Today is Martin Luther King day in the USA. As paid advocates, the legal profession sometimes ignores the importance of practicing law in a manner that truly advances justice, rather than simply paying lip service to it for personal gain. Lawyers can learn much from Dr. King. Rather than expressing an allegiance to justice but not backing it with deeds, Dr. King made the greatest sacrifice possible for the ideals of justice and freedom. He is remembered as one of history's strongest advocates for peace, equality and civil rights. Listen to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.