Lawyers and Their Interpretation of the Law
Law is about interpreting a system of rules, the U.S. constitution in our case, and then creating cases and documents that take action based on the interpretation of the rules. Often, people begin to get a negative perception about lawyers, simply calling them ambulance chasers or vultures who look to get everything they can out of each case. Based on the general definition of law though, lawyers are critical to the operation of our government. Without lawyers, our legal system would be much less effective, although there is the occasional case where it seem as though lawyers are “blood sucking bats.”
These stereotypes look as if they mostly come from personal injury attorneys who help people who sue another person. For instance, the story from Liar, Liar where a thief is on top of a woman’s house, falls through and cuts his leg on a knife, and then sues the homeowner and wins a large settlement. Those kinds of cases seem to be rare. Most of the time, a lawyer is working in the best interest of society and their clients. A person who is wrongfully injured does deserve compensation, and lawyers are the key to that process. Overall, lawyers have a bad rep, but our government and legal system would fall apart without them.
