It was William Shakespeare and Henry VII that said, “The first thing we do is let’s kill all the lawyers.” I actually have that quote. My dad gave it to me when I was like 12 years old because I was always slaying dragons. So when Shakespeare talks about killing all the lawyers, he’s talking […]
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No matter how proficient I am, how prepared I am, and I take pride that no one out prepares me. I always have this self-doubt, and it’s like this inside voice that says to me, “You’re not good enough. You don’t know what you’re doing. Oh my gosh, this is wrong.” Or “I should be
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John Steinbeck said, “You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” And what he was really talking about is empathy. And I think it is crucial in life to have empathy. Empathy allows you to form general connections with people, and it’s those connections that allow you to be an advocate for
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In 1890, three women applied to Columbia Law School, great school. Three women were turned down. Now this is 1890, and I think at the time they had a trustee named George T. Strong at Columbia University, and he said, “no woman shall degrade herself by practicing law if I can save her”. So news
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