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While studying for my law degree, the whole 'defending the guilty man' issue would crop up every so often.
The usual solution lecturers would offer was not to ask whether your client is guilty.
I never felt comfortable with that, but figured there would be time to work something out later.
The issue isn't just left to criminal defence lawyers, the general problem is that you can find youself in a position where, in order to best serve your client's interests, you have to do something you find immoral.
At my glue factory, I may have found myself such a position.
Without going into too much detail, I've seen an area where the company could protect themselves from legal liability in the event of a certain bad thing happening.
However, in doing so, they'd screw over everyone they caused injury to, using a technicality in the law to avoid having to pay them the damages they would morally (IMO) owe to those they injurred.
So, with a little research to check everything over and with some way to make sure the company 'expressed their gratitude' to me for my help, I could potentially use this knowledge to my advantage.
But it throws in all the problems of defending the guilty man.
And if I can't bring myself to do it now, I'm going to have to give up on the prospect of a career in law.
Any thoughts on what I should do?
The usual solution lecturers would offer was not to ask whether your client is guilty.
I never felt comfortable with that, but figured there would be time to work something out later.
The issue isn't just left to criminal defence lawyers, the general problem is that you can find youself in a position where, in order to best serve your client's interests, you have to do something you find immoral.
At my glue factory, I may have found myself such a position.
Without going into too much detail, I've seen an area where the company could protect themselves from legal liability in the event of a certain bad thing happening.
However, in doing so, they'd screw over everyone they caused injury to, using a technicality in the law to avoid having to pay them the damages they would morally (IMO) owe to those they injurred.
So, with a little research to check everything over and with some way to make sure the company 'expressed their gratitude' to me for my help, I could potentially use this knowledge to my advantage.
But it throws in all the problems of defending the guilty man.
And if I can't bring myself to do it now, I'm going to have to give up on the prospect of a career in law.
Any thoughts on what I should do?
Do whatever your conscience will allow you to do. If you feel uncomfortable doing it, don't. If you find that you can live with it, go for it. But don't, for gods sake, do it just for the financial advantage if you feel it will be going further than your conscience will allow, else you'll end up a very unhappy man.
While studying for my law degree, the whole 'defending the guilty man' issue would crop up every so often.
The usual solution lecturers would offer was not to ask whether your client is guilty.
I never felt comfortable with that, but figured there would be time to work something out later.
The issue isn't just left to criminal defence lawyers, the general problem is that you can find youself in a position where, in order to best serve your client's interests, you have to do something you find immoral.
At my glue factory, I may have found myself such a position.
Without going into too much detail, I've seen an area where the company could protect themselves from legal liability in the event of a certain bad thing happening.
However, in doing so, they'd screw over everyone they caused injury to, using a technicality in the law to avoid having to pay them the damages they would morally (IMO) owe to those they injurred.
So, with a little research to check everything over and with some way to make sure the company 'expressed their gratitude' to me for my help, I could potentially use this knowledge to my advantage.
But it throws in all the problems of defending the guilty man.
And if I can't bring myself to do it now, I'm going to have to give up on the prospect of a career in law.
Any thoughts on what I should do?
The usual solution lecturers would offer was not to ask whether your client is guilty.
I never felt comfortable with that, but figured there would be time to work something out later.
The issue isn't just left to criminal defence lawyers, the general problem is that you can find youself in a position where, in order to best serve your client's interests, you have to do something you find immoral.
At my glue factory, I may have found myself such a position.
Without going into too much detail, I've seen an area where the company could protect themselves from legal liability in the event of a certain bad thing happening.
However, in doing so, they'd screw over everyone they caused injury to, using a technicality in the law to avoid having to pay them the damages they would morally (IMO) owe to those they injurred.
So, with a little research to check everything over and with some way to make sure the company 'expressed their gratitude' to me for my help, I could potentially use this knowledge to my advantage.
But it throws in all the problems of defending the guilty man.
And if I can't bring myself to do it now, I'm going to have to give up on the prospect of a career in law.
Any thoughts on what I should do?