Supreme Court Chief Justice Hon. Maria Lourdes P. Aranal-Sereno encouraged students to rethink their concept of law and empowerment at a Special Academic Convocation held last month at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium.
“Power itself can be intoxicating. It can lead you to believe that might is right. It can lead you to believe that the advancement of self is an end in itself. It can lead you to believe that the only purpose of trying to achieve one academic degree after another is so that the self can be brought up to the heights and pinnacles of power,” she said.
The Chief Justice then proposed for law and empowerment to be gleaned from a different point of view: “While you, young minds, with all your youthful desires and ambitions, may think and be attracted to the world of law, if it offers any attraction, let that attraction be because you can be of service in the use of power.”
