Be Proud of Being a Corporate Lawyer

It is the ultimate form of public interest law

Over on LinkedIn, my friend University of London law professor Marc Moore imagines a conversation between a law student and a career advisor, which he labels the “I want to be a human rights lawyer” careers chat.

Student: “I want to be a human rights lawyer. I want to make the world a better place.”

Advisor: “Who will you work for?”

Student: “Dunno. Some sort of NGO I guess.”

Advisor: “So you don’t mind working unpaid?”

Student: “I guess corporate restructuring also kinda makes the world a better place, doesn’t it?”

I suspect Marc has his tongue firmly in cheek.

But reading his post reminded me of my essay Reflections on Twenty Years of Law Teaching: Remarks at the Rutter Award Ceremony (April 2008), which is available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1122577.