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Those of us who are brave enough or courageous enough or inspired enough or simply driven enough to be the first to do anything positive in our society must be honored and must never be forgotten.   The first women in the law deserve a special place in our history books.  It is unquestionable that they have inspired a multitude of women to pursue a legal career in the same way that Judge Simms inspired me.
"What is work? What is beyond work? Even some seers see this not right. Know therefore what is work, and also know what is wrong work. And know also of a work that is silence: mysterious is the path of work."
----The Bhagavad GitaFinding satisfaction in the legal profession is always possible. It is a matter of "seek and ye shall find," rather than "trick or treat." Many lawyers wake in the morning glad to be going to work and that many have the additional pleasure of having found their jobs in a purposeful search. They differ from the lawyer who stumbled into a new job and later told us that she was "so happy (she) couldn't believe she was a lawyer." They never gave up faith that a life in the law would serve some of their deepest needs and aspirations.
What of your own life in the law? How would you gauge your own professional satisfaction? By what standards?
So, consider Ruth, who like her biblical namesake found herself a long way from home, "weeping in the alien corn." Ruth always wanted to be a lawyer. Her father was a sole practitioner in a small town in upstate New York; he reminded her of the lawyer in the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird". After her mother died, she used to cook dinner while he sat at the kitchen table, telling her about his cases. In college she was on the debating team, majored in political science and was captain of a very competitive basketball team. She spent her junior year in Italy, where she became interested in architecture. However, she stuck to her goals and applied to the best law schools, which she defined as the ones with the highest rating in the annual US News and World Report.
Despite high expectations, she hated law school from day one and almost left after the first month. She worked for her father the first summer and he convinced her to return, reminding her of the substantial debt already incurred for the first year, of her long standing ambition and the prestige of the school. The second year was not as terrible - boredom replaced antipathy as her worst experience, and some of the classes were actually involving, especially those that had "law and ..." in their titles. She signed up for on-campus interviews, even though she had no interest in any of the firms or their work, which seemed far removed from her fathers life as a sole practitioner. On the other hand, he seemed very excited by her opportunities. She received one offer and accepted it. The work that summer was uninteresting but relatively easy, and the pay was terrific. When offered a permanent position, she felt relieved that she had received a vote of confidence from the profession and immediately accepted the offer. During her third year, she worked in an immigration law clinical, and despite having no particular interest in immigration, found it her most satisfying law school experience, spending nearly all her school hours at the clinic. She took the bar and began working at the firm. Having enjoyed being an advocate, she expressed an interest in litigation and was assigned to work primarily on insurance defense cases.
She has been at the firm now for three years. She works until after seven every night and many weekends, and recently has been billing 190 hours a month. She was relieved to find out that although personal matters are secondary to work requirements, honeymoons were not subject to that rule. Nonetheless, she is beginning to wonder where parenthood fits in; her husband wonders too, for he is a lawyer in a similar firm. While some of her work is challenging, and she takes pride in her research, writing and negotiation skills, she has little interest in the subject matter of the cases. She never got much feedback, and now gets little except assurances that everyone is happy with her. Well, almost everyone; one partner regularly screams at her and often will not allow her the time to attend the in-house training sessions. The old boy atmosphere in the upper reaches of the firm is oppressive, but oddly, she gets along well with most of them and realizes she is in danger of making partner. Her father is very proud of her. Her husband is supportive but is frustrated by her disposition, which ranges from a high of melancholy to a low of despair. They are looking to buy a house, and he reminds her that this might not be a good time to just quit. She has had no success with headhunters, who offer more of the same. She is trying to remember why she became a lawyer. When she can, she takes gourmet cooking classes and consumes far too much of her homework. She often eats alone. Her husband gets home even later than she does.
No one will share all of Ruth's concerns, and many would even be happy in her situation. However, as a composite figure she does raise many of the issues which will be the stuff of this column and are important to finding satisfaction in the law. Posed as questions, these include:
How do I evaluate my present job?
Can I improve my present circumstances or move?
What right do I have to "want it all"? How enjoyable should work be any way?
How much of a personal life am I entitled to?
I'm so busy, how can I discover my options?
If I don't stay in a firm, what are my transferable skills?
How do I get the training which will help me to keep my options open?
What are the options in non-law firm and non-traditional career paths?
What is my "constituency" as an attorney: are my skills an end in themselves or means to serving a particular sector in life?
Can I afford a significant change, economically or in terms of personal dislocation?
How do I bridge the gap between law school and practice?
How did I become a lawyer, anyway; what is the most important about being in this profession?
How do I begin the process of change, other than just answering ads?
What have been your own professional highs and lows? What do you see in the lawyers around you? What lawyer do you know with whom you would trade places in a heartbeat? What does it mean if you don't know one? What match exists between the values inherent in the profession and your own priorities?

