[Our] goal is to give [students] a sense of how important it is to use the power that they will wield as a lawyer to bring about good in the communities that they live in and work in, he said. And so we want to empower them and we want to make communities strong and do service. To this end, he's pursued mission-driven goals.
I know we can all agree that juries play a vital role in our justice system. And I, for one, am very grateful when ordinary citizens from all walks of life answer the call and participate in the judicial process,
In the New York state court system, the people translating for non-English speaking litigants are called interpreters for a reason. They are doing more than just repeating, said Ann Ryan, a career interpreter who now heads the court system's Office of Language Access as its statewide coordinator. They're taking those concepts and converting them into the same concept in another language. And that is a thoughtful but very rapid process.
In addition to the celebrity status that I've garnered since this column catapulted me to a guest appearance on the Daily Show, the legal profession itself has experienced its own glow-up. The pandemic made remote practice mainstream, artificial intelligence is reshaping everything from research to drafting, and younger lawyers are demanding more humane work environments. But one concept remains constant: starting a law firm is a radical act.
"If you’ve ever received a legal notice like a Cease and Desist, you know that the 'oh shit' moment doesn’t happen once you actually read the letter; it happens the second you open it and realize a lawyer is mad at you."
Brittany Hernandez emphasized that no-code platforms are revolutionizing the legal profession by empowering lawyers to innovate and expand access to justice without requiring technical skills.
