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"Funniest" joke book ever and a page on the topic of lawyers. (This book is 556 pages long by the way.) (lemmy.today)
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[–] 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because (almost) every legal battle is pay-to-win. Yes, lawyers understand the law, and they charge a whole lot for that knowledge. Unless the case the EXTREMELY in your favour, you're practically defenseless if your opponent out-moneyed you.

So I guess the hate is more towards the justice system, rather than just lawyers.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yeah, IANAL but I'm in the legal field, and I watch people try to handle their case pro se, or for oneself or on one's own behalf would be the literal translation. It generally means someone didn't want to pay a lawyer and they have time to waste, and they're also a little crazy. And that probably sounds unfair, but I have yet to work with a pro se litigant who I thought was a rational, grounded individual.

    Entering litigation is expensive. Trying to solve problems before litigation is encouraged, even by judges. Lawyers are a last resort, and they will make it very hard on the other side.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    Anyone who decides to be their own lawyer has an idiot for a client. It is quite true.

    And nobody has to take your word for it if they don't want to. I have zero connection with anything legal (erm, maybe I should rephrase that hehe) but I watch youtube videos since a lot started streaming around Covid, and almost all of the pro se people reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy shoulda gotten a lawyer.

    Of course, there is some selection bias as it's the interesting stuff that generally gets posted, but still. Even if you're quite sane, knowing what to do even before a very friendly and sympathetic judge is not easy and you are likely to make mistakes that cost you the case.

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