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  • Essay / Broken Judicial System Theories - 728

    A lawyer is like any other profession, like a doctor, mechanic, accountant or engineer, there are good ones and bad ones. With lawyers, it is very difficult for the average person to tell the difference. Additionally, in civil court, you don't choose your lawyer, you take what they give you. One lawyer states that “50% of all people involved in litigation will end up hating at least two lawyers” (Case). There are attorneys who have graduated from law school, passed the bar exam, and are licensed to practice law in the state, but who seem to have no idea how to defend a client in a criminal case at trial due to their lack of experience. Some lawyers lose sight of the need to offer their clients alternative solutions after their conviction. Another source agrees, quoting: “The reality is that prosecutorial misconduct is at least as serious a problem at the local level, where prosecutors are less well trained” (Lindorff). Finding an experienced, fully client-focused attorney is not as easy as it seems, but it is..