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The Spirit And The Law , Thomas W. Porter, Jr.
The Spirit And The Law , Thomas W. Porter, Jr.
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay asserts that the practice of law is experiencing a spiritual crisis at both the personal and professional level. The Essay seeks to determine the role that the crisis in our paradigms has played in the crisis our personal and institutional lives. Although the crisis in our paradigms are not necessarily responsible for all our problems, our institutions and systems can cause us to be estranged from ourselves and that is what is happening today in the practice of law. We, as a profession, are beginning to see the limitations of our old paradigm, with retributive justice as its …
Honoring The Spirit In The Law: A Lawyer's Confession Of Faith, Melissa M. Weldon
Honoring The Spirit In The Law: A Lawyer's Confession Of Faith, Melissa M. Weldon
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay is a lawyer's public proclamation of her beliefs, using the words of her faith. She explains how her faith permeates through her daily life, and is even relevant to her profession as a lawyer.
A Plumber's Guide To Lawyering, Stephen P. Wink
A Plumber's Guide To Lawyering, Stephen P. Wink
Fordham Urban Law Journal
We accept as the natural way that some must lose if others are to win; that some must go hungry, while others eat fully. But, Jesus taught that there is a third way that can arrest the cycle of violence and domination. A way that strikes a chord at the core of beings so that we may fully hear and see the other person we are dealing with. This is what is sometimes called nonviolent resistance. It springs from a conversation with another -- beyond just talking -- but a dialogue of being with another on a one to one …
The Profession Of Religion And Law, Ted Dotts
The Profession Of Religion And Law, Ted Dotts
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay provides definitions for the terms "religion," "law" and "profession." The professional bears the power to bid forth -- to announce, command, tell, declare and make aware. Religion is the power to relate. Law is the power to regulate. The author concludes that religion and law are givens of human living. The question is not whether to have one or the other. The question is how we live with these realities.
A Lawyer's Mischellany: Scriptural Resources For Christian Lawyers, Joseph Allegretti
A Lawyer's Mischellany: Scriptural Resources For Christian Lawyers, Joseph Allegretti
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay provides resources for spiritual sustenance and to help bridge the gap between what one does as a lawyer and one professes as a Christian. The author provides a dozen passages from Scripture --some from the Hebrew Scriptures, some from the New Testament -- that the author found relevant to the life and work of Christian lawyers. After each quotation, the author includes a few comments to spark further reflection.