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- Nov 07, 2020
Lawyer Quotes
On practicing law, and what makes a lawyer worth trusting.
These quotes take the profession seriously — a call for justice to be delivered quickly and affordably in every case, and an observation that courtroom and medical dramas fascinate audiences because they show ordinary people under real pressure. See Jokes for a lighter companion.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you grow up saying, 'I want to be a lawyer,' everyone says, 'Let's give her everything she needs to be a lawyer.' But if you say 'I want to be an artist or a dancer or a painter,' it's, 'Oh, she'll grow out of it.'
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
After graduating from Brown, I went to law school and became a corporate lawyer in New York City.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the summer of 1966, I went to Mississippi to be in the heart of the civil-rights movement, helping people who had been thrown off the farms or taken off the welfare roles for registering to vote. While working there, I met the civil-rights lawyer I later married - we became an interracial couple.
- Flipped
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- Nov 07, 2020
My junior year, I went to an LSAT-prep course. I flipped over my test and thought, 'You bastards.' I walked out and went to Waffle House. That's where I had what I call 'The Waffle House Epiphany': I didn't want to be a lawyer. I wanted to make a dent in the universe.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you send emails to your spouse or your lawyer or family members, you want to have these messages be confidential.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020