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

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I ?s'lA G -.Uh-i.. . ,-.31-,gcv , '77 ?fLEiZflix and the lawyer must be able to convince others, often unwittingly predisposed against his client, of the merits of his clientis case. This does not mean that he must make black appear white, or use intellectual dishonesty to procure an unjust result. but it does mean that he must be able to properly present and urge upon the minds of his hearers the merits of his client's case. Cases never reach a lawyer's oHCicc in which every consideration favors one side and there is nothing to be said for the other side. Our system of jurisprudence contemplates the represen- tation of both sides by counsel, and even though you think the weight of the argument favors your opponent, it is your duty to fully stress your client's position so that his case receives that measure of consideration which it deserves. Remember, your own power of evaluating your client's case may be faulty, and others may see the case in a different light. Aggressive clients may sometimes seek an unjust result, but a lawyer should never lend himself to this purpose to earn a fee or please a client. Good will is never based on injustice, and a disingenuous or dishonorable act, while redounding to the client's benefit, may swing ba.ck like a boomerang on a lawyer's reputation. Good reputation is a lawyer's most precious asset and a blemish upon it is never fully eradicated. A reputation for character and integrity brings success to many lawyers even though their mental endowments are not unusual. Simi- larly, others are respected by courts and clients and their word is accepted without question even though they enjoy no eminence or prominence. And others, of far greater brilliance of mind never attain the high standing their talents justify because they have not the quality of character to inspire conndence in relations of trust and responsibility. You are to be congratulated upon having reached the status where you will soon become officers of the court under an oath of fidelity to the principles of reason and justice underlying our legal system. Those character-building qualities which you have demonstrated in pur- suing your legal education, under difficulties, will certainly stand you in stead in meriting success in your chosen profession and also that respect and dignity which your honorable callin O' deserves. 7 D x ALPHONSE G. RIESENBERG. 26

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fra i 5 j Nk, f-wNggf:TNg51:ycRf7:Nx Tlqffhh 'wig' ,4fT3 ,ff?Q,f6fEc7jfFj.fffTE GORDON C. AREY hfladisonville High School: Order of Curia. One need not be a sooth- sayer or a mystic to safely predict a successful career as patent attorney for Gordon. It is alleged, but without foundation, that his academic success is in- spired by a Kentucky lawyer. NICKOLAS BAUER lNIia1nitown High School. ' The baby of our class although not in knowledge. Nick has an intimate knowledge of contracts, cows, pigs feet and shot- guns. Like Alexander the Great, Nick says he is look- ing for more law schools to conquer. ODIS W. BERTELSMAN Newport High Schoolg Iota. Lambda Pig Order of Curiag Pres. Sophomore Class, 199Z'7g WVinner of First Bettman Prize, 19Q6. - If the entire class were as well prepared at all tunes, and enunciated its legal doctrines as masterfully as Odis, then PLII nv WM. BOFXITGER Hughes High Schoolg Iota Lambda Pi. Bill is one of our versatile students endowed with an enviable good nature. Is equally conversant with Lizst's Liebestrauin and Rood on VVills. Thinks Ohio real estate is more stable than that of Florida. ARTHUR S. CAINE Norwood High School. One of the left-over shavetails from the late war, now engaged in the peaceful but odoriferous pLu'suit of chemistry at a certain plant in Ivorydale. ffl! l I . V N 28 truly would our professors have achieved instructors Utopia. i I JOSEPH F. BRATE Miami Universityg Mem- ber Student Council 1928. Our long distance coni- muter from the seething metropolis of Hamilton, in quest of culture and the fruits of civilization. A boy from Main Street who is making good.