Law student/lawyer and Christian

[TheBreak]

English is not my first language, so I apologize for any misspellings.

I’v already talked about me planning to applying for law school, and after learning more about what it really like to be a lawyer, I’ve decided to leave the Criminal law aside and go with easier one which is the Civil law. However, I’m still worried about the whole law environment, the whole law school is based on competition, on being greedy for success, for wining. When I asked one of the lawyers who I went to, to ask her about what it is like to be lawyer, she said so many things that I find them hard to meet with my Christian beliefs. and now the devil is trying to play the same game he did few months ago, he is trying to make me feel that being Christian means not doing what I love.

I LOVE law, and I have so many goals I need to live them, being very successful rich lawyer and be partner with one of the biggest law firms…etc.

I don’t want to give up my dream also I don’t wanna give up my faith.

 

[Christy_Beth]

Being a lawyer doesn’t mean you have to give up your faith. There are many areas of law to look into. Family law is one of them. Maybe wills, trusts and probate. Even if you go for basic civil law or even criminal law, it doesn’t have to mean leaving your faith behind. Use it as a way to express your faith. I know it will be hard, law is a tough job. God may want you there for the glory of His name.

 

[Aeden]

One thing you may want to try is corporate contract law. It just involves negotiating deals between corporations and probably won’t involve any criminal elements. Just a thought. Plus, even if you go into criminal law, you won’t need to leave your faith behind, you should defend the law, as a just system, in so far as you can. If you are asked to take a case that would violate your religious beliefs, you don’t legally have to take it, to my knowledge.

 

[beaumains]

Break,

As I understand it, God gives us our gifts and our good desires for a reason, and working for the common good through practicing civil, criminal, or any other kind of law is without a doubt a good thing. St. Thomas More practiced both civil and criminal law, and in a country whose government had quite a few problems of its own.

As for the competition, perhaps you’re called to be a witness to pursuit of excellence in a thing for the sake of the thing itself. That’s a very Christian idea.

I’m a philosophy student and not a law student (as yet), though, so I don’t know the pressures you face, but it seems to me like you should not shoot for less because there are obstacles in your way.

Stick close to Our Lady, and find someone you can trust to talk about this sort of thing. Yours in Christ,​

 

[PaulfromIowa]

You know what they tell law students: “If you want justice, go to divinity school.”

 

[Christy_Beth]

Oh, and being a Christian doesn’t mean you have to be a softie. There is a certain strength in being a Christian. You can stand strong, be faithful, and do a whole lot of good as a lawyer.