Yes You Can

I just posted this on my Center for Professional Development in the Law website

The election of Barack Obama was a victory for those who believe that there are serious problems facing our society and a critical need for changes in the way our country is governed. In addition, Barack Obama is a role model for those who entered law school hoping to use their legal training either to serve the legal needs of the public or to simply find satisfaction in the practice of law. Most of us know that upon graduation from Harvard Law School as the President of the Harvard Law Review, he returned to Chicago. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago and joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a twelve-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development.

While, as he says, there can only be one President of the United States at a time, and that position is not presently available to you, what his campaign does say is that “Yes You Can”. While your law school experience may not have made you aware of your options, you do have them. While your law school experience may not have taught you how to plan your career, there are guidelines and practices you can use to search for and locate positions consistent with your professional goals and personal values.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama