Why I'm not a lawyer

So I've been reading a lot while on campus. One book I picked up was this title "the problem with lawyers" and it's been a pretty solid read. It's incredibly date, written back in 1956. However, I would still consider it just for the perspective it gives on the law profession. I used to think that lawyers were these really hard-working people that worked in the law. They would have equal responsibility of the law on basis with officers and prosecutoors. Little did I know, lawyers are mostly douche-bags. There's a third of the book based just on lawyers swindling clients of their reward earning. Because the process of payment from a trail is usually handled by a lawyer, they have full control of the money. Even though they are supposed to put the money in a separate account, many apply it into their own. It's illegal, but there's no enforcement so you can only know when it's too late. Also, if you have been swindled, you have to hire another lawyer to sue the previous lawyer. It's ridiculous.

Now after you hire the second lawyer, assuming you win, best case scenario: you have twice the legal fees, a fraction of your initial earnings, and years of your time wasted in court. There are recovery funds in almost every state, however they only amount to a couple hundred dollars and the payout usually has a cap at 20,000 dollars. Meaning, no matter how much you lose, your best option is to get back a pitiful fraction of it, meaning your entire trial process has been demeaned by the very man you hired to provide for you.

On the other hand, you have lawyers that idle away their client's money. The reasons range from negligence, to bluffing for a higher settlement, to evading higher tax rates. It's shocking to think that there are just as many criminals in the defense industry as in any industry, disheartening at the best. There is actually a commision within the law-field, usually Bar Association Discipline Commitees. However, most of these commitees involve volunteers and are only interested in lawyer benifits. Another fact I didn't know: lawyers can continue practicing law even after being disbarred, usually only after a little suspension of a few years, therefore able to commit even more unethical deviences.

There's so much of the book left to read too, I think it's one of the most informative research projects I've ever read.