My daughter Austin not too long ago graduated from Stetson Regulation Faculty. She did so with Honors and even achieved 4 e-book awards, representing the very best grade in a category. I could not have had 4 A’s throughout regulation faculty, a lot much less any hope of a coveted e-book award. Austin additionally had the additional blessing of being a mother and giving start to 2 extra kids throughout her regulation faculty journey.
A few of chances are you’ll keep in mind a put up I wrote earlier this 12 months, Rent Contenders Not Pretenders—Why Policyholders Need to be Cautious Selecting Professionals In an Synthetic Intelligence World. I famous partly:
The decision to “Rent Contenders Not Pretenders” isn’t nearly checking credentials, that are simply flaunted and typically falsified within the digital house. It’s about guaranteeing that the professionals policyholders select are genuinely succesful and deeply educated of their discipline. Synthetic Intelligence developments and complicated advertising and marketing methods have made it simpler for pretenders to create a façade of experience. Faux critiques, manipulated testimonials, high-tech web sites, and follow-up onerous promote subtle call-in facilities all create the phantasm of competence and reliability, probably deceptive policyholders into making poor selections for illustration.
The hazards of falling for pretenders are manifold. Within the insurance coverage trade, the place stakes contain essential monetary choices and authorized complexities, the price of entrusting a declare to somebody who merely appears to be like the half on a digital platform might be devastating. In contrast to less complicated duties the place “faking it until you make it” is likely to be innocent, insurance coverage claims require a deep understanding of coverage particulars, expertise with loss particulars and estimating, authorized implications of all of those, and strategic negotiation abilities that may’t be improvised with out mastered and actual experience.
So, in contrast to many graduation speeches, Professor Timothy S. Kaye delivered a speech that resonated with me. Whereas his remarks have been actually made for the graduating attorneys, the teachings and first level ought to resonate with us at this time when authenticity is commonly questioned. With the assistance of our agency’s regulation librarian and AI, we now have made a transcript of his presentation. The genuine speech is right here so that you can study from and take into account:
Stetson Regulation Faculty and its college students are lucky to have such a devoted and brutally trustworthy college member. Such authorized lecturers impression society far past the halls of their regulation colleges. I’m happy with Austin for having attended Stetson, and that’s onerous for a Florida Gator Regulation alum to confess. She acquired a high-quality schooling. My hope is that she and all of us will study extra from Professor Kaye on this matter sooner or later.
Thought For The Day
“So, right here’s the largest lesson of all – the toughest factor is to see who somebody authentically is whenever you like them or need to like them. These of you who didn’t like me calling out Taylor Swift or any of the opposite pitch-corrected talentless wannabes whose noise has been fraudulently reworked into one thing vaguely musical can’t really show me improper as a result of I’m not improper. You simply didn’t like me criticizing somebody you want.
However when you aren’t ready to see who your favorites authentically are, you haven’t any enterprise being within the regulation. Regulation is about holding individuals to account. I talked earlier about having to play throughout the guidelines of the sport – effectively holding individuals to account is exactly what the foundations of the authorized sport demand. If, as a substitute, you’re simply going to present free passes to anybody you want, then the regulation has no function and no function to play.
So, whether or not the lawyer, politician, speaker, author, singer, or cuddle ball participant is on the opposite staff or your personal, assess their genuine selves. And, once they present you who they’re, consider them.”
—Prof. Timothy S. Kaye (Stetson Regulation Faculty 2024 Graduation School Tackle)