Professor_Stevens on Nostr: "A Few Good Men" and "My Cousin Vinny" are pretty accurate. Some places do it with ...
"A Few Good Men" and "My Cousin Vinny" are pretty accurate.
Some places do it with pro bono. It's an awful system, because the lawyers mostly just want to get rid of the cases. That's particularly true for associates in small firms where the partners will tell them the pro bono matter is not a reason to bill fewer hours that week. So they plead guilty a lot when they should be defending. Also, criminal defense is a specialty. You want to be a defended by a real estate lawyer?
Some places do it with pro bono. It's an awful system, because the lawyers mostly just want to get rid of the cases. That's particularly true for associates in small firms where the partners will tell them the pro bono matter is not a reason to bill fewer hours that week. So they plead guilty a lot when they should be defending. Also, criminal defense is a specialty. You want to be a defended by a real estate lawyer?