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It's amazing to me how lawyers can spin the same set of facts in opposite ways, to tell any story they want without telling a lie. In college I dated a girl in
by stripline 6y ago
It's amazing to me how lawyers can spin the same set of facts in opposite ways, to tell any story they want without telling a lie.
In college I dated a girl in her first year of law school. This technique was something they are taught as a 1L (first year). I remember she would have assignments to write the arguments for both sides using the same set of facts. Made me realize that a good lawyer can convince a jury of anything.
- umvi 6y agoThe media can do the same - tell any story they want from the facts. And that's how you end up with headlines about "fiery but mostly peaceful protests"
- jskdvsksnb 6y agoOr someone illegally transporting a gun across state lines and using it for "self-defense"
- pnw_hazor 6y agoLawyers are trained to advocate for either side of a case. While they often develop a preference for staying on one side or the other, they should be able argue for either side. When I was an 1L, some classmates were very good at arguing one side (usually the good-guy side) and then they would fall to pieces if professors asked them to advocate for the other side. Even to the point of saying there was no feasible argument for the other side. Trial lawyers work with evidence and law. Deciding what the facts are is the business of judges or juries.
- vmception 6y agoI’m not a lawyer but understand now that I definitely could be. I pity people that can be so easily swayed towards binary perceptions. It is safe, I can tell you that much.