ALLA 2008: Robin Tapper, Justice and emotion: legal education for human wellbeing

The most important thing I learned from this session:
I have recently grappled with the issue of whether the work which lawyers (and law firm librarians) do is morally justifiable. Robin Tapper's presentation was eye-opening because with her background in theology and the clergy, she has thought about these moral issues deeply, yet she has still chosen to return to the legal profession. Listening to her, I could sense her conviction that the work that lawyers do is not just a necessary evil, but it has the potential to be noble.

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