When I read Lawyerland, I get less and less excited about becoming a lawyer. I feel like most, if not all of the stories have a strong, melancholy feeling and I can't recall any of the characters sounding happy about being lawyers, or at least expressing any real positive emotion when talking about what they do and the Law in general. To me, it paints a very bleak picture and, frankly, scares me a bit. Do other people have the same reaction? I know that lawyers are known to be a relatively unhappy group of people, but do you think the book accurately reflects the full reality of the situation? Perhaps these particular characters were chosen precisely because they are not fully happy (arguably, the book wouldn't be as engaging otherwise). However, I was wondering what other people here thought about this and what do you think this means for us, as future lawyers?

P.S. If anyone has read MacKnight? Was Murdered and can explain the last paragraph to me, I'd appreciate it.

-- JosephItkis - 04 Jun 2012