A Visit From a Judge

Today Judge Stanley Hill came to our site to talk to us about the the law and tell us his personal story. Judge Hill is an Associate Judge in the Fourth Municipal District of the State of Illinois's Circuit Court of Cook County. I would like to tell you what I learned from and thought about his visit.

I learned that there are many ways that we incorporate the judicial system into our everyday lives. Yes, we know that if someone does something wrong or illegal, or if someone needs a defendant that you call on a lawyer; but there is more to it than that. Lawers have to extrapolate the evidence given to them and have to make sure they are making the right decision. There are many different levels of power incorporated with the judicial system and those levels might not always agree. Athough they have to somehow work together to seek justice using reasonable evidence.

Judge Hill recited a very important quote at the end of his presentation, stating "I am convinced life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I respond to it", which I think is what really stuck with all of us.

-Jenna