The job is going against my values
Does anyone else find the job of a solicitor a bit immoral? I’m a few years PQE and feeling increasingly like my job does not align with my values. I’m looking for a bit of perspective/advice please. For background I am state school educated and didn’t know anyone in law before I chose it as a career. I primarily chose it because I found it interesting at A-level and uni. It was also important to me to get a job which would enable me to be financially independent. I (naively) thought it would involve justice and doing what is right. I work in litigation for a city firm. I find it’s never a level playing field with the other side. Our client is a public body and they don’t give us the resources to do our job properly. I hate that lawyers on the other side will use all kinds of horrible/personal tactics to get you to settle. The rules around part 36 offer are immoral and do not promote justice. The unrealistic targets we have means everyone in my team is time dumping and overcharging. