Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi studied law in London, practiced briefly in India then spent twenty years in South Africa advocating for the rights of the oppressed.
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton who was admitted to the bar when he was 25 years old, was an immigrant who became one of the founding fathers of the Unites States. The famous musical “Hamilton” tells his life story.
Malcolm Turnbull
Turnbull served as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. Turnbull graduated Law University of Sydney before Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. For his service to the Parliament of Australia, Turnbull was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia during the 2021 Australia Day Honours.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was a renowned American lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861 – 1865. Lincoln led the America through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
Julie Bishop
Bishop served as Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. She studied law at the University of Adelaide and worked as a commercial lawyer. In 2020, she became the first woman Chancellor of the Australian National University.
Quentin Bryce
Dame Quentin Bryce, lawyer and community human rights advocate, who served as the 25th Governor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position and was previously the 24th Governor of Queensland from 2003 to 2008.
Waleed Aly
Waleed Aly is an Australian writer, academic, lawyer, and broadcaster. Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University working in their Global Terrorism Research Centre, and a co-host of Network Ten’s news and current affairs television program The Project.
John Grisham
John Grisham was a trial lawyer for 10 years while pursuing an interest in writing. His second book, The Firm, became an international hit, and he’s sold more than 100 million books.
Nelson Mandela
Mandela was a legendary anti-apartheid revolutionary who became President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Nelson Mandela was the only black person in his law class and in 1952 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Many lawyers start in Law to help people and to help change the world.
Here at Forge Legal we live to help people every day.
Today’s thought/s for the day to our readers are from Nelson Mandela.
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.“
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.“
“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.“
