Okay, suppose a lawyer is not allowed to accept briefs. In the Least Convenient case where you happen to be a really expensive lawyer, how much can actually be accomplished courtroom-wise if you talk for a few hours with a much less expensive lawyer? Would any lawyers care to weigh in?
Why would you need to do anything with the inexpensive lawyer? Contribute nothing to the fund—maybe even forfeit your half of whatever the other party contributes—and then represent yourself.
I suspect that the only real solution to the Lawyer Problem is to remove the necessity of the profession—ie, either simplify the law, or cognitively enhance the people to the point where any person who can not hold the whole of the law in his/her head can be declared legally incompetent.
If possible, that would certainly be a great solution.
The original (our-world) Lawyer Problem goes beyond what we’ve discussed here: it involves (ex-) lawyers both deliberately making the law and the case law more and more complex, to increase the value of their services.
Okay, suppose a lawyer is not allowed to accept briefs. In the Least Convenient case where you happen to be a really expensive lawyer, how much can actually be accomplished courtroom-wise if you talk for a few hours with a much less expensive lawyer? Would any lawyers care to weigh in?
I’m tempted to suggest ‘about the same amount a professional dancer can teach an amateur, and for similar reasons’.
Why would you need to do anything with the inexpensive lawyer? Contribute nothing to the fund—maybe even forfeit your half of whatever the other party contributes—and then represent yourself.
I suspect that the only real solution to the Lawyer Problem is to remove the necessity of the profession—ie, either simplify the law, or cognitively enhance the people to the point where any person who can not hold the whole of the law in his/her head can be declared legally incompetent.
If possible, that would certainly be a great solution.
The original (our-world) Lawyer Problem goes beyond what we’ve discussed here: it involves (ex-) lawyers both deliberately making the law and the case law more and more complex, to increase the value of their services.