I am grateful for the attorneys I know who are kind and compasionate in their work. As a group, they are oftern criticized, but I know several who do not fit into the mold that society places upon them. I was impressed with a talk by James Rasband who spoke about how attorneys (and all of us) should approach their profession. Among many other ideas, he shared the paraphrased scripture below. It is taken from one of the last sections of his talk entitled, “Forgiveness and the Lawyer”.

No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of [a lawyer’s status], only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;

By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile. [D&C 121:36–37, 41–42]

Link to talk:

http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=2075