Obama's call to lawyers

Took my head out of the books briefly to read the foreward to Volume II of the Fall 2007 edition Charleston Law Review. It was penned by Barack Obama (former editor of the Harvard Law Review and Harvard Law graduate) and calls on lawyers to be "architects of a better world" in a time when "America needs its lawyers."

It was a moving piece, despite the obvious political motivation behind it (published in South Carolina mere months before the primary there). It's a little over-the-top, as well, but you get the sense that he means it.

His closing:

"Lawyers should help make real the American dream and protect people from abuse and injustice around the globe. We must join with religious leaders and grassroots organizers and business leaders and volunteers across the nation...The time is now."