Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Unhappy, Unhealthy, Unethical

I just finished re-reading Patrick J. Schiltz's "minor classic" about lawerly quality of life: On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession. It's all very good advice, and certainly a shot in the arm if you catch yourself losing perspective, but something about it bothers me. Schiltz graduated magna cum laude from law school, where he was an editor on the law review. He clerked for Scalia, and wound up teaching at Notre Dame. I don't care how happy he is today, he doesn't get to use himself an example of how to do it right. We all know teaching's a great gig if you can get it, but how many people realistically can?

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