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Judge Joseph A. Wapner's decision to become a lawyer
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My most important decision.
Something funny happened on my way to becoming the world's most talented actor.
A judge is first and foremost a human being. He succeeds or fails in his work to the extent that he can feel for the men and women before him and then integrate those feelings into the context of the legal system. A judge is a man (or a woman, of course) when he is hearing evidence, studying precedents, examining documents, or hearing oral arguments. His humanity is at issue in every act from the bench. A judge is also a man when he is writing a b...See the full content of this document
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