The Australian Law Firm

“You are citizens of a free country living under a Constitution which upholds the rule of law and of which the High Court of Australia is the guardian. In our country lawyers play a vital part to ensure that we live under the protection of the law. Your mission is justice under the law. It is a very important mission. You should never forget it. It is quite as honourable as the mission of the healthcare professions. It is a wonderful vocation that you will enter. You should always be optimistic and idealistic about our profession. It is a profession of helping people. A profession about being concerned with justice. A very important mission. You are not in this profession just to make a lot of money. You have been called to the colours of the law because our work is the doing of justice.”