What will keep me going over the next 3-30 years, along with the promises I made to myself and others... I want to advocate for changes in public education, the juvenile court system and the public defender’s office. In addition to the advocacy work I want to do, my work experiences have shaped my desire to help make the courts more accessible to those who, rightfully or wrongfully so, see them as inaccessible due to cost, complexity, or a misunderstanding of the law. My experience tends to support the idea that these beliefs are widely held by most small business owners and low-income consumers, some of the people who need the courts most. Over the years I have had to do a lot of explaining to my children, who are now grown, about how the world works and why it works the way it does. The more I heard the words I had spoken in my youth coming from them, “But that’s wrong. It’s not fair. Why don’t people do something about it,” the more I realized I HAD to at least try. So I decided to go back to school to become a lawyer.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:13:16 +0000
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