Category Archives: Purpose

A long look in the mirror

By Jordan Furlong | Published: January 8, 2008
I don’t have much to say about “the Maclean’s cover” that hasn’t already been said, eloquently and accurately, by the CBA’s current and past presidents. The CBA was right to defend lawyers’ good name against an offensive piece of hack journalism. The less said about that article and the book that inspired it, the better. But [...]
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Is stewardship dead?

By Jordan Furlong | Published: January 8, 2008
Maybe not quite, but in the context of most professional law firms with more than just a handful of partners, it’s on life support and the priest has been called in. I honestly don’t know of any midsize or larger law firms, at least, that operate other than “to maximize the wealth of the current shareholders.” [...]
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The purpose-driven lawyer

By Jordan Furlong | Published: January 7, 2008
The myth of the rich lawyer is remarkably widespread. That’s odd, considering the fact that while some lawyers are very well off, many others simply make a decent living, and some sacrifice potential income for a greater purpose. These days, only the independently wealthy emerge from three years of legal education debt-free. Tuition is higher than [...]
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