YMCA Night Law School - Triangle Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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A . .sm fss .. 4 ' .'-- 'ft L' Message from the ean T0 the flass ryf 1929: The school year of 1929 is at an end and the goal which you have so patiently sought for the past four years is at hand. You are just entering upon the thresh- old of your careers. Through your efforts in the School. you have become grounded in the law. 'We of the faculty have tried during these past four years not only to familiarize you with legal principles, but we have also endeavored to develop in you legal acumen. In my opinion there are three essential qualities, the possession of which is necessary to success at the bar. The first. is hard work. Without hard work success at. the bar cannot be achieved. The degree of this law school may or may not connote a capacity for strenuous endeavor. After your graduation and admission to the bar, you must be willing to work at everything irrespective of the probable profit. You cannot build a house upon sand. Hard work will furnish you with the foundation upon which success will be achieved. The second of these necessary qualities is the power of advocacy. To pre- sent the results of your analysis and reasoning in such form as to make your con- victions the convictions of your auditors is advocacy. The law school ca.nnot give you this. It must be acquired by concentrated effort at the bar by clarify- ing your ideas before beginning your presentation to court or jury, skeletonizing your thought and keeping sequence in presentation. Advocacy is composed of diverse elements- voice, presence, warmth of feeling. But it is largely an ac- quired art and to that extent within the reach of all. The third of the essential qualities for success to which I have referred chara.cter. This is probably the most essential quality to success at the bar. Confidence in the rectitude and sincerity of purpose of the lawyer is the main- spring of the acquisition of a law practise. Character is at the bottom cf the lawyer's advocacy, -the trust of client, -the flow of professional endeavor. Develop these traits of hard work - advocacy 4 high character, and you will see the way to success unfolding to you. In your practise keep this thought always before you, -the law is a profession, not a business. Do not measure your work by your fee. The essence of business is profits. The essence of a profession is skilled accomplishment. s 16

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, ,-'ip FACULTY of the Law School

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