Resting my case…

I have been able to view the legal systems of many jurisdictions-not that I have been in a court of law…much. After having a discussion on the subject of law with a few “officers of the court”, I arrived at the following conclusion: these people were discontent with the legal system in Louisiana.
Granted, this informal round table involved people I knew on a personal and professional level, I got a bit perturbed. No, I got mad as hell. What disturbed me was the unsubstantiated talk of the training (or lack thereof) that southern lawyers receive. With the arguments presented, I am so happy I do not have to retain them for anything. I made an argument on one of the best law schools in the nation: Southern University Law Center, and after discussing rankings, accolades, and the people affiliated with such an institution, I rested my case.
I have frequented the Law Center, and initially what I saw were post-grads gallivanting as if they were in Oz; who were actually quite clannish. A few were laughing with other classmates; a select few were chasing down professors, a few were studying, and a few were studying me as if I did not belong there. Note to all of you: If I am there, I belong. After a few visits, I began to understand the tedium of being a law student. Actually staying in law school is a feat rivaling the antics of Houdini (and the man did die after one-too-many tricks).
I see students with repeated bad hair days-men and women. There are students with bags under their eyes large enough to carry groceries, and I see students that can not tell you where the Bayou Classic is, but they can recite to you every penal code known to man. However, what I see most is promise. What I see are rough and ready representatives who are anxious to run for office, because I think deep inside every law student wants to be Bobby Kennedy or Sandra Day O’Connor. Funny though, I do believe some of these kids will become ambulance chasers, but for the most part, the majority will become local advocates of justice- moving on to become the next Speaker of the House, per say: Tip O’Neal.
Professor John Pierre, a criminal law professor at the S.U. Law Center, describes law as a “mechanism that can be used to achieve social change”. Initially, I looked for a more satirical definition, but Professor Pierre, that one will do just fine. Our future lawyers need to evacuate our state of putrid reputations and solicit such a change-and if you ask me, Southern University Law Center is a great place to start.
Now can someone please hand me a LSAT???
And That’s The Way I See It…