100 posts and most of them are rants. This one will be no different.
The clients in legal aid might be dumber than my PD clients. This might be because we have to delve a lot more into the issues I previously refused/was unable to answer. This seems likely since many of the clients have pending criminal charges.
Client's in divorce cases that are nasty are even more unpleasant than all of my PD clients. Yeah the court doesn't care that he has your "antique" curio cabinet. You make no money and allegedly have "no" assets so what do you need a cabinet with which to keep curios?
I'm pretty sure 90% of the clients have mental problems. The question on the intake form entitled "citizenship" is not a trick question, nor is it a hard question.
Everyone who works for the Social Security office is either incompetent or has given up at life. I don't blame them for giving up, their job sounds awful.
Mellancollyeyes made a comment about not being too dandy or esle I might alienate the clients. This makes sense as the most poorly dressed attorney at the office (who is self proclaimed as sloven) is probably the best with clients. I'm not sure I can help it though because I need my clothes to reflect the seriousness with which I'm devoting to a certain activity. Even as a 1L intern I wore suits to watch court. This is for two reasons: 1. while in court you will either be mistaken for a defendant or an attorney, I prefer attorney. 2. court deserves respect. So I don't care if my clients show up for court in sweatpants that say Juicy on the ass and a football jersey. I'm going to wear my pocket square and my tie bar and cufflinks. Besides, clients thinking I can't relate to their life is probably accurate. I've been spoiled all my life, I have no idea what it is like to be poor and uneducated.
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Being poor is a lot like being not poor, with more sweatpants and Ramen involved. Having straddled both sides of the poor/not-poor (or rather, LESS poor) worlds, it's fairly similar. And to be honest, being not-poor/less-poor means people expect a lot more out of you. And I just don't have the energy for that. Putting on pants every day? Pass. Cleaning out the fast food wrappers in my passenger seat? No thank you. But people always are so shocked that I'm so terribly lazy, slovenly, hateful-of-pants-without-elastic-waistbands, and in love with food in cans because I'm a LAWYER!! They have higher standards for me. Blech... That's when I remind them politely that I was a welfare child before a lawyer, so really, what else can you expect? :)
And I hear you on the being mistaken for a defendant or an attorney... And pocket squares are kick ass. I forced Hat to get them for the wedding attire. They are wicked awesome.
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