17th February, 2009 - Ten Things I Love About the Law #5

It sounds rather pompous to say it (but, hey, I’m a lawyer and you all know that we are pompous anyway) but there is something satisfying in helping clients in some of life’s more difficult journeys. This, I suppose, is turning one of the mainstream criticisms of the profession on its head – that we deal in people’s misery. I suppose that is one way of looking at it – that we trade on death and dispute and divorce.

But then again, people die. People separate. People fall out with one another. I suspect that, even if there were no lawyer, these things would still happen. And people would still need to sort out the effects of these tragic and stressful events. I suspect that the law sets boundaries and rules that eases the journey a bit. Sometimes, I feel useful, when I help people in a small and fairly insignificant way.