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Law Practice

Jan. 9, 2009

BERG: For Court Outreach Coordinator, Bureaucracy Is a Work of Art

Daily Journal columnist Martin Berg writes an appreciation of the art of Camilo Cruz. By day, Cruz is a community relations administrator for the L.A. Court. Nights and weekends, he lets his imagination (and his camera lens) roam around the world in which he spends his days.

To most of us in the media, the courthouse is just a place we rush through on the way to some big story or celebrity circus.

Lawyers have to focus on their cases; they can't afford to spend time soaking up the atmosphere, even if they wanted to. We rarely pause to observe the anxious families waiting on benches, or jurors doing their best to survive the tedium.

These human beings, hallways and escalators are part of...

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