Reflections on Summer Solstice

Happy Longest Day of the Year! Hope you guys did something useful with your daylight. :)

Work was busy today. A lot of things to do, which is good. I conferred with my supervising attorney on the brief I'm writing, and then worked a bit more on the research project about the gun case and also on an objection to the motion for a pro se defendant who is filing the motion from prison.

About that last case: I feel bad for the defendant. I wish I didn't have to write the objection, but sadly, after reviewing the law, I'm pretty convinced that she is incorrect on the merits.

Still, I feel bad. This is perhaps the first case this summer where I genuinely feel bad for the defendant and wish I could be doing something different. I suppose this kind of moral conflict will always happen when you are an attorney. Especially when you work for an employer, like a firm or the government, you can't always choose your clients, and sometimes you have to defend or prosecute someone or argue for a cause that you don't really believe in.

I need to give this more thought.

In othe rnews, after work these days, I'm absolutely brain dead and cannot get much done. Need to figure out a way to make this NOT true.

Had lunch at a very nice diner today near the office. I have always walked past it on my way to work and home, but it looked so unimpressive from the outside that I've never felt the urge to go in. It turned out to be very good: tasty sweet patato fries, crispy bacon, breakfast 'til 4:30 (for me, that last item is a prerequisite for any decent diner). I approve, and will definitely go back again.

Another inconsequential observation of the day: I need sandals -- sandals that look formal enough to go to court in, but still cool enough so I don't need to wear nylons all the time, because in this weather, the less I wear the better it is.

:D no humidity today - loved walking outside.
:( total listlessness in the evening and got nearly nothing done. I'm turning into a couch potato!