The Price of a Harvard Lawyer

Re:The Price of a Harvard Lawyer by karpierz on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:28PM (#34808337)

So lawyers shouldn't vote? Shouldn't lobby for changes in law? Shouldn't encourage each other to take up fields to help those with legal recourse (ex: public defenders)? Shouldn't discourage lawyers from going into money-making schemes that effectively exploit those without money to defend themselves?

There's a lot of room between "lawyers have no responsibility for remedying injustice in the current system" and "lawyers should just decide who's guilty and refuse to deal with them".

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Re:The Price of a Harvard Lawyer by MichaelZuo on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:07PM (#34808935)

You seem to be confusing personal views and what they express as part of their job.

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Re:The Price of a Harvard Lawyer by karpierz on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:19PM (#34810721)

I don't know how this isn't part of being a lawyer:

- Deciding what kind of case law they specialize in

- Deciding where to work

- Deciding how the work should be done

This whole article is about how Harvard is encouraging lawyers to ignore any professional responsibility in favour of monetary compensation.

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Re:The Price of a Harvard Lawyer by MichaelZuo on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:01AM (#34815256)

> So lawyers shouldn't vote? Shouldn't lobby for changes in law?

These are 100%, or close to it, personal decisions.

The other decisions all involve, in some portion, personal views as to what's right and wrong.

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