You hate lawyers? Please see my point.?

WyattEarp2000

Everyone hates lawyers until they need one. This is the same truth with doctors and car salesmen.

deadly

Lawyers are good and bad like every profession. I have good friends who are honest hard working lawyers. The problem is if you get a bad one. They know the law and how to get round it. I have to say I have had a bad experience of a lawyer who forgot to tell the truth for me. He is still a high flying Â£150k a year lawyer I nearly lost everything. Don't forget a lawyer represents a person even if the crime is so bad he knows the client should be hung. That's the British system and lawyers make a fortune out of it.

Doethineb

Wharfie, you don't take up a career because your parents like the thought of it. You must do what you enjoy. Law is hard work and unless you are committed, you will find it tough going. It is nonsense about lawyers turning the truth into lies. If you are a litigation lawyer and appear in court, you simply put the case for your client in the best light and if you have reason to know that your client is lying, then you stop representing him. Most lawyers don't go to court: they work from their offices. While people tend to see them with problems, a good lawyer is able to assist with solving those problems, or at least facing up to them and dealing with them as best they can. Some lawyers don't see very much of the problems in people's lives and simply help them with positive things like making wills and buying and selling land. I have yet to see people shun anyone for being a lawyer: it's far more likely that they'll make a fuss of that person and try to get free legal advice.
Do what you want to do and don't be too influenced by other people's opinions. It's your life.

I like my Lawyer, he's one of the old fashioned type, straight as a arrow. Real good guy

cheyenne

there are bad examples in every career. being a nurse, i've met several bad doctors, but most of them are intelligent and very good at what they do, and where would we be without them? they do make money off people's problems, but so do mechanics. it's a service that they spend a lot of time studying for and should be acknowledged for, monetarily speaking. I don't think that they turn facts into lies as much as learn how to manipulate the truth in favour of their client - that's their job - that is what you pay them for. The law, i think is a lot of individual interpretation. If you want to be a lawyer, go for it. don't worry about what people you don't know think - just don't invite them on your yacht...

valf

Why don't you specialise as a lawyer you don't just have to deal with criminal cases. What about acting for Social Services, Fighting corporate crime etc etc

skunk masta

Dont have a problem with lawyers really, as long as they remember that they , are the employee, so many have this "great nack " of turning the situation round, and you come away feeling like you are working for them, having trouble with one now over property.

Bear

If you listened and took note to some people on Yahoo then you wouldn't take up any profession. I'm a UK cop and we get slated all the time on here. Half of the people are ill informed and have nothing better to do with their time.

The way I look at is, I do my best to the best of my ability. I am honest and have principles, which I adhere to. In every profession, including mine there are people who give you a bad name. Generally these people are in a minority and anyone with a little intellect will realise this.

You sound more than intelligent enough to realise this. Work hard and reap the benefits of a successful career. Whatever you do you will have your detractors. Just don't let them get to you.

Good luck

Kayla â™¥ MCR(and other bands too)

i don't have a problem with lawyers and thinking about being one. i don't think you should worry about that other people hate lawyers. and doctors help people get better.
not worse.

Bookworm

You're right. Bad lawyers get a lot press, so do the ambulance chasers on TV. But there's a lot of lawyers who do a great job every day and go completely unnoticed.

I think the problem with a lot of people is that they expect too much. They think that if you throw some money at a lawyer, they'll make everything go your way. Maybe they can, but be realistic.

Their job is to defend their client as zealously as the law will allow and they are not there to hold back.

It's funny, people criticize lawyers until they need one, and they ask for the meanest, sneakiest, nastiest one that can be found.

If you're going to be a lawyer, you just need to get used to it.

And just a thought: remember that line from Shakespeare "First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."? Do you why they said that? Because those characters want to put a false king on the throne and they knew the lawyers would prevent it from happening. You might want to remind smeone of that the next time you hear that quote.

the real Kevin B

I can't stand lawyers, I got in a car accident and this lady lied in court and got away with it and my insurance company payed her a good sum of money.

most of them are crooked I do know some that are the exception as you stated.

If it makes you feel better I wanted to go into broadcasting until I realized they aren't much different than lawyers, and I decided I don't want to be in broadcasting because I would basically be a spokesperson for the DNC. It's not even just liberal bias, they can bias almost anything just a comment after something, an opinion thrown in somewere, so I sort of understand. I say do what you want to do, if people don't like Lawyers but that is what you want to do, then be a lawyer.

real builder

my ex gf is a human rights lawyer only dodgy governments hate her....

futuretopgun101

I dont hate lawyers. I hate the attitude of the legal system that allows repeat paedophiles to walk free while a kid who gets hooked on drugs is locked instead of being helped.

Laywers dont turn truth into lies, they manipulate the system to secure a result.
In fact they are not allowed to represent a person they believe is guilty or who confesses to them they are guilty.
Not all lawyers are bad, but the premise you will have to learn if you become a lawyer is that noone is guilty until the jury says they are guilty. Its a hard concept to get your head around.
You know the person did the crime, I know the person did the crime but he is not guilty unless the jury knows he did the crime.
Just make sure law is a career you want to go into. Dont do it for your parents. Follow your passions, follow your dreams. If you want to know what law is really like get some work experience in a local legal firm. Then you will know wether it suits you or not.

anthony9223

Well you could end up like that greedy ***** Cherry Blair

MANCHESTER UK

I was, some years ago, responsible for representing people against a very large industry.

As sums of money were often involved I had to weigh evidence concerning the obvious and less obvious facts.

A colleague would knowingly represent an obviously guilty person where the evidence was clearly pointing to the guilty one.

I would not represent the guilty but would take the case of the 'grey area' hoping that I would convince the industrial side of the 'not proven' issue.

Where there was clear evidence of innocence, I would be like a tiger and fight with all my might for a Not Guilty result.

Obviously, if money is at stake, the loser would no longer want to employ the individual suspected of theft but often there are details missed at first and found on examination.

I performed this functio free of charge.

Lawyers are different.

Their brief is to represent anyone who tells them that they are Not Guilty. Notice I say 'tell'. It can never be certain that a felon is telling the truth!

Mr Abba

I personally dont hate lawyers or doctors. I do not like doctors who dont care about you and i dont like lawyers who only want your money. They are all not the same though, so if your thinking of being a laywer, be a good one and then people will respect you.

Steven

The majority of lawyers do tend to be seen on the same level as estate agents... money grabbing, lying and cheating for their own gains, well before their clients. They seem to be a breed that will work for the highest bidder whether they agree or disagree with the clients point of view.

Anyone charging upwards of Â£150 an hour for pushing paperwork is setting themselves up for verbal potshots really. And so are lawyers.

jhong

I hate both doctors and lawyers. They both make money off of other people's suffering and hardship and should not be respected.

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