In A Field Of Reason, Lawyers Woo Luck Too

The world of Harry Potter, the land of Percy Jackson, and the realm of Meg Murry. People can only dream about these stories, recreating them in their imagination with swishing wands and magic powers. Although magic may be a thing of fiction, there may be something acting in everyone’s lives that just may have that sparkle of magic dust in them. That thing is superstition, and through magic, it could potentially alter one’s life in ways never imagined.

So what exactly is superstition? Relating to all great things, superstitions start out small and quite reasonable, with a ritual. A ritual is an act performed to focus and ready the mind and body for a certain event or purpose. Now this is where the magic kicks in; that ritual can then become

Likewise, lawyers also have their own ways to success that go deeper than just scratching the surface of their characteristics. Lawyers resemble logicality, and as insane as this may sound, many believe in the irrationality of superstition and openly embrace the magic of them. For many successful lawyers, their superstitions will usually follow the outcomes of their previous success. In a newspaper article titled “In a Field of Reason, Lawyers Woo Luck Too”, the author Benjamin Weiser gives an example of what that looks like: “The rituals often follow the outcomes of earlier cases. In the 2001 gun possession trial of Sean Combs(also known as Diddy), his lawyer Benjamin Brafman, wore a slender bracelet of red thread… Mr Combs was eventually acquitted, and Mr. Brafman still wears the wristband” (pg. 7, line: 110-117). So if a lawyer finds success in a case, they will oftentimes connect that success to something done earlier. In another article titled “Embrace the Supernatural”, the author Thorin Klosowski states that “Coincidences pop out at us all the time, and we immediately try to find an explanation for these patterns. Oftentimes we rely on these mystical forces that try to explain the things we see” (pg. 15, line 91-87). The mystical forces are superstitions, so in other words, lawyers see their superstitions as an explanation for their

Ruhnke. He’s one of the nation’s leading specialists in capital cases, so what makes him so great? Ruhnke has his own approach to superstition and for him, it mainly involves avoiding certain things. He believes that black directly correlates to death and mourning, hence he will not write of that color. Ruhnke also avoids red binders, using only blue, green, and white. Although Ruhnke admits that superstitions are completely irrational, he has no plans to alter his ways. “In 16 capital trials, he said, he has had only two clients sentenced to death and none executed - an accomplishment in a field where the goal is to save a defendant’s life” (pg. 6, line 75-79). Ruhnke believes that superstitions are the reason for his success and as long as it continues, his rituals will follow