In the fall I will begin law school. With several friends who have already gone through it, and having also talked to some lawyers and researched law schools, I've come to learn that the law school regimen is designed to change how one thinks generally, and particularly about the law. I am curious about how this transformation will affect me, so I decided to blog so that I could track the process.
It seems a pity that it should require a JD to truly understand the American legal system. Average citizens clearly have a sense of how things work, but from what I've observed of lawyers and law students, it seems that what people in general think about how the law works and how it actually works are frequently not the same.
Right now I am still a layman. I have my sense of how things *should* be, and I want to blog my experience to see how my perspective changes as I find out how things are. Maybe to some extent my idealized perspective and reality are the same. I suspect that frequently the opposite will be true. I wonder if I will somehow be converted into seeing the "rightness" of how things actually are, or if I will resist and continue to think that the idealized version is better. Probably all of the above.
In the meantime, I have several months before I begin law school (at a school to be named later). My consciousness has already been raised regarding certain legal issues (which is what movitivated me to pursue becoming a lawyer). Over the summer I suspect I will want to comment on those issues. Such blogging not only gives me a soapbox but also provides a benchmark for my legal sensibilities as a layman.
I suppose there's no point in writing in great depth right now about who I am. I'm sure plenty of details will leak out as I write. I will probably also post about non-law related things in my life. Just because they are interesting, and because they make me me. And who I am now probably will make a significant difference in who I am once I'm done with school.
(Though for a quick snapshot about who I am, you might want to visit my homepage.)
Comments (1)
I did a search in the search engines on "professional lawyer blog" and I found your web blog. I am a Lawyer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and thus my interest in searching for a lawyer blog on the WWW looking to see how the rest of the world thinks about lawyers and see what trends and technology are happening in the world. I also was interested in a blog for myself which might possibly lead to a blob for my law firm, you never know, that is if I can understand the technology of operating a blog and from what I see I am somewhat hesitant at the present time.
It has been interesting reading and I will keep my professional comments to myself.
Respectfully yours
B. J. Stephens, LL.B.
A Halifax Lawyer
Posted by A Halifax Lawyer | February 11, 2004 2:58 PM
Posted on February 11, 2004 14:58