Legal practice is a public profession affecting national policy

Evidence

Law is considered a “public profession” because the practice of law affects the public life of the nation. This is true not only when lawyers serve as judges, as did Marshall and Powell, but also when lawyers pursue careers in politics or in public service. But even without holding public office, lawyers affect law and public policy. They may, like Marshall, deliberately design their legal practices to advance political ends. Or they may influence public affairs less directly, as did Powell, through their involvement in national organizations such as the ABA, or through their representation of large economic enterprises. Whatever the avenue, lawyers affect the public life of the nation through their expertise and the uses to which they put it. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 899

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Everyday disciplinary micro-practices form the political underbelly of legal norms — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 347; The public intellectual role is inseparable from politics, power, and ethics — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2680; Law practice shapes public policy even outside public office — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 610

Broader Connections

• Everyday disciplinary micro-practices form the political underbelly of legal norms #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 347
• The public intellectual role is inseparable from politics, power, and ethics #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2680