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Law Practice

Nov. 8, 2011

The future in the making

Anyone who doesn't believe in the ultimate power of well-educated youth doesn't see the future of our country. By David A. Lash of O'Melveny & Myers LLP

David A. Lash

Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Services, O'Melveny & Myers LLP

The opinions expressed here are his own.


By David A. Lash


We saw the future and we were encouraged.


Since 2001, the Los Angeles County Bar Association has honored the memory of those who died in the attacks of Sept. 11 by focusing on the children of our country who have had to live with how the reality of that day has shaped their collective consciousness. Every year lawyers and judges are sent to Los Angeles classrooms to explore, discuss and debate with high school students issues of civil l...

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