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Shoveling sh*t in the battlefield for justice is better than slipping and falling into sh*t.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

While I was applying to law schools, my father recognized that I was not hip on a traditional corporate law firm path, even though I ended up working for a traditional corporate law firm during my third year in law school and two years thereafter. He knew I was big on civil liberties and civil rights, and told me about a lawyer in his office building in Bridgeport who practiced such law.  I eagerly called the man, whose following words rang the clearest with me: "If you want to practice civil rights law, you will have to shovel a lot of sh*t along the way." I never asked what he meant. Because his focus apparently was more on civil rights lawsuits against discriminatory practices and negligent police, I figured that at the least he meant that the big bucks come in fits and spurts when practicing such law, and that the number of potential legal employers in this area are very finite...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).