Closing statements: What do you want your professional legacy to be?

“To have made an impact in someone’s life so their view of the legal system isn’t always negative.”
-Lillian Mehler, staff attorney with Legal Aid of Western Missouri in Kansas City

"To leave the world in better shape than I found it in.”
-Emily K. Price, Assistant circuit attorney at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office in St. Louis

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