You may have heard the phrase “lawyers are liars” but you don’t know how hard a lawyer actually works. They have to spend hours and hours to tell you such complicated things that mostly go over your head. But your lawyers don’t always tell you everything.
These are the things Pakistani lawyers never tell you about their profession:
1. No, burning tyres is not all that a lawyer does
Source: Guardian
There are so many other ways to waste time that occupy a lawyer’s schedule.
2. Lawyers actually hate wearing their black coats
Especially during summers
3. But they love the free pass their black coats get them for breaking traffic rules
4. A lawyer does not have time for family ki shaadis or other eventsSource: Haseeb Jav
5. But they always have time for “networking” events
Source: The New York Times
6. In Pakistan, lawyers have to learn to be selfish
Source: Dawn
Because their bosses never share any of the millions of millions of rupees they charged clients
7. Not all of a lawyer’s work is “in the courts”
Source: Bertha Foundation
in fact, many lawyers spend more time outside the courts than inside it.
8. Unfortunately female lawyers are mostly ornamental
Source: Blogspot
Those fighting for our rights don’t always respect the rights of everyone, sadly.
9. Unless they are Asma Jehangir
Source: Express Tribune
10. ‘Associate’ is another word for slaveSource: matzobal
11. Lincoln’s Inn is not the only place you can become a barristerSource: mujtabaraja
Sure, it is famous because of this guy but that is all there is to it’s fame.
12. Lawyers spend more time with books than they do with peopleSource: lespetits_plaisirs
13. If you hire a lawyer, you may be paying for the “celebrity” but the real work is done by the unknown, under-appreciated, overworked “juniors”Source: lawyerlyfe
14. There is much more to law than just “criminal and civil”
But best of all…
