{"id":6981,"date":"2004-12-26T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2004-12-26T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/12\/26\/dec-26-adjusting-a-pout-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:06","slug":"dec-26-adjusting-a-pout-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/26\/dec-26-adjusting-a-pout-2\/","title":{"rendered":"dec. 26, adjusting a pout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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on the bus<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the frozen breaths<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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George Swede<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> from <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN>Almost<\/EM> Unseen: Selected Haiku of George Swede<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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cross words over turkey<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"\"  <\/SPAN> Despite his unusual momentary lack of insight — saying “I’ve turned down <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the opportunity to make having gone to law school make sense” — Jeremy Blachman<\/A>,<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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 a\/k\/a<\/EM> <\/FONT>The Anonymous Lawyer<\/FONT><\/A>, did not<\/EM> waste his time going to law school .  Traditionally, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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law school was a great springboard for nonlegal careers — including lives in the literary arts.  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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If it takes going to law school to know you don’t want to be a lawyer, following that learned <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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bit of insight is a pretty good deal, compared to continuing on without commitment or fulfillment.<\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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It’s undeniable that many writing opportunities will come JB’s way (even without today’s <\/FONT>New York Times<\/EM> spread<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A>)<\/FONT>.  Even if Jeremy only spends a fraction of his writing career focusing on the <\/FONT>legal profession, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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his knowledge of its brain and soul will be invaluable to our society.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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