A Good Lawyer Knows How To Shut

It Is Difficult To Offend A New Yorker.

I Tell My Students, If You Ever Become Comfortable With Your Role As Criminal Defense Lawyer, It's Time To Quit. It Should Be A Constant Source Of Discomfort, Because You're Dealing With Incredible Moral Ambiguity, And You've Been Cast Into A Role Which Is Not Enviable.

I Think Mistakes Are The Essence Of Science And Law. It's Impossible To Conceive Of Either Scientific Progress Or Legal Progress Without Understanding The Important Role Of Being Wrong And Of Mistakes.

I Fear That The Impact Of University Censorship And University Denial Of Due Process Will Be To Mis-educate A Generation Of Students Away From Core Values Of Civil Liberties And Constitutional Safeguards. Students Who Have Been Led To Believe By University Administrators And Faculty That Censorship And Denial Of Due Process Are Acceptable Norms Will Be More Susceptible To Accepting Those Norms In Their Post-university Lives. That Would Be A Tragedy For America.

It's Never Acceptable To Target Civilians. It Violates The Geneva Accords, It Violates The International Law Of War And It Violates All Principles Of Morality.