End of The Street Lawyer Blog

My prediction to Michael’s future is continuing to be the voice for the homeless who have been evicted. When Mister came into Drake & Sweeney Law Firm and held eight lawyers hostage, Michael saw a sniper shoot Mister. Michael noticed something was wrong; he noticed that all Mister wanted to do was warn them about their lifestyle being homeless by breaking the law. Lawyers seem to pay no attention to what homeless people were going through. This traumatic event, lead Michael to be more involved in helping the homeless. He changed his job from evicting people, to preventing them from being evicted. I think he will stay at the 14^th Street Clinic helping the poor from being evicted from their homes. Everything he witnessed with Mister gave Michael a clue that he at least needs one out of eight lawyers needs to give attention to the homeless. If Michael continues to put effort into preventing evictions and the homeless, the clinic will change in very good ways. He will be known as the voice for the homeless and a huge support for them, to the point he could one day change the people from the environment and increase awareness about homelessness. Although, his relationship status with Claire was not working out because he dedicated his time more on his job, they got divorced and now he is starting a new life. I think he will begin a relationship will Megan because they have similar passions and seem to work things out together. Along with starting a new life, a drug addicted woman, Ruby, enters the Clinic seeking for help to gain her son’s custody due to her addiction of drugs. Megan and Michael start to help Ruby get sober. I think they will be successful in helping Ruby because she really loves her son and she is really motivated to change. As long as Ruby is still willing to put forth effort there will be a good chance for her to be a success.

The Cleveland Street Chronicle and the 14^th Street Clinic are similar in one way because they work with people who have the same problems such as; drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and homelessness. Also, homeless people came to both places and were able to tell their stories. At the 14^th Street Clinic people came to talk to Michael about their problems and what they needed help with. In the Cleveland Street Chronicle people were able to put their stories on paper. On the other hand, these places help in different ways because at the 14^th Street Clinic they help the homeless by giving them jobs to sell papers, and they can build their customer service skills. This is different than the work they do at 14^th Street Clinic. Housing First and the 14^th Street Clinic are also working with the same type of people. At both places people are provided a home; Ruby was given a hotel room for free by the 14^th Street Clinic and the homeless individuals were given a free apartment by Housing First. One difference is that at the 14^th Street Clinic they were primarily giving legal help and at Housing First they were giving free services, laundry facilities, a computer lab, and a 24-hour staffed desk. Another difference is, Ruby was given a hotel room for a while and Housing First gave homeless people permanent apartments for free.