Law in Contemporary Society

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Why Return to Law School

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 Part I of this paper doesn’t argue that justice and injustice are unimportant to me, just that they are unknown to me. As a lawyer, I understand that I will have immense power over other people’s lives- to improve them, or to really mess them up. Especially if I continue in my desired path of criminal justice law, knowledge of justice will prove critical.
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<		Furthermore, merely liking the tasks of a lawyer isn’t protection against becoming a person who is a net-negative on society. I want to be a lawyer who makes society a better place. I do love justice and hate injustice, but I just have no idea what they are.
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>		Furthermore, merely liking the tasks of a lawyer isn’t protection against becoming a person who is a net-negative on society. I want to be a lawyer who makes society a better place.
 The question then becomes how to acquire knowledge of justice. Since I don’t know what justice is, how can I know when I’ve found it? I have to hope that I’ll “know it when I see it” or else the task is hopeless.

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