Google Tech Talks Channel, May 11, 2009 by Charles Halpern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MA0j512n4&feature=channel_page

“The idea of wisdom has sunk from view in American culture. You hardly hear the word in places of higher education; it’s slipped off the curricular agenda…. There was a time in recent memory when wisdom was thought to be the most important quality that a lawyer could possess. And yet wisdom is not discussed, it’s not taught, it’s not engaged.”

Daily Journal, January 29, 2009 by Charles Halpern
http://www.dailyjournal.com (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article)

Rarely have qualities of heart or empathy been articulated as criteria for the selection of judges. It is not surprising that Obama would commit himself to this new criterion. He is a man who has identified “cultivating empathy” as one of the important values in his life.