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St. Thomas Law Review

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609

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Article

Abstract

This topic originated in an annual CLE lecture, to be given at the end of the year for procrastinating lawyers who needed "that hour of ethics" to comply with local bar association requirements. Having done this type of lecture before. I wanted to do something different - step back from the trees and look at the forest. Given that it was then the holiday season for Christians and Jews, a religious topic seemed appropriate. As someone without a formal religious background, and one who is wary of people who openly espouse religious views, I realized this would be a good way to un-jerk my own knee and examine my own prejudices. I was greatly and gratefully aided in my quest by two law review symposiums - one in the 1996 TEXAS TECH LAW REVIEW, entitled "Faith and the Law Symposium" and a 1998 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW symposium, entitled "The Relevance of Religion to a Lawyer's Work: An Interfaith Conference." These two law reviews presented numerous essays by thoughtful lawyers and judges from a broad range of religious backgrounds, regarding the interaction of their faith with their work This is an effort to distill at least some of their words of wisdom.

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