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    passions in life and take you wherever you may want to go. Everyone has their purposes that guide them and keep the light at the end of the tunnel lit. There are many different purposes that can hold a place in your life’s journey such as academic, career, and personal purposes. My overall purpose in life is to be able to have a life that I am proud of and to have a life that I did not simply settle for. In my career, I hope to be a successful lawyer who has changed other’s lives for the better. My

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    There are many reasons why I believe that business should require dress codes for business. They should do this because as an employee for a specific job, like a nurse, you need to look as if you know about your job. There are certain jobs that should require certain things to wear, such: nurses, doctors, lawyers, In addition to that, a nurse that takes care of sick patients, you should require them to wear things like a face mask that keeps you from inhaling the illness that the patient has. The

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    explorer that is doing whatever she can to help find Ivy's aunt Jo”. 2.) She didn’t want to become a lawyer, “She looked out the window to the mountains in the distance. I like you, ivy breedlove. I sense you’ve got pain. I sense you’ve got pathos” Because her parents kept forcing her to be one, but it was to stressful for her. 3.) The book “Backwater” by Joan Bauer and the book “Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets”

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    I am reading “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. This section of book is about Tom Robinson’s case, and how people from all over the county come to watch. Supposedly Mayella got raped by Tom. As the trial goes on Mayella is called to the stand and says she was raped. Atticus has only one witness, Tom Robinson, the man who “raped” Mayella. During the trial Dill starts to cry so Scout takes him outside where they meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond. During the trail Cal comes and tells

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    economy can create jobs, there’s no shortage of qualified workers... And if you think being a lawyer means you’re safe, in the green, and out of harm 's way from this epidemic, be warned… You are in for disappointment. According to CNBC.com, “Because of the recession of 2007-2009 and a still-struggling economy, the legal profession is under severe stress. Besides not having enough positions for current lawyers, there are too many upcoming law school graduates and too few jobs to employ them… It doesn’t

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    Willmott. I am currently enrolled at the University of Ottawa in a 4 year undergraduate Bachelor of Arts Honours program. I do not currently have a major, since I am undecided on whether I want to become a chef or a criminal justice lawyer. Within my studies, I am currently taking Introduction To Criminology and am looking to switch into a Criminology major. I have also taken an Introduction to Psychology and Sociology class, which I believe allows me to get closer to becoming a lawyer. I used to watch

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    Super Tuesday, searches for “how can I move to Canada” jumped drastically on Google. Immigration lawyers have also dealt with increasing queries about a move towards Canada. Since Super Tuesday, the continued success of Donald in the polls has only increased the number of Americans looking to leave the country. Canadian immigration lawyers are overwhelmed with a continued stream of phone calls about leaving the county. Leaving the County One immigration lawyer fielded 70 to 80 calls about a move

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    career that I would like to have is to be a lawyer. The Merriam Webster Dictionary states that a lawyer is ‘’ one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise as to legal rights and obligations in other matters’’. The specific characteristics of being a lawyer are that a person in this career enjoys learning new facts and they like to solve problems mentally. Some interests are that lawyers might have interests in such as history, mathematics, politics, and enjoy reading. I can relate

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    change something, I mean come on, how hard is it to have a good life (answer: probably really hard). Also we better know what we want to do in life, so get on it. At the moment I would Really like to be a divorce attorney, or any kind of attorney would be fine. I would absolutely love going to Harvard for Law School, but Berkeley would be cool also. Have we taken any law related college classes? If not, then wow we are really behind. Unless we changed our mind on what we want to do, which is

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    We cannot define justice as taking a life to avenge another. Capital punishment, the death penalty, does not discourage law breaking. In fact, studies show that capital punishment could never be directly tied to a decrease in law breaking. In addition, crime rates have escalated since increasing the use of the death penalty. 32 of the 50 states allow the death penalty and since they started using the death penalty there has been over 140 people who have been let off death row because new evidence

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