Three Years of Hell to Become the Devil: The Evil That Men Do

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The Evil That Men Do

I've spent the last two hours reading my Criminal Law for the week. With no disrespect to the class, I have to say that I'm not about to become a criminal lawyer. The cases are an endless parade of nastiness, which average a level of malice on the order of murder and which (in the case I'm reading now) seems to include kidnap, rape and torture. Others may have a stronger constitution, but I shudder to think what it would do to my psyche to deal with these things as my profession on a regular basis. The reading alone is enough to make one ill...

Posted by Anthony on February 15, 2004 11:23 PM | Permalink

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I will bite, having elected crim law as my future. After four different interviews, an externship at a criminal court, and a criminal lawyer in the family, I will say that criminal lawyers are the most cynical people I have met. I guess that comes with the nastiness. That said, I also find that criminal lawyers seem to enjoy their job more than any other lawyer I have talked to. There is something about getting the chance to play half-cop/half-lawyer that is really attractive. Plus, the stakes seem a lot higher and more important, but that might just be my bias. Also, not all of it is rape and murder. A lot of it is DUI and employee theft.

Posted by: Josh | February 16, 2004 1:14 PM

It's nasty, but if you prosecute, you get to put the nasty people in the jail. Also, crim law has its benefits (at least if you work for the government): good hours, no firm partners squeezing billable hours out of you, waaaay more jury trials than civil law (so you do more than sit at a desk), inspiring fear, etc.

Posted by: Matto Ichiban | February 16, 2004 1:52 PM

I can see how it would be a downer to deal with rapists and murderers all day. Although I must say, I'm an ignorant non-lawstudent type, but it seems to me that some corporations have perpetrated some pretty heinous crimes, and on a much larger scale. Just out of curiosity, do you plan to be choosy about the company you'll someday represent? Choosy about its reputation and way of doing business, I mean, not the salary being offered.

Posted by: Bad Hat | February 19, 2004 7:30 PM

Dear sir, I have recently coming to my graduation, and coming after is what i want to do afterwards. i have choosen to take pre- law as a major. Could you send me some information on what yall do or recondmend me to some people who do. I would greatly appreciate it, my email is christopherhuie@hotmail.com

Posted by: chris huie | October 6, 2005 8:56 AM

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