A Michigan start-up company, a partner at Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C. in Ann Arbor, and a team of University of Michigan law students have made Michigan legal history.
Design Innovations for Infants and Mothers Everywhere Inc., or DIIME, recently became the first "do-it-yourself" benefit corporation in Michigan.
DIIME was advised by David Guenther, a partner at Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C. and an adjunct clinical assistant professor in the International Transactions Clinic (ITC) at the University of Michigan Law School, and an ITC team consisting of third-year law students Michael Byun and Gabriel Katz.
DIIME was founded in 2010 by a group of eight students in the University of Michigan's Global Health Design program. The high rate of infant mortality in the developing world was the health issue that grabbed the attention of the founders of DIIME.
Every year between 300,000 and 500,000 women die due to complications related to childbirth and pregnancy, while four million infants die every year before reaching four weeks of age.
DIIME founders resolved to create a company that would develop low-cost medical devices to improve maternal and infant health in Ghana and other parts of the developing world. At the same time, the company would have to earn sufficient profit to be sustainable and able to raise capital from socially oriented investors.
DIIME would be a social enterprise--a business dedicated to generating both financial and social returns.
DIIME quickly discovered that the existing legal entity forms were not a good fit with its "double bottom-line" objectives. DIIME's profit-making goals would be problematic in a nonprofit corporation, while DIIME's social mission seemed equally out of place in a for-profit corporation, where company directors typically pursue profit maximization.
To solve this problem, since 2010, legislatures in 13 U.S. states have adopted statutes expressly permitting the creation of a new type of legal entity--the benefit corporation.
Benefit corporations are for-profit businesses dedicated to providing benefits to society while also protecting company directors from liability to shareholders for not maximizing profits. A benefit corporation bill was introduced in Michigan in 2011, but the Michigan legislature has not taken action.
DIIME turned to the ITC for advice. DIIME and law students enrolled in the ITC worked together to organize the legal formation of an entity here in Michigan, create a capital structure, protect the company's intellectual property and move DIIME's international business plan forward.
Most recently, the company took the decisive step: DIIME included in its new articles of incorporation key "benefit corporation" provisions of the Model Benefit Corporation Act, allowing DIIME to pursue its social mission, take into account interests other than profit maximization, and protect its directors to the extent possible from any resulting liability, all in the context of a for-profit corporation organized under the existing Michigan Business Corporation Act.
DIIME's articles of incorporation were formally accepted by the Michigan Corporation Division on April 30.
"There has been a great deal of academic commentary and debate on the purpose of the corporation and whether it's to maximize profits to shareholders," Guenther said. "There has been much less commentary on who should answer that question--shareholders, courts or legislators."
"We looked very carefully at the Michigan Business Corporation Act and concluded there was no reason why shareholders couldn't include a social purpose and other benefit corporation provisions in their articles of incorporation, even without the existence of benefit corporation legislation here in Michigan. That's exactly what DIIME wound up doing. Fortunately, the Michigan Corporation Division gave DIIME's articles a thoughtful review and agreed with us."
"We were delighted to be able to incorporate DIIME in our home state of Michigan without having to sacrifice our company's double bottom-line mission," said Gillian Henker, one of the founders and now the President of DIIME. "We're thrilled to pave the way for other social enterprises wishing to incorporate here in Michigan. This is a big step forward not only for our company, but for any company that sees its role in society as being bigger than simply maximizing profits."
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Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

Law of attorney Wallpaper Photos Pictures Pics Images 2013

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