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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Dec. 24, 2018

The case for adding empathy to your legal practice

In his 1989 Inaugural Speech, the late President George H.W. Bush famously stated: “America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.”

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The case for adding empathy to your legal practice
Michael Bennett talks with reporters during Super Bowl Media Day at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Jan. 28, 2014. (New York Times News Service)

In his 1989 Inaugural Speech, the late President George H.W. Bush famously stated: "America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world."

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