The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities.
You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.
A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.
You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management.
He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.
The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.