I had the same thought, but I guess if you're paying someone for legal counsel then they need to be held responsible for the service they are giving, however th

I had the same thought, but I guess if you're paying someone for legal counsel then they need to be held responsible for the service they are giving, however they give it. That's qualitatively different from buying a legal textbook and advising yourself from it, since you are the one deriving counsel to yourself from generally available information.