Calvin- Your story about the time you personally invested in your civic education is a testament to the value it delivers for all who want to learn about our government and the rule of law. Thank you for sharing. Congrats on the new publication.
And will be interested to read your take on the evolution of youth justice work - was grateful James Foreman highlighted some of it. As you know the founding of JJPL and the effort with our FFLIC friends to close Tallulah and pass Act 1225 I think stands as one of the early but hard fought successes in this movement. It’s discouraging to see some of the backsliding…
Thanks, Gabriella. Yes, I am hopeful the progress made by that important work will endure. And we know from Graham and Miller that it can affect laws for adults over time as well.
Thanks for sharing about Slim Jenkins. Wild to imagine how much the direction of our lives can be affected by such simple generosity, and also wild to consider how folks who never knew Slim have felt the ripple effects of his legacy through your own generosity toward others.
One person your post made me think of was an older man named Tony Russell whom I met at a poetry gathering at a public library in Charlottesville, Virginia, while I was in college. Somehow we became friends, and we would occasionally meet to go on nature walks where he taught me the names of trees. For some years after I graduated, I would look him up when I returned to Charlottesville. I remember him now as patient, quiet, accepting, and equally tuned into the beauty and suffering that surrounded him. Your post inspired me to see if I could find any word about him online, and I just now discovered that he passed in 2022. Here's a short piece about him: https://www.hurherald.com/recent_news.php?id=74892
I loved hearing about your friendship with Tony and the impact he had on you. Reading that note about him, he sounds like someone with a lot of life experience and real knowledge to pass down. It's awesome that he taught you about nature, and I know you are passing that on now too. Thanks for sharing this, Michael.
You helped me to understand that spending time with clients simply on a human-to-human basis is far more productive and important than any "attorney-client" meeting I've ever had. I'll be forever grateful to you for that, my friend.
You are a living legend and such an inspiration! Thank you for all you do, and for serving as a beacon of hope to others who are wrongfully incarcerated. I can’t wait to read your book!
I loved hearing about Slim Jenkins, Calvin, and I know very well how you have paid forward the lessons he taught you and the inspiration he provided.
I'm so delighted to see your book 'in the flesh' as it were. Sophie brought the advanced reader copy over so we could take a proper look. I cannot wait to see this book in the stores and finding its way into many, many hands and heads.
Calvin, this is incredible! I just pre-ordered from Powell's and I cannot wait to read every word. Thank you for sharing your story with the world. It is such an honor to know you. You've taught me so much. Your law school library buddy, Beth
I have watched good people change from bright-eyed ideologues when going into 1st year law school. Then, increment by increment, day by day, morally compromising decision after another, they accept moral ambiguity and embrace evil for the paycheck and job security. The Devil's Advocate was a movie back in the day that captured the sentiment.
Those groups that appear pro bono are usually leftist turf operations that are funded by USAID and SOROS to fund the Communist revolution to take down the West.
Law is a control structure.
I have been through a lifeline(s) in secret by lawyers who went to the dark side but saw an opportunity to give me info that cost them nothing but helped me do my work armed with winning knowledge. An atonement gesture, maybe. Darkness years for the light it would seem.
I created a podcast for self-represented litigants with concepts to consider. I might start a series. You might appreciate it.
Calvin- Your story about the time you personally invested in your civic education is a testament to the value it delivers for all who want to learn about our government and the rule of law. Thank you for sharing. Congrats on the new publication.
Thank you, Judy! Yes, it was foundational for me, I couldn't have understood the legal system without it.
Congratulations Calvin. I'm so proud of you. Continue success. Maybe judgeship in the future! ❤️
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Love to hear it brother keep it coming.🙏🏿🖤
Thanks, Buff.
Can’t wait to read it Calvin!
And will be interested to read your take on the evolution of youth justice work - was grateful James Foreman highlighted some of it. As you know the founding of JJPL and the effort with our FFLIC friends to close Tallulah and pass Act 1225 I think stands as one of the early but hard fought successes in this movement. It’s discouraging to see some of the backsliding…
Thanks, Gabriella. Yes, I am hopeful the progress made by that important work will endure. And we know from Graham and Miller that it can affect laws for adults over time as well.
Thanks for sharing about Slim Jenkins. Wild to imagine how much the direction of our lives can be affected by such simple generosity, and also wild to consider how folks who never knew Slim have felt the ripple effects of his legacy through your own generosity toward others.
One person your post made me think of was an older man named Tony Russell whom I met at a poetry gathering at a public library in Charlottesville, Virginia, while I was in college. Somehow we became friends, and we would occasionally meet to go on nature walks where he taught me the names of trees. For some years after I graduated, I would look him up when I returned to Charlottesville. I remember him now as patient, quiet, accepting, and equally tuned into the beauty and suffering that surrounded him. Your post inspired me to see if I could find any word about him online, and I just now discovered that he passed in 2022. Here's a short piece about him: https://www.hurherald.com/recent_news.php?id=74892
Rest in peace, Slim and Tony.
I loved hearing about your friendship with Tony and the impact he had on you. Reading that note about him, he sounds like someone with a lot of life experience and real knowledge to pass down. It's awesome that he taught you about nature, and I know you are passing that on now too. Thanks for sharing this, Michael.
Calvin:
You helped me to understand that spending time with clients simply on a human-to-human basis is far more productive and important than any "attorney-client" meeting I've ever had. I'll be forever grateful to you for that, my friend.
Calvin, I can’t wait to read your book. Love your short stories.
Thank you, Cynthia.
You are a living legend and such an inspiration! Thank you for all you do, and for serving as a beacon of hope to others who are wrongfully incarcerated. I can’t wait to read your book!
I loved hearing about Slim Jenkins, Calvin, and I know very well how you have paid forward the lessons he taught you and the inspiration he provided.
I'm so delighted to see your book 'in the flesh' as it were. Sophie brought the advanced reader copy over so we could take a proper look. I cannot wait to see this book in the stores and finding its way into many, many hands and heads.
Terrific news! I look forward to your book.
Keep your story coming. Reads like a thriller.
Calvin, this is incredible! I just pre-ordered from Powell's and I cannot wait to read every word. Thank you for sharing your story with the world. It is such an honor to know you. You've taught me so much. Your law school library buddy, Beth
I have watched good people change from bright-eyed ideologues when going into 1st year law school. Then, increment by increment, day by day, morally compromising decision after another, they accept moral ambiguity and embrace evil for the paycheck and job security. The Devil's Advocate was a movie back in the day that captured the sentiment.
Those groups that appear pro bono are usually leftist turf operations that are funded by USAID and SOROS to fund the Communist revolution to take down the West.
Law is a control structure.
I have been through a lifeline(s) in secret by lawyers who went to the dark side but saw an opportunity to give me info that cost them nothing but helped me do my work armed with winning knowledge. An atonement gesture, maybe. Darkness years for the light it would seem.
I created a podcast for self-represented litigants with concepts to consider. I might start a series. You might appreciate it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/soberchristiangentlemanpodcast/p/pro-se-litigant-or-self-represented?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=31s3eo