The public lack confidence in the legal system largely because of misinformation and ignorance. The best way to combat ignorance and misinformation is with education. As lawyers, we are all educators. We need to educate our clients that law can do more than stifle. It can empower.
Lawyers are more than warriors.
When they are at their best, they are healers. Lawyers also need to work to educate the public. Several bar associations in Ohio have programs to reach into our schools and communities to educate students and citizens about the rule of law. Join these efforts. Resolve now to leave the profession better than you found it.