Re: Fwd: BIG Ithaca HOUR News!

[martin schiller <martin_schiller@xxxxxxx>]

Justin Schwartz said on 10/19/00 7:28 PM

>If those few labored citations saved you from time in jail, or saved you a
>lot of money in liability, or won you a lot of money in a settlement, well,
>maybe it would be worth it. A lot of people seem to think that law isn't so
>hard--as a friend of mine from my days as a philosophy professor put it, all
>you do is look things up. Try it sometime! (But get a lawyer before you
>waste your time as a pro se party in court.) It is true that most lawyers
>are wretched, but what makes them special? Most of everybody is wretched at
>what they do. Course as a lawyer I am biased. But doing the job right isn't
>as easy as you think. --jks

>From the point of view of the working class (the margins) the lady with
the scale has taken a hike. When Alan G puts the brakes on, as someone
suggested earlier in the thread, he'll use the law to effect his agenda.
The exchange in hours between lawyer and defendant will be
counter-productive, and will destroy the alternative system. The lawyers
may be doing the job right but not doing the right job.