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42 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. xix (2010-2011)
The Morality of Advocacy as a Law School Concern: Appointment of Barry Sullivan to Loyola University Chicago Law School's Cooney & Conway Chair

handle is hein.journals/luclj42 and id is 21 raw text is: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW THE INDUCTION OF BARRY SULLIVAN AS THE COONEY & CONWAY CHAIR IN ADVOCACY APRIL 27, 2010 The Morality of Advocacy as a Law School Concern: Appointment of Barry Sullivan to Loyola University Chicago Law School's Cooney & Conway Chair Remarks of Judge Joan Gottschall* As a young lawyer new to Chicago, I often studied or did research in Loyola's law library. I can't remember what excuse I used to come here, but I remember clearly why I did it-scattered around the library, unavoidably, were signs of Loyola's religious connection: pictures, religious books, statuary. As a non-Catholic who had attended a secular law school, I wondered if learning law or practicing law felt different if one learned or practiced from a Catholic perspective. I wondered whether coming from a religious perspective would help me reach some kind of peace with my growing discomfort with practicing law. My cases often involved important public issues, to be sure, but I found myself pressing the side not that I necessarily believed was the right or best, but that which I was paid or assigned to represent. Even more important, it wasn't part of my job description to worry about whether the side I was paid or assigned to represent was consistent with the public good. I felt that this was something I was better off not thinking about very much. The passage of years has accustomed me to living with my questions about law practice, but has hardly resolved them. Given the time I spent pondering these issues in Loyola's law library, I was not surprised when Loyola established a chair in advocacy and chose Barry Sullivan to fill it. As long as I have known Barry Sullivan-and that is most of our professional lives-he has been thinking, speaking, and writing about * United States District Court Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; B.A., Smith College; J.D., Stanford Law School. xix

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