week 5 EOC

A lot of lawyers get into law because they want to help people but lets not pretend for a second that lawyers don’t want a chance to stand in front of the Supreme Court and argue their case. I think that any lawyer with a chance like that would jump at the opportunity to do something that amazing. I think it’s funny that everyone thinks that lawyers take advantage of people, most people try to take whatever they can and lawyers are no different. Even though they are just trying to get to the Supreme Court they are still working this case pro-bono and that is nothing to complain about! “While the reasons for doing pro bono work vary, however, the crushing need for legal representation at no cost does not.”(http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/senior_lawyers.html) I think that his case is a high profile case. He doesn’t have the funds to pay lawyers he is lucky that he is getting what he is. In this world you don’t get something for nothing and everyone knows that. “About 26 percent of lawyers are self-employed, either as partners in law firms or in solo practices.”(http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm) So the simple fact is if they can get there name out there than why not. I don’t see this as them doing anything wrong they are just taking an opportunity before someone else gets there, and believe me If it wasn’t them to step in then someone else would have.