It is not easy to remain motivated in the face of widespread apathy and self-indulgence. - Joni Madraiwiwi

This privileged position (lawyer) obliges you to remember that most of the population cannot afford your services or fees. As a consequence they are denied access to justice. It therefore behoves the legal profession to consider practical ways of alleviating this unacceptable state of affairs.

Not five generations distant, Fijians were cannibalizing each other. The missionaries and the colonial administration imposed a veneer of civilization on their native subjects. However, it is not apparent that they imparted to them any profound understanding of the process involved in the maintenance and upholding of the law.

This is a small country with limited resources. Can we afford the time spent on endless debates about ethnicity and identity?