Brophy Sophomore Changes How the Student Body Feels About the Law

 

By: Harrison Lowry ‘27

 

Arturo Jesus Macias III longingly looked out the window across the parking lot of Saint Francis Xavier, knowing one day he’ll be making a difference at the place he’s dreaming about. 

 

Now a Sophomore at Brophy, Arturo Macias is just like any other student, balancing classes, friends, and extracurriculars; but what sets him apart is his passion for service, love for photography, and his unique drive to educate the student body on the Law. 

 

Arturo founded the Brophy Law Review, a student-run newspaper that has a mission to better the lives of other students by informing them about real and recent, civil and criminal, legal cases. Each semester, they publish one, the cases can go all the way from local to supreme court decisions. What might seem boring and tedious to most people, excites Arturo. He said,  “Most people think it’s boring,” he admitted, “so I run this to show them how I see it. I see law as the thing that justifies everything we do as a whole. Law is the basis and morals of what we do.” Macias is on a mission to give the student body a glimpse of how he sees Law through his eyes. 

 

Outside of this, Arturo likes to run, golf, take photos, and serve the community. He is active with Key club, St. Mary’s, and St. Vincent de Paul, where he finds “those tiny experiences that shape your moments in life.”

 

But what defines him the most are not his accomplishments, but his mindset. Arturo Macias said, “There’s no reason to be sad in life. At the end of the day, you can only control the things you can control.”