I'm not sure I understand why becoming a lawyer has become such a highly sought-after career. Everyone seems to desire to be a lawyer, including children, the elderly, and the majority of those working in the public sector. I genuinely hope that entering paradise is easier than attempting to get into law school, and I also hope that after graduating from law school, life as a lawyer is living up to its full potential.
I've come to the conclusion that the appeal is due to people wanting to fit in with this community where members speak a unique language that the rest of us cannot understand.
They create the laws that govern us all, are the only ones who can interpret the laws, and having them on your side might be the difference between staying out of jail and losing your freedom.
I'm hesitant to use a Charles Dickens quote since, as one of my young friends recently informed me, no one reads books like that anymore. But I honestly can't find anything from a contemporary author that adequately expresses the problem I'm facing. So, with some apologies for being old, I return to Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, where Mr. Bumble, the unhappy husband of a controlling wife, is informed in court that "...the law supposes that your wife acts under your command," and he responded:
"If the law assumes that, then the law is an idiot," one person said.
A law
Given my lack of legal understanding, I make every effort to be extremely circumspect in what I say about lawyers, the law, and the legal system because I don't want to offend either the legal system or lawyers or the places where they practise.
But occasionally, Mr. Bumble takes centre stage in my analysis of what happened, and I begin to wonder whether the judges, legislators, and legal scholars don't occasionally think the law is a jerk.
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