to d Lawyers:We nid ur help 4 our project!

[bubbles7]

To the Lawyers out there...
(We're students...studyn at Asia Pacific College)
Pls help us...
We need respondents for our Final Project in our subject Values Education...

1. DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS A LAWYER
2. HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR YOUR HELP? DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR CLIENTS?
IF YES, HOW DO YOU PICK THEM?
3. WHAT IS JUSTICE FOR YOU? DO YOU THINK IT EXIST NOW?
4. HOW DO YOU PRACTICE JUSTICE?(AT HOME, OFFICE ETC..)
5. PART OF YOUR JOB IS DEFENDING THE SIDE OF YOUR CLIENT, MAY IT BE GOOD OR BAD? WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THEM?
6. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT ADVOCATE WHO PRACTICE DEFENDING THE WRONG SIDE?
7 "LAWYERS ARE GOOD LIARS"; REACT ON THIS.
8. "KNOW THE RULES SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO BREAK THEM" ALSO REACT ON THIS.
9. WHAT'S THE BEST AND WORST PART OF YOUR JOB?
10. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF "VALUES" IN A LAWYER'S LIFE?

:)

[ilpadrino]

Ahem... any disbarred, miserable, suicidal lawyer in the house?

[green grin]

is this for real? if not, i've got some real funny answers.

[bubbles7]

pls...serious

[green grin]

okay, serious. <gg puts on suit and tie and underwear - serious daw, eh! if i don't wear underwear i'll feel funny.>


1. DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS A LAWYER
I don't quite understand what you need here, but here's a condensed version of my resume: six-year practicioner; mostly corporate practice with some civil or quasi-judicial litigation experience. And all-around nice guy. :)

2. HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR YOUR HELP?
I don't mind when people ask for help; after all, we do have to try and help each other. Besides, I'd rather be in the position of "helper" than "helpee" (no such word, okay?).

DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR CLIENTS? IF YES, HOW DO YOU PICK THEM?
The office chooses clients. I get them dumped on me.

3. WHAT IS JUSTICE FOR YOU? DO YOU THINK IT EXIST NOW?
Justice is reward or retribution for acts done. Yes, I believe it exists up to now - maybe not immediately, and most of the time it may not even be apparent. I like to think that justice, slow as it is, is inevitable.

4. HOW DO YOU PRACTICE JUSTICE?(AT HOME, OFFICE ETC..)
By giving each person what is due him or her. This is, of course, different from respect and courtesy which must be accorded everyone.

5. PART OF YOUR JOB IS DEFENDING THE SIDE OF YOUR CLIENT, MAY IT BE GOOD OR BAD? WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THEM?

Defending the "good guys" is practically a no-brainer. Our laws are fashioned in such a way that law-abiding citizens will have ample of protection. We just have to make sure our bases are covered and everything falls into place.

Defending the "bad guys", well, they too need advocates for their behalf. Besides, a client is a client.

6. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT ADVOCATE WHO PRACTICE DEFENDING THE WRONG SIDE?

The rule in law is that all men are innocent until proven guilty. And it is in the judicial process that such guilt, if it exists, is proven. It's never easy to be in a position wherein one has to defend an unpopular cause - or in the case of a lawyer, to defend a notorious criminal. Remember that due process is required for a conviction. And a requisite for due process is the right to have an attorney. We just have to trust the judicial process and hope that the prosecution can craft a conviction. Those beliefs, my friend, are what keep me asleep at night when I have to take the side of the "bad" guy. ;)

7 "LAWYERS ARE GOOD LIARS"; REACT ON THIS.

There are the proverbial bad apples in the basket. Lying is not the legal profession's stock-in-trade, and lawyers know better than to perjure themselves in open court. Perjurers are punished severely under the law.

Lawyers advice their clients to be truthful to them to be able to mount a defense. The lawyer, after ascertaining the truthfulness of his client's statements, then employs a strategy available under the law to defend his client.

While there are arguments that are purely "cow manure", what is perceived as "lying" is often an exhaustive but logical argument based on axioms laid down by law. True, there are lawyers who lie bare-face to the media to get public opinion on their side. But public opinion is never a basis for a conviction or an acquittal in a court of law.

Thankfully, the lawyers that I have the pleasure of being associated with are honest and straight-forward. :)


8. "KNOW THE RULES SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO BREAK THEM" ALSO REACT ON THIS.

Again, breaking the law has dire consequences on a lawyer - there are no mitigating factors. Putting it another way, a person who is ignorant of the law and breaks it will face the consequences; but a lawyer who knows the law and breaks it is sometimes punished more severely. Lawyers seem to GET AROUND the law only because they know exactly what acts the law will punish and what acts the law will allow.

I see it as "know the rules so you'll know how to USE them". ;)

9. WHAT'S THE BEST AND WORST PART OF YOUR JOB?

The best part of my job is that I get to meet an assortment of people, whether clients or other lawyers, and learn from them. The worst part is having to clean up the mess left by a client's former lawyer.

10. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF "VALUES" IN A LAWYER'S LIFE?

To my mind, it is MOST important. Because of the nature of his profession, a lawyer without values is like a car without a steering wheel - he becomes a danger to himself as well as to others.


(hey, senator yak and derby! get in here and help bubbles7 out with her school project!)

[ilpadrino]

now gg, have a blast at it... remove the underwear please.. :D

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<<gg kisses hand of the godfather>> ilpadrino, i pay my respects - and offer you a cut in my olive oil business. but please, let me keep my underwear on.

(hey, ever wondered why "panties" are plural and "brassiere" is singular? shouldn't it be the other way around?)

[ilpadrino]

I give you my blessings gg, but... you never really wanted to be my friend... when was the last time you invited me to your house... for a cup of... olive oil? :D

Got no real idea, but maybe the inventors emphasized on the majoras with the panties and cleavage with the other :laugh:

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hang out in the legal thread, ilpadrino buddy. we can wax philosophical about the singularity and plurality of undergraments there. but that's all we'll wax, okay? :D