From a Canadian but with universal appeal – advice for those entering the legal profession:

Follow your heart. Follow your passions. Don’t listen to people telling you that there are no openings, no jobs, in the area of interest to you. If you really care about the issues in some area of the law, go for it.

~ Isabel Schurman of Schurman Longo Grenier was honoured last week by l’Association des Avocats de la Défense de Montréal. She’s the vice-chair of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers. (via Law is Cool)

Canadian students may well need such encouragement after being labelled “a horde of illiterate, ignorant cretins” by a professor at the University of Western Ontario.