[She can deal with talking about herself, at least in general terms.]
Because there are a lot of things about our legal system that need major reform, but for right now, it's still the most efficient way to hold someone accountable for their actions. Someone has to speak for the victims, living or dead.
The downside is that a lot of those victims can't afford adequate representation, so I want to try and change that. There's a legal aid group called CNRI that provides legal aid to the disenfranchised people of Starling City, so I'm hoping that once I get my degree I'll be able to go and work for them.
[There's a pause, before:]
And my dad also used to say that if I could find a job that would pay me to argue, I would be set for life. I don't think he quite planned on this.
[Very well could be! Laurel certainly loves the law, so she will talk about it for days.]
Thank you. I mean, when you're in a city with a few of the largest tech development companies in the country in it, but a large majority of the citizens are living in poverty in the Glades? Something's not right there.
[And she did inherit some of her dad's detective instincts.]
You mean how people with money and influence manipulate it for their own personal gain? Or how certain freedoms built into the constitution has determined that what's fair and legal doesn't always equate to what someone would consider morally right?
I think what most people don't realize is that the law needs to be written for everyone. The religious right loves to talk about how certain laws and supreme court decisions are stomping on their freedom of religion, but it's exactly BECAUSE we have that freedom of religion that our laws can't strictly follow religious doctrine.
Plus I just find them all to be sanctimonious assholes who only care about themselves.
Not really. But from what I've been told, it's possible that there are different worlds out there where it doesn't exist at all, so it's not a big deal if you've never heard of it.
Not that extensively. Couldn't afford it. But I had wealthy friends, so occasionally I got to tag along on trips to New York and stuff like that - nothing out of the country.
How is Korea?
[She's always been curious about other places, she's just never gotten the chance to go.]
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Why law?
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Because there are a lot of things about our legal system that need major reform, but for right now, it's still the most efficient way to hold someone accountable for their actions. Someone has to speak for the victims, living or dead.
The downside is that a lot of those victims can't afford adequate representation, so I want to try and change that. There's a legal aid group called CNRI that provides legal aid to the disenfranchised people of Starling City, so I'm hoping that once I get my degree I'll be able to go and work for them.
[There's a pause, before:]
And my dad also used to say that if I could find a job that would pay me to argue, I would be set for life. I don't think he quite planned on this.
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Your dad certainly put you on the right path. You're quite committed to the less fortunate. I admire that.
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Thank you. I mean, when you're in a city with a few of the largest tech development companies in the country in it, but a large majority of the citizens are living in poverty in the Glades? Something's not right there.
[And she did inherit some of her dad's detective instincts.]
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What about law's greyer areas?
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You mean how people with money and influence manipulate it for their own personal gain? Or how certain freedoms built into the constitution has determined that what's fair and legal doesn't always equate to what someone would consider morally right?
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Plus I just find them all to be sanctimonious assholes who only care about themselves.
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On the off-chance that we're from the same earth, remind me to look you up if I ever get into trouble.
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Do you make a habit of getting into trouble?
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Just like you, if I'm not mistaken.
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[America's got a whole lot of problems, but at least we still have that.]
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Where are you from, anyway? Asides from just 'Earth,' that's quite broad.
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Have you heard of New York?
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Do you travel?
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How is Korea?
[She's always been curious about other places, she's just never gotten the chance to go.]
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If you ever find the money, Paris is as romantic as they say.
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[Because the person she was going to go with was a cheating a-hole, unfortunately. And also he died.]
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There was an accident.