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Margarita Gutierrez

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After the bar, the real test begins

After the bar, the real test begins

The legal profession stands at a critical crossroads. In this climate, new lawyers are not merely fresh faces entering the profession.

Resolutions that matter

Resolutions that matter

A new year is more than a fresh calendar; it is an opportunity to recommit to the values that drew me to public service.

After the lights come on

After the lights come on

The end of the holiday should not signal the end of reflection, but the beginning of resolve about finally eradicating corruption.

Forcing employees to join office parties

Forcing employees to join office parties

Forcing employees to dance, sing, perform, join games, or otherwise ‘participate’ just to show team spirit turns celebration into pressure.

Reckless words, real consequences

Reckless words, real consequences

By implying that a heterosexual affair is acceptable while a same-sex one is something shameful, the comment does double damage.

Beyond endless anti-graft bodies

Beyond endless anti-graft bodies

Across administrations, one pattern is clear: commissions often serve as political statements more than long-term solutions.

Seeing my father at last

Seeing my father at last

His mind was fixed on one person: my mother. With his final breaths, he called out her name. Something shifted inside me.

The day power trumped blood

The day power trumped blood

A family torn apart on live media is not an exercise in accountability, but of cruelty.

When leadership loses empathy

When leadership loses empathy

These incidents may seem trivial to some, but they reveal a deeper malaise, a deficit not of competence, but of compassion.

A Justice System that Listens

A Justice System that Listens

The Justice Summit was not just an event. It was a mirror reflecting the gaps and the growing will to close the distance between law and the actual realities…