DEPARTMENT OF LISTLESS LAWYERING |
| DIRECTOR Miles Drubbins |
ABOUT
To such an extent have individuals been misled by its influence as to introduce clauses into their wills, directing that no Lawyer shall be employed in any affairs relating to the settlement of their estates. The result in many of these cases has been, as might have been foreseen, that Lawyers have eventually reaped the chief profit, and not unfrequently estates have gone directly contrary to the supposed intention of testators. It is, therefore, neither wise nor politic for us to aid in, or encourage the diffusion of a prejudice against a profession which is as indispensable as the medical or mercantile profession. That there have been ignorant and dishonest Lawyers, no one has ever been rash enough to deny. That slow and lazy Lawyers may be found even now, is a possibility that, we fear, can be established.*