Ethics

Bravo, Harvard Law School

By Ed Brayton

We have a stereotype in this country of lawyers as amoral ambulance chasers who will take any case to make a buck no matter the consequences. And sometimes that stereotype fits quite well. But there are also a great many lawyers in this country who spend their careers doing public interest law, defending principles as well as clients, and making far less money doing so than they could make working for a private law firm.

Sandefur is a good example of this. With his credentials and ability, he could be a hot shot associate at a law firm working his way toward partner by now. But he works for a non-profit legal foundation and he spends all of his time defending economic liberty cases and fighting against eminent domain abuse. He doesn't just defend clients, he defends principles that he believes in passionately.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).