why are lawyers so important to society?
605895
they keep the murderers, rapists, pickpockets, and other criminals on the streets where they belong and get called reptiles for it
121627
It is important for any society.  Without the rule of law, you either have anarchy in which no one rules - or a dictatorship like Iraq where someone rules according to his whims and those of his buddies/consorts.\n\nUS law has been arrived at thru the following sequence of laws.\n\n1. Roman Law, which is foundation for\n2. British Common Law, which is foundation for\n3. US Federal Legal Code, which is foundation for\n4. US military law (which applies only to those serving in US armed forces)\n\nVirtually all societies are multicultural. The exceptions would be theocracies that ban the practice of all religions except one, and do not allow immigration. There are not many like that.\n\nRome was multicultural.  I included a link to how Rome fell when it was sacked by barbarians that marched into it 1600 years ago. \n\nApparently they did not need to travel by ship to invade, because the Rhine river froze that year, giving them passage on foot. At least, that is what the paper says.  Apparently they were angry about a battle that had recently been fought.\n\nI don't know if these are the best "papers" out there but they are at least a place to start and find other facts to use for additional web searches. You can probably find quite a bit of information just by meandering around the Wikipedia, and cross-checking facts with other sites.
943742
Lawyers are officers of the court and support the system - the Constitution - and ensure the process works.   Lawyers do not let bad people out into the community.  The Constitution has a process where the guilt or innocence of a defendant can be determined.  If an accused is not convicted, not charged, etc., then the adversarial process has "let them out."  The government's lawyers will zealously represent the government and do what it can to charge and convict while the defense attorney must zealously represent their client's interests.  Lawyers do know the difference between "bad people and good people," but that is irrelevant.  In the US, every individual is entitled to legal representation.  \n\nImagine if you were arrested for watching that movie because it is a crime to watch criminal dramas and popular opinion was people who watch those movies should go to jail.  Now imagine the government throwing everything it had to ensure you go to jail.  Alternatively, imagine you are accused of being a pedophile and are arrested/charged, but you really are just a sweet person who has been wrongfully accused.  Should lawyers not represent you because you're a bad person?\n\nThe world is only black and white if you pretend it is.
543566
Doctors, lawyers, and that ilk.
87199
Its all about money. Money pays for better lawyers, brides (in the form of donations) and shows that they are an asset to the community (or so they say).
16652
because society as a whole is not taught the fundamental common courtecies of life any more.  It should start in the home with our children when they are young and influencial.
65734
because they started a company from scratch and filled a need, and thus became rich. lawyers sue people ( those with money ) to attain wealth, they do not care about fairplay and justice, the want settlements, period. doctors have to deal with the hmo system so they are prone to over prescribed or steer patient into group owned ( by a group of doctors )and very lucrative diagnostic centers ( where they really do not care if you get treatment, so as long as you get a CAT scan, xray ect.. ), those are worth big insurance dollars.
948876
Birds of a feather flock together.  A lot of the politicians are lawyers.  Lawyers believe in the rule of law.  If it is not illegal, then it is OK to do it.  Most of believe that the law does not cover everything.  Just because it isn't illegal does not make it moral.  Remember, only criminals have rights.
226816
The social welfare system provides health and education to everyone, producing a healthy and talented workforce.  One of the key factors to a good economy is making use of all the population's talent and giving everyone a chance to realize their potential so they can contribute.  It's very hard for a person to contribute to society when they are sick, in poverty or uneducated.
689060
No morals or virtue or ethics or you will go crazy.\n\nYou have to be hard, and love to control the destiny of others, and not care when they all go to jail, and take their money when they can't afford it and have to borrow it.\n\nYou have to love to see your fellow man destroyed by the system, with your help. You have to learn to feed off of other people's problems and learn to suck blood like a parasite.\n\nYou have to learn how to skew the law in your favor, no matter who or what principle is right. You have to love to win, and win no matter the cost.\n\nIf you would not like being a social worker, being around the lowest dregs of our society, you would not like being a lawyer.\n\nYou have to love being in charge, around others in control, like judges. You have to be power hungry.\n\nYou absolutely must like BMW's.\n\nBy the way, I think the BAR Association should be abolished and all attorneys hanged.
