I was sitting at the bar of a Mexican restaurant in my Dallas neighborhood. A bar mate, hearing I was a lawyer, asked, “So, what are your favorite lawyer movies?” I thought about it and answered. My choices were not necessarily movies about lawyers, but movies that teach us how to be better lawyers.
Here’s a fundamental truth: Being a lawyer is about being a human being. The practice of law, like the art of making movies, deals with archetypal themes: failing and forgiving, the dangers and rewards of idealism, the search for meaning through justice, and losing and finding our way.
