exercising judgment distinguish among those arguments, sifting good from bad. just as you will come to understand that there are arguments made in good faith on opposing sides, you must also learn to reject some arguments, or at least to choose among them. argument may be bad because they are illogical, because they do not fit the facts or the law, because they are silly or inconsequential. they may also be bad because they promote bad policies, or because they reflect values that we condemn: racism, degradation of human dignity, greed -- you fill in the blanks, learning to think like a lawyer means learning to reject some argument and to embrace others, and to know and be able to articulate why