Law in Contemporary Society

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Justice as Transfiguration of Trauma

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 So, I instead endeavor to produce beautiful justice as a lawyer. I’m certainly drawn to the ugliest of legal work: criminal defense, civil rights, and death penalty abolitionism. My mother—a civil rights lawyer quite familiar with the injustices of our time—once told me that a legal document can’t serve justice by merely stating the law; it must instead tell a story. To this end, I’m willing to put aside my moral calculator and accept the challenge of advocating for these ugly cases to my peers. Like Kander and Ebb's empathetic music, my palette for justice will be telling the stories of clients who society desires to reject as useless.

In doing so, I simply hope to live up to my Hebrew name, "Paz"—meaning "Pure Gold"—which honors my grandfather. He understood justice all too well as he traveled with his Soviet liberators, fresh from Auschwitz. The party discovered a young S.S. soldier in hiding, and my grandfather was presented with a gun and an opportunity to do "justice." Carrying the fate of someone who inflicted unspeakable injustice on him, he transfigured injustice into a beautiful tale—and declined to do unto them as they did to him. That is where the justice of Tikkun Olam (repair of the world) sanctifies Schiller's beautiful declaration that, "Alle Menschen Werden Brüder, Wo Dein Sanfter Flügel Weilt" (all men become brothers, where your gentle wing rests.) \ No newline at end of file

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