I don't know if I'm one to be in the legal profession for these same reasons. It's interesting - people seem to have a general disdain for lawyers as a group, but people seem to like their lawyer.

Understanding that one has to take what's available, I would prefer to be in the field of environmental law or elder law. I already know way more than I ever wanted to know about matrimonial law, but don't get me started...

I'll be thinking about this and doing more research as well. And yes, Miss Kenton provided some excellent real world perspective.