1138655
I am not a lawyer.  I seem to remember hearing this:\n\n            The law is on the Old System.  Most lawyers now are\n            (functioning) on the New System.  That is why a lot of \n            lawyers appear to not be doing a very good job.\n\nThink about it or ask someone about it.  Find out what it takes to get on the System.  How does getting on the System affect one's thinking and reasoning pattern as well as an individual's conduct?\nI am not sure exactly where I heard the above remark, but I seem to recall hearing it from someone who would be some kind of legitimate authority on lawyers.\n\nOf course, it is bad to taint them all with the same brush.  Honest lawyers do exist, I am sure, and they have the potential to do a lot of good if they got to where they are in an upright way without different forms of theft.  However, I think that lawyers of this genre are few and far between, and they generally function from inside an arena of thieves.  They are very rare birds nowdays I think.  A definite need for honest lawyers exists today.\n\n"We're expected to give bad advice some of the time (to pay back the System)" - lawyer quotation I seem to vaguely recall overhearing.\n\nAlso, clients who put lawyers up to certain forms of behaviour can be just as callous (e.g. divorce and child custody suits when one spouse wants to get back at the other).
316901
Depends on YOU!\n\nAny career you choose, the success or the failure rates depends on. Only YOU!. Its your choice. So everything is yours.\n\nTo be a lawyer, you need to have a good memorising capability, logical reasoning(as much as possible), good (very very good) in ENGLISH Language, ability and interest to work with peoples of different types, capable of handling criticise and a lot, lot, lot of beleif in yourself. And more things I dont know. But there are more things. The main thing is that you have to be a good human being. As far as I think bad human being or bad lawyers are also unseccessful lawyers - from the perspective of money and respect.\n\nIf you are really interested in studying law and wants to choose law as your carrer then life for you will be challenging and thrilling for sure as u said your country is too much corrupted. But as the system is itself TOO MUCH corrupted so "respect", "honour" and "honesty" cannot be assured. But, Good Luck aneway. You should be capable of having a very very strong and VERY STRONG DESIRE to be a lawyer otherwise take some other things as a career for earning money and challenge, thrill and others. Take law as a hobby.\n\nYour choice.\nThink. Not only lawyers, everybody should think. right?\n\nGoodLuck.
649543
Many elected officials are lawyers...and they write the laws so that a normal person can't really understand what the hell they mean. So then you need a lawyer so you don't get screwed.
835269
It's a complicated profession, with a lot of dedicated people, plus too many members who abuse their position and violate their ethics.\n\nIt's a shame that soo many attorneys fail to live up to the ethical standards that are still oficially part of what was once an honorable profession. It just makes it that much harder for the rest of us.
673398
The law is a constitution which regulates the do's and don'ts in a society and the people who are to obey this rules and regulation are to be aware of such laws. Every society has its own laws like the church, States, Country, Tradition etc. These various groups set out laws to guide the conduct of the people to prevent them from going astray. It's some how related to Godly manner in as much as it guides the moral standards of the people.
409544
Lawyers are motivated by a combination of money and power. Without legal disputes, such as in civil matters, there would be a dramatic decline in the need for those lawyers. So, yes lawyers are trying to make you money but, the bottom line is their pocket-book, not yours!!! So, this is really a catch 22 where both sides can win big but, the lawyers assume lots of risk in civil matters--which in some cases they make NO money, if they lose your dispute. So, before lawyers touch many civil cases they will pose some really important questions, i.e, is this a winnable case and is this worth my time--considering how much I (lawyer) could potentially earn?\n\nCivil law is still a popular area of law but, there is a huge need now for immigration lawyers. So, if law is your interest then consider that area.
1095281
Anybody who is not independently wealthy must live on money -- doctors, lawyers, engineers, mechanics, painters.  \n\nMost of these people will make whatever the market will bear.  (You don't see a lot of poor doctors around.)  But public defenders, public interest lawyers, some small firm lawyers -- don't seek great wealth from what they do.