Furthermore, huge amounts of money are then spent on lateral hires (in terms of recruitment fees and guaranteed minimum drawings) when there is, consequently, a dearth of decent lawyers coming through from the ranks to fill the higher levels. (lawyer-monthly.com)
And yet, despite being trained to become decent lawyers, we were faced with the transition back to Canada, and the possible stigma that came along with an international law degree. (canadianlawyermag.com)
One question was seldom in the foreground: What had become of the old counsellors» dictum that «about half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would - be clients that they are damned fools and should stop»? (firstthings.com)