I have always said something is wrong with most lawyers. And ppl would be like: nah you just don't need one right now blah blah blah. And I'm like: nah they really piss me off on average. I don't dislike every single one, but the way the profession is run is detestable, and terrible people are lionized as judges. Some are elefted, but the BAR gets a lot of input.
Lawyers in my experience tend to suffer from some serious dunning-kruger effect. They think that because they've 'mastered' one area(law) that they're automatically right on everything else.
It does tend to lead to some hilarious circumstance, though.
The bar is the railing that separates the audience area (called the gallery) from the area with the attorney's tables (called the well). So the people who are allowed past the bar became known as "the bar", just like how judges (who sit at the desk at the front of the courtroom called the bench) became known collectively as "the bench". "Passing the bar" has both a literal and figurative meaning. Literal being that the person passed a test called the bar exam, but also figuratively being that they are now permitted to pass the bar in the courtroom.
I have always said something is wrong with most lawyers. And ppl would be like: nah you just don't need one right now blah blah blah. And I'm like: nah they really piss me off on average. I don't dislike every single one, but the way the profession is run is detestable, and terrible people are lionized as judges. Some are elefted, but the BAR gets a lot of input.
Lawyers in my experience tend to suffer from some serious dunning-kruger effect. They think that because they've 'mastered' one area(law) that they're automatically right on everything else.
It does tend to lead to some hilarious circumstance, though.
It's strangely common among "masters" of different kinds of things.
Bar is not an acronym, you look really dumb when you capitalize it.
AFAIK, the concept of the bar started with the British Accreditation Registry
To add on, laser is also an acronym but no one writes it in caps. Sometimes it's best to follow conventions.
I didn't even mean to imply it was an acronym. Everyone knows it's called the bar; no one knows why. I just randomly use capslock on my phone.
The bar is the railing that separates the audience area (called the gallery) from the area with the attorney's tables (called the well). So the people who are allowed past the bar became known as "the bar", just like how judges (who sit at the desk at the front of the courtroom called the bench) became known collectively as "the bench". "Passing the bar" has both a literal and figurative meaning. Literal being that the person passed a test called the bar exam, but also figuratively being that they are now permitted to pass the bar in the courtroom.
Like when people write ELO. It's Elo. Virtually nobody knows this.