Blogging on Litigating
I've avoided the subject of civil litigation and spirituality for a very long time, now. There are lots of reasons for this:
1. Client confidences. I can't talk about "real" situations I've encountered, because of the need to maintain client confidences. I take that issue very seriously. As such, the best I can do is make up hypothetical situations that are typical of (but in the end unrelated to) situations I've encountered to illustrate various points. But stories that aren't "real" don't have the same credibility as genuine stories.
2. Non-lawyers won't find what they expect. It will be a trip to a very ugly sausage factory where it is often extremely difficult to separate the good guys and the bad guys.
3. Lawyers won't find what they expect, either. I think what I say will be disappointing to Christian litigators who fashion themselves as courtroom heroes.
4. Not surprisingly, my perspectives on this subject are fluid and evolving. They change with new situations and experiences. I may write something today, but develop a new perspective a few weeks later. A blog post, however, sticks around for a very long time.
Having said all of that, I've put the whole thing off for too long now, and I'm getting ready to write on this subject. If it isn't sooner, it will probably be at the beginning of 2006.
So, I'm curious... what questions are out there about the relationship between Christian spirituality and lawyering/litigation/money/the court system?
1. Client confidences. I can't talk about "real" situations I've encountered, because of the need to maintain client confidences. I take that issue very seriously. As such, the best I can do is make up hypothetical situations that are typical of (but in the end unrelated to) situations I've encountered to illustrate various points. But stories that aren't "real" don't have the same credibility as genuine stories.
2. Non-lawyers won't find what they expect. It will be a trip to a very ugly sausage factory where it is often extremely difficult to separate the good guys and the bad guys.
3. Lawyers won't find what they expect, either. I think what I say will be disappointing to Christian litigators who fashion themselves as courtroom heroes.
4. Not surprisingly, my perspectives on this subject are fluid and evolving. They change with new situations and experiences. I may write something today, but develop a new perspective a few weeks later. A blog post, however, sticks around for a very long time.
Having said all of that, I've put the whole thing off for too long now, and I'm getting ready to write on this subject. If it isn't sooner, it will probably be at the beginning of 2006.
So, I'm curious... what questions are out there about the relationship between Christian spirituality and lawyering/litigation/money/the court system?
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