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It amazes me that the "top 3 reasons for wanting to become a lawyer" that people have listed so far have failed, in every case, to mention wanting to help OTHERS.

I must admit that this profession sickens me to my core - even from the outside looking in. Every lawyer I have ever met has been an integral scumbag willing to use his skills to help whomever will pay him most. And worst of all, these lawyers use every opportunity to adorn themselves in the garbs of saintliness whenever their clients just happen to be in the right...

The fact is, the practise of Law has degenerated into a trade. The painter and the carpenter are no different from the lawyer, except that the latter will use his wits and not his hands to create monstrocities. I feel nothing but sympathy for the truly upright practitioner of law who is caught in the maelstrom of this field's endless greed, corruption and ignorance.

I must admit that *ONLY* reason I am even willing to THINK about going through with Law School for the sake of the billions of people that are suffering miserably right now...but I wonder whether anyone even stopped to realize that such suffering is rooted in our incessant selfishness...

Ugh! And to think that I was rejected last year because my LSAT was under par. To hell with the LSAT! It tests nothing but wits, and wits without a heart will be the death of every man!

Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton and Dante...here I come. Only the truly great souls are the defenders of the Law.


You seem to have good intentions... but you sound so crazy...
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defence counsel
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I mean this is really sad......Contrary to the stereotype...
MOST lawyers are a grea ETHICAL bunch of people who HELP out people.
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Pupil99 wrote:
It amazes me that the "top 3 reasons for wanting to become a lawyer" that people have listed so far have failed, in every case, to mention wanting to help OTHERS.

I must admit that this profession sickens me to my core - even from the outside looking in. Every lawyer I have ever met has been an integral scumbag willing to use his skills to help whomever will pay him most. And worst of all, these lawyers use every opportunity to adorn themselves in the garbs of saintliness whenever their clients just happen to be in the right...

The fact is, the practise of Law has degenerated into a trade. The painter and the carpenter are no different from the lawyer, except that the latter will use his wits and not his hands to create monstrocities. I feel nothing but sympathy for the truly upright practitioner of law who is caught in the maelstrom of this field's endless greed, corruption and ignorance.


If you really wanted to help people, you would go dig wells in Africa. Law is a business--a way to make money--and little more. There is nothing immoral about making a living.
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eecheck,

I believe that the downfall of the legal, and indeed of every profession, is rooted in your brand of naive amoralism.

The practise of law never fails to impact human lives. Therefore, if Law is only a "business" to you, then rest assured that you will be making business with the suffering of others in your near future.

I do not intend to study Law so as to avoid building a dozen or some odd wells in Africa. I intend to study Law so as to fight to have a MILLION wells built in Africa!
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defence counsel
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this is how lawyers contribute to society.

Think social justice: defence lawyers ensure that individual rights are not abused by the state. They fight against prosecutorial misconduct, they fight against the wrongfully accused, they fight against unjust sentences suggested by their friends. The list goes on.

by saying "law is just a business" is a gross generalization that neglects to consider many fine aspects of what being a lawyers is all about.

Remember what Mr. Kirkland's grandfather said......being a lawyer is the finest thing you can be......

Sure, but like those who know....the greatest tool in the hands of the morally righteous would make the world a better place, and vice versa. End of discussion.
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Russ Howe
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I am a lawyer (not a prospective one) and absolutely love what I do.

Most of the lawyers I know are very happy in their work and get good financial rewards and personal satisfaction.

Personally I make enough money to have a very good lifestyle and to pursue a number of charitable interests both inside and outside the law.

I feel I honestly do help my clients to have better lives, and even when the case is over I have good relationships with the vast majority of my clients.

A lot of stuff gets published about how hellish law is, and it can be, but like most things, it is the discontented minority that draws a lot of attention, and this does not reflect the practise of most lawyers.

Russ
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ottawaLAW
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Russ Howe wrote:
I am a lawyer (not a prospective one) and absolutely love what I do.

Most of the lawyers I know are very happy in their work and get good financial rewards and personal satisfaction.

Personally I make enough money to have a very good lifestyle and to pursue a number of charitable interests both inside and outside the law.

I feel I honestly do help my clients to have better lives, and even when the case is over I have good relationships with the vast majority of my clients.

A lot of stuff gets published about how hellish law is, and it can be, but like most things, it is the discontented minority that draws a lot of attention, and this does not reflect the practise of most lawyers.

Russ


what area? big/small?
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Russ Howe
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I am a partner in a small (5 lawyers 18 staff) plaintiff PI firm in Aurora ON.

In the past I have served in a number of positions on the OTLA Board and still run a couple of committees and do a lot of CLE. As a whole I would suggest that the plaintiff PI and def. insurance counsel I deal with are happy both with their career and their life overall.

Russ
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