[contemplator]

"..why would any sane person want to devote his life to trying to spring hundreds, maybe even thousands, of felons?.."

I had a conversation with my 10 year old son several months ago which will stick with me forever. While on our way to Boy Scouts I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. His mother and I had mentioned many times over the years that we would love for him to be a Doctor or a Lawyer attempting to set the bar pretty high and telling him that he would have to work hard to get to one of those lofty positions. It was no surprise to me then when he answered lawyer. I decided to dig a little deeper figuring he was simply parrotting what he thought I wanted to hear.

I then asked him why thinking that he would give a pat answer such as "I want to help people" or even something as simple as "the money". His response stunned me. He answered "Because Hitler needed a lawyer". I didn't know what to say. Although he is only 10, he and I have had many discussions about the holocaust and I had sent him to a Jewish summer camp for the past couple of years now just so he could be exposed to a different culture. After a very pregnant pause I asked him to elaborate. He responed "It doesn't matter how bad a human being is, everyone deserves someone to take their side and to argue it for all it's worth."

I have long since pre-paid for my son's first four years of college via the Florida pre-paid college fund. I began that day to save in earnest for law school.

[patton]

You are a more generous dad than I. I told my kids, pick any VA state school, I will pay for for years.

Then I am going to break your plate.

LOL.

[Aria]

That’s a pretty grown up view of being a lawyer - especially for a 10 year old. However, I disagree - there are people I think aren’t worthy of any defense - including Hitler. Otherwise, everything is relative and subject to whoever manages to put out a convincing agrument.

IMHO.