate from law school, they say it will take another 10 years to build your reputation in the industry.
Once you get up there, you'll be able to feed yourself, and if you started earlier, you'll probably have a wife and maybe children to care for.
Your integrity and professional reputation will be on the line every time you do your job as a lawyer.
Now, if someone comes up to you later, someone you were very close to in law school and said, "we were friends, almost like blood brothers back in law, can you do me this favour and get my client off the hook?"
Would you sell everything you've worked for, the security of your family, your personal and professional integrity, to do someone a favour for something you know is not just illegal, but immoral? Would you accept a bribe and let go of someone obviously guilty of something totally heinous?
That's a question of character. Figure it out yourself, we'll only know when we get there.
If you're religious, when you meet your God, ask him.
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Lawyers and would be lawyers are idealists, as they say. Idealism in the sense that men of law aspires change in the society. Positive change that is. But I guess when time comes that a lawyer has to choose between what is legal, moral and practical, the idealism in him is put to the test. And whether or not a lawyer would give in to such an immoral or illegal deed would depend on how his convictions are. But it's easier said than done..
ReplyDeleteBTW thanks Vic for visiting my site. Followed you too, and will put you in my blogroll..
Thanks Homer, I'll keep tabs on yours as well.
ReplyDeleteThe point of my post is, its always your choice in the end. Its your character/turning point