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Ten lawyers I can do without

31 July 2008 / Jennifer James
Issue: 7332 / Categories: Features
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Jennifer James has little difficulty in picking out the niggling features of some bods in the legal profession

The Insider has been practising law in one guise or another for nearly 20 years, which makes me a mere infant compared with many in the profession. However, it does mean that I have been around for long enough to note certain types amongst those I have worked with or around, and within that number there are several that I would quite happily consign to oblivion. Maybe someone could patent a lawyer-compactor device along the lines of Wall-E, which could take obsolete, dysfunctional or just plain unwanted lawyers, crush them into building blocks and make something useful, such as a hat shop.

There are an almost infinite number from which to choose (hey, I don't get on with anybody!). Many of these can be summarised in a single line, for example: 10. You went to a state school, I take it?; 9. I don't think the law is a suitable career for a woman; 8.

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