My Decision To Become A Lawyer Was

She Was Pondering The Option Of Law School, The Great American Baby-sitter For Directionless Postgrads.

All Students Enter Law School With A Certain Amount Of Idealism And Desire To Serve The Public, But After Three Years Of Brutal Competition We Care For Nothing But The Right Job With The Right Firm Where We Can Make Partner In Seven Years And Earn Big Bucks.

Nobody Wants To Read About The Honest Lawyer Down The Street Who Does Real Estate Loans And Wills. If You Want To Sell Books, You Have To Write About The Interesting Lawyers - The Guys Who Steal All The Money And Take Off. That's The Fun Stuff.

Because I Was Single, There Was A Chance I Was A Homosexual. Because I Went To Syracuse, Wherever That Was, Then I Was Probably A Communist. Or Worse, A Liberal. Because I Was From Memphis, I Was A Subversive Intent On Embarrassing Ford County.

It's Amazing How Lies Grow. You Start With A Small One That Seems Easy To Cover, Then You Get Boxed In And Tell Another One. Then Another. People Believe You At First, Then They Act Upon Your Lies, And You Catch Yourself Wishing You'd Simply Told The Truth.