tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post32921887435916466..comments2024-03-28T23:48:27.173-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: A Dislike of Cynical LawyersBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-80451601244771347272018-04-09T21:54:42.699-06:002018-04-09T21:54:42.699-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. Legal Aid lawyer...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. Legal Aid lawyers face a daily grind. In Saskatchewan lawyers either become long time Legal Aid lawyers or soon move on from the job. Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-26644352496731228912018-04-08T00:49:39.933-06:002018-04-08T00:49:39.933-06:00Yes, and I wish more legal aid lawyers and public ...Yes, and I wish more legal aid lawyers and public defenders would be shown, representing their clients despite low budgets and having to deal with many obstacles.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-26755306042821893492018-04-07T11:16:33.581-06:002018-04-07T11:16:33.581-06:00Spade and Dagger: Thanks for the comment. As write...Spade and Dagger: Thanks for the comment. As writers can write characters as they see best bloggers can comment as they see best concerning books. I am sure Martin has encountered cynical lawyers. I express my wish again that more non-cynical lawyers appeared in crime fiction.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-45264496304545725662018-04-04T01:50:05.198-06:002018-04-04T01:50:05.198-06:00Surely the world of fiction writing is a place to ...Surely the world of fiction writing is a place to explore all sorts of characters, including those who are not the best role models for their chosen careers or life choices. Some Readers will enjoy reading about & forming their own opinions of characters who lack the finest of human attributes or are less than perfect. Sadly, some people will also have come across real life examples of these characters & maybe author Martin Edwards has met some of them in his legal career :)Spade and Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447641240079673493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-92100430779342570292018-04-02T21:51:36.582-06:002018-04-02T21:51:36.582-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I know and have ...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I know and have known many legal aid lawyers dedicated to providing legal assistance to those on the margins. Being a legal aid lawyer is among the most difficult of legal positions.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-14703160667099894442018-04-02T21:47:24.174-06:002018-04-02T21:47:24.174-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I appreciate your ...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I appreciate your concern for the individual as you ready another generations to enter the classrooms of America. I agree that lawyers and teachers need to make the effort to help the individual.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-47063392516330524662018-04-02T00:17:55.462-06:002018-04-02T00:17:55.462-06:00I think I agree. Cynical defense lawyers shouldn&...I think I agree. Cynical defense lawyers shouldn't be lawyers not only in fiction, but in life. Friends who work for legal aid services providing legal aid to working-class and poor clients are not cynics about them and try to understand their circumstances.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-22706433962312237602018-04-01T19:05:47.431-06:002018-04-01T19:05:47.431-06:00Thanks for your thoughts on this, Bill. One of you...Thanks for your thoughts on this, Bill. One of your points especially stays with me: <i>...represents them with all the skill and guile he can muster from his decades in the courts.</i> I don't have experience in the law, but my guess is, that's what's required to do one's best job defending a client, whoever that client is. <br /><br />Your point about seeing each client as an individual reminds me of what I tell my students: their students' individual needs matter. Getting to know each one as a person will help you find out what those students need, so that you can design your lessons accordingly. In some ways, I think our professions have a few things in common.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com