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HELL FINALLY FREEZES OVER!! : Lawyers Obsolete?
by Barry Artiste | July 7, 2008 at 07:30 am | 424 views | 17 comments
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A Lawyers worst nightmare may be coming true, they are being discarded by those they relied on for golf memberships, Timmy's braces, and that new BMW. To some Lawyers who specialise in making money off the misery of others when it comes to Family Law, must feel the hairs on the backs of their neck standing up in what can only be a Nightmare scenario in "The End of the World", as "Hell is finally freezing over!" With internet Wills and Real Estate and other legal "how to documents " available, will Lawyers really be needed at all, reserved only for criminal cases?
Oh the Humanity!
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=6c9083d5-c2ed-463b-87bd-cab587f2bdc6
Canadian lawyers have become 'luxury goods', magazine warnsJanice Tibbetts, Canwest News ServicePublished: Monday, July 07, 2008
OTTAWA - Lawyers have to come to grips with the prospect that they are a "luxury good" that may no longer be needed in the country's courtrooms as more litigants represent themselves, warns a leading Canadian legal publication.
The National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association, makes the bold assertion in an editorial, entitled Life After Lawyers, published in the current edition.
The editorial focuses mainly on the growing number of people who are showing up in family courts to fight over their children and marriage breakdowns without hiring lawyers.
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July 7, 2008 at 07:30 am by Barry Artiste, 424 views, 17 comments
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at 11:50 on July 7th, 2008
Crowd Powered jurisprudence! I think I can hear the rustle of Do-It-Yourself legal reality shows being pitched in cable network boardrooms in LA... come to think of it The People's Court may just have been the first reality TV show... so far ahead of it's time apparently.
at 14:27 on July 7th, 2008
I think in a world of conflict that we live in, lawyers will always have a part.
at 15:29 on July 7th, 2008
Bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Sure the knife can do the job, just like researching your own legal issues... but if the other guy brings a gun (lawyer)... you are more than likely dead.
However, I would concur that there is the beginning of a trend towards DIY legal.
at 16:06 on July 7th, 2008
Thanks everyone for your comments, and great comments they are. Internet has helped so many, starting with WebMD and now Lawyers online, cheaper, faster, and as they say Steve "We can rebuild him (Court Case)"!! Just a matter of time, criminal cases will always need lawyers, and corporate law, but for the bread and butter cases cut and dried, some are finding online forms and a cheap cursory glance by a notary just as good as a lawyer, Notaries need not be lawyers, so DIY may be the way to go. A lot of lawyers billable time is sending law clerks to do their leg work for them, so I guess Law clerks who offer online services know how to make a buck off their bosses. Could be the wave of the future, but then Lawyers can also look to Politics if they find themselves suddenly unemployed.
at 16:36 on July 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Great news! I hope I have to fight one of these self-lawyering people in court some day. I will be the one with the highly skilled $500/hr attorney and the judgement in hand when it is all over.
at 17:09 on July 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
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djermanoat 20:35 on July 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Really I think Judges are obsolete when they are nothing but hand picked tape recordings of corrupt politicians. Think like a judge and never be a lawyer is the motto.
at 21:48 on July 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 21:50 on July 7th, 2008
interesting story and interesting picture...
at 22:00 on July 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:07 on July 7th, 2008
Thanks everyone for your comments, it is extremely appreciated, and EastVan good luck takin down the ambulance chaser and keep us posted on any developments.
Djermano's "Think like a judge and never be a lawyer is the motto". is a good one thanks, our judges here though leave a lot to be desired,.
at 10:43 on July 8th, 2008
Barry,
Do you notice that everyone loves to hate lawyers....until they need one. Then their lawyer is thier best friend.
at 15:31 on July 8th, 2008
A Lawyer much like a hooker, both proclaim to be your bestest pal if you have money, otherwise you are left on your own.
at 15:32 on July 9th, 2008
Actually Barry my best friend IS a lawyer. And for me he works pro bono.
at 21:22 on July 9th, 2008
You said Bono!!
at 22:07 on July 7th, 2008
Hahaha, good stuff Barry Artiste. I have mixed feelings about lawyers. On the one hand, the jokes about lawyers have a sound basis in reality, I know some petty and litigious lawyers. On the other, my sister is a lawyer, and at the same time one of the most caring individuals you could ever meet.
I believe that families will be better served without lawyers fighting over assets and children. Let them make their own arguments and have the court decide. I'm not sure this will spell the end of lawyers, just a reduction. Corporate litigators will always have their place.
at 22:11 on July 7th, 2008
Thanks James "Truer words ever spoken" I have a three uncles who are lawyers back east, one a Senator, I Love em, only cause their family. But they know who I feel about lawyers.