Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 22, 2008
For Attorneys, There Is No Such Thing As a Self-Evident Truth
A good lawyer is supposed to be so persuasive that he or she can make things that may not be facts seem inevitable and true, writes K.C. Victor. - Forum Column
By K.C. Victor
This article appears on Page 6
Decades ago, several weeks into my first year of law school, I formed the opinion that there are two fundamental lessons we are meant to learn during that first year. The first is to be searingly analytical. (For an extraordinary critique of the "searingly" aspect, see "How Lawyers Lose Their Way" by Jean Stefancic and Richard Delgado.) The second fundamental, which...
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