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the courthouse help, other lawyers, yes, and even the opposing lawyer ready and anxious to help you avoid embarrassment. As you familiarize yourself with the procedures in growing up with the law, candor and humility are passwords to the legal fraternity. One exception to this rather comfortable manner suggested, for conformity with accepted standards of behavior, is found in your association with the judge. I you have any question as to whether it is proper to f confer with the court on a specific occasion, heed the nudge and refrain from so doing. Many questions may be propounded to the judge in open court that cannot be discussed unilaterally with propriety in chambers. Respect for the court and the authority it possesses is quite independent of your personal evaluation of the man sitting as judge. There is no implication that meekness is a satisfactory substitute for diligence and preparation. There are enough questions, the answers to which you will not find in the law library, without asking questions that indicate a slothful approach. Your success probably will demand that you learn to act like a lawyer, look like a lawyer and, in fact, be a good lawyer to your clients. You might ask, "How f can we look like lawyers i we are meek as you suggest?"You will not fully appreciate the answer unless you learn the difference between confidence and conceit. It is humiliating to be trapped in a sham, either by the court or by your opposition. But what is infinitely worse is for a lawyer to serenely pursue his pretended position thinking all is well when he is the only one "not with it." There is no necessity here to discuss such fundamental requisites as honesly and devotion to a cause, but may I suggest that, although we may sometimes question this conclusion, in the long run there is nothing so obvious as the truth. You graduates are young, virile and fresh, possessing a new outlook that experience cannot supply and there is no need to sell yourselves short. The control of force, wrong and evil through reason, justice and order is dependent upon exactly what you have to offer. Under our system of government no man plays a more important role in the striving for fairness among men than does the lawyer. Democracy assumes that the government exists for the benefit and general welfare of the people. The lawyer has historically taken a
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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