THE PATRIOT
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In general, they seem to the the bad guy in most films and books. http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1992-11-22/ Is that fair?
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Do you think society likes lawyers?
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callumiain2000
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well you know the old saying; it's the 96% who are bad lawyers who give the other 4% a bad name..
I think that the problem lies with the fact that, for the majority of the population, contact with the legal profession will come at a period of high stress or conflict. While this might be benign (like buying a house), during a period when you've been convicted of a crime or are going through a divorce, acting counsel become the weapons to hit out with and will become the baddies whether they're good or bad at carrying out instructions.
Most solicitors and barristers I know either carry out or have carried out pro bono work in the community and while this is usually in the form of legal assistance, it also includes sponsoring local school reading schemes, football and tennis training for kids who can't afford it and paying for premises for charities to operate from. All of the major London firms expect their thousands of trainees to make some form of commitment to these activities.
Factor in the hundreds of law clinics, representation units, domestic violence help centres and I'd say that for the most part, most people enter the legal profession for all the right reasons.
All that said, I think personal injury lawyers are ambulance chasing glorified paralegals who bring the whole profession into disrepute with their crappy tv adverts and their attempts to convert accidents into cash.
I think that the problem lies with the fact that, for the majority of the population, contact with the legal profession will come at a period of high stress or conflict. While this might be benign (like buying a house), during a period when you've been convicted of a crime or are going through a divorce, acting counsel become the weapons to hit out with and will become the baddies whether they're good or bad at carrying out instructions.
Most solicitors and barristers I know either carry out or have carried out pro bono work in the community and while this is usually in the form of legal assistance, it also includes sponsoring local school reading schemes, football and tennis training for kids who can't afford it and paying for premises for charities to operate from. All of the major London firms expect their thousands of trainees to make some form of commitment to these activities.
Factor in the hundreds of law clinics, representation units, domestic violence help centres and I'd say that for the most part, most people enter the legal profession for all the right reasons.
All that said, I think personal injury lawyers are ambulance chasing glorified paralegals who bring the whole profession into disrepute with their crappy tv adverts and their attempts to convert accidents into cash.
dolphin314etc
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Yes, just like they "like" dentists.