Remembering Samantha Smith - Journey to Maine

[peacetraveler22]

Hello dear readers! I know many of you voted for me to travel to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, but unfortunately finances are tight and airfare there too expensive. So, in a week, I'll return to my beloved Maine and go on another road journey to New England. During the trip, I plan on meeting with Samantha Smith's mother in Boothbay Harbor. What questions do you want me to ask her?

I've had no time for the blog recently due to a hectic work and life schedule. :(  However, next week I'll show you "good Russia," with stories about Kazan and Ples from the winter journey. In the meantime, please let me know what questions you have for Samantha's mom. I'm happy I can finally leave the office for a week, meet with her, and relax in the beautiful surroundings of cozy New England. Does the younger generation in Russia know about Samantha's legacy? How do they learn about her? Or, is she mostly known to those who grew up during the Soviet period? I think her mother will be interested in knowing these facts. :) Have a nice weekend!

Comments

Re: Off. About salaries.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Okay, it's a completely different system for lawyers in the U.S. You can't be "self-taught." It requires A LOT of schooling. First, you have to have an undergraduate degree, and then another three or four years to get a "doctorate of jurisprudence" in grad school. Minimum of 7 years in university and grad school. On top of that, you can't officially practice law until you pass the bar exam, a treacherous two day exam administered in all States twice a year. So, you could pay all that money and spend years of your life in school and never be able to practice law, or work as an attorney, if you can't pass that damn test. Sounds fun...huh? :)

Re: Off. About salaries.

[liver22.livejournal.com]

In Russia usually in general too most lawyers have professional education, and lawyers "from the street" is a rarity. But yes, if you don't have professional education (but have independent education) you still have the opportunity to work as a lawyer in a limited number of organizations (e.g. without professional education you will never be able to work as a judge, etc.), except if you get a job, you may not be able to present a professional diploma, and you will have to prove their qualifications in other ways This can reduce your competitive ability.

About system you describe, I can't evaluate it in terms of the presence or absence of fun, because I do not know what the result is achieved through the application of a verification system for lawyers, more precisely future lawyers, if I understood you correctly.
And it's actually my question is justified the use of such knowledge verification system future lawyers now, or, for example, you can dispense with the bar exam at least for those lawyers who are going to work in a little less responsible spheres, for example lawyers who work exclusively in the Office (never go to court), mostly work with documents, etc. or this exam must pass absolutely all the lawyers? I'm interested in your particular view on this issue)).

Re: Off. About salaries.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

All lawyers must pass this exam, it doesn't matter if you're doing transactional/contract work, or arguing in the court room. There is the famous example of our late President John F. Kennedy's son, JFK Jr. He failed the New York bar exam three times after he graduated law school, it was a big story in the media each time. Poor fellow! :) I don't like the U.S. system. I think it's better to train lawyers in specialized schooling, and then make them work for a few years in an apprenticeship model. Honestly, law school teaches you very little about the actual practice of law. You really can only learn by doing it, same as most professions. I was lucky, because I was already doing legal work (as a paralegal) when I decided to go to law school. Therefore, I knew that I was getting myself into, and the realities of the profession. :)

Re: Off. About salaries.

[liver22.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for your reply Shannon, I'm sorry to say, a bit distracted from the topic of our conversation here, so I think that it is better to defer discussion of the common elements of the legal sphere before future solar days)), because I had more questions on exam system you described, but unfortunately I have a problem with time, so I think this interesting for me is the dialogue came to an end, but I hope in the future to come back to it.
With great respect to you!
Rəhmət!