Wednesday, July 05, 2006

lawyers without borders

Why stop with helping americans? or humans, for that matter?

One of our supervising attorneys will shortly be helping to mediate the human–elephant conflict (HEC) in sri lanka. (This is a conflict between humans and elephants, not a conflict involving elephants who are human.) Although much attention has been given to the other animal conflict in sri lanka (something about tigers?), amazingly little has been said about the elephants who are struggling against the human occupation.

Our attorney will be helping by measuring the dung of said elephants. Let us first say that we are extremely proud to be working with such a broad-minded, caring person, and we praise his initiative and sacrifice. You can't help but admire someone who chooses, for the sake of creature-kind, to measure dung during his hard-earned vacation.

But...what are we supposed to tell his clients during the month that he's away?? "Sorry, we can't help you with your Section 8 housing voucher because...?" Suggestions, let us know. We'll be brainstorming, too.

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