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President's  Message

NO COURTS, NO FREEDOM, 

May 2012, by Mindy Morton, 2012 SCCBA President

On April 18, I attended the Stand Up For Justice Rally in San Francisco. I was joined by a number of my colleagues from the SCCBA and hundreds more from around the state. I had not attended a rally since I was in law school, and as I was standing there in the hot sun holding up the SCCBA Stand Up For Justice sign and listening to the speakers urge us to support the courts, I realized that the rally was a critical example of the community at work. Hundreds of lawyers came together on a Wednesday afternoon to make their voices heard: “No Courts, No Freedom, No Justice.”

One reason I have not attended any rallies in recent years is the digitalization of my communities. Information is instantly accessible with all of the smartphones and tablet computers, and it is deceptively simple to remain isolated and simply gather information rather than participate in the world around us.

Continue Reading President's Message May 2012 >

 [This is a reprint of May 2012 Monthly President's Message from the Daily Journal.] 

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