Epilogue

This epilogue will highlight concerns that I and countless others have about where our nation is and is going regarding social justice. There is also a measure of hope by identifying the challenges before us, and identifying them is an essential step in addressing them as a profession. Only when there is a coming together of collective imagination with collective consciousness can we make significant progress as a nation and a profession. The nation is in the midst of a major political crisis that has immediate and far-reaching consequences for significant segments of its population, with consequences that will be felt worldwide and particularly in our own hemisphere. Questioning the legal system, including the legitimacy of judges when they do not agree with a presidential directive, is not your typical “law and order” stance in a democracy, but one more associated with totalitarian regimes.