tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post1515888712452055241..comments2024-01-02T00:38:08.335-08:00Comments on Downtown Eastside Enquirer: Law Firm Asks Homeless Man for $1,000 RetainerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-74656208141391216022007-08-26T13:01:00.000-07:002007-08-26T13:01:00.000-07:00It's a romantic idea to think the laity, as it wer...It's a romantic idea to think the laity, as it were, can compete against the well-trained minds of the legalists of the forum. It's as hopeless as a man slugging it out with George Foreman. In the highly organized and ritualized drama of a courtroom the defendant and the prosecutor are not equal opponents, which is why the defendant must have a champion to defend him, one skilled and daring, one Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-36699914041765790052007-08-26T11:46:00.000-07:002007-08-26T11:46:00.000-07:00It's about time the masses represented themselves ...It's about time the masses represented themselves in the courtrooms of this country. This, and only this, will rearrange the sorid legal profession.<BR/><BR/>Canada's chief justice Beverley McLauglin seems to agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-10870539005434556922007-08-24T18:24:00.000-07:002007-08-24T18:24:00.000-07:00The American lawyers' blog is called "Inside Opini...The American lawyers' blog is called "Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs" and the page on which the comments appear is called "Legal Blog Watch". Here's the address:<BR/><BR/>http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/<BR/><BR/>(Sorry, I had difficulty getting a link up.)<BR/><BR/>You have to scroll down a few pages on Legal Blog Watch to come to the comments.reliable sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415656828004866498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-40864859684614153862007-08-24T15:19:00.000-07:002007-08-24T15:19:00.000-07:00where can we reach the "American lawyers" blog?where can we reach the "American lawyers" blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-10518514762356900772007-08-24T01:31:00.000-07:002007-08-24T01:31:00.000-07:00An American lawyer's blog has picked up on the sor...An American lawyer's blog has picked up on the sordid story of Homeless Simpson, and a couple of lawyer commentators there decided to weigh in with opinions, as such, for the sake of filling the idle hours as they await their food-stamp allotments for the month, (I guess). Two lawyers with no discernible interest in the Simpson case, nothing like an interest in law being discernible at any rate,Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-69210255279405692472007-08-23T16:10:00.000-07:002007-08-23T16:10:00.000-07:00For free! With his eyes wide open.For free! With his eyes wide open.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-41877842241088562682007-08-23T12:14:00.000-07:002007-08-23T12:14:00.000-07:00What is a sonny bono lawyer? One who skiis downhi...What is a sonny bono lawyer? One who skiis downhill, head on into a tree?reliable sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415656828004866498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-80272683971827050242007-08-22T21:56:00.000-07:002007-08-22T21:56:00.000-07:00Let's see: A law firm that wants $1,400.00 for an ...Let's see: A law firm that wants $1,400.00 for an hour's legal advice doesn't bother looking at the proposal closely enough to realize the petitioner is broke? Well, sign me up for law school. I'm certainly qualified to be a top lawyer in this here town. H'yuk, h'yuk, h'yuk. I am a sonny bono lawyer, h-yuk.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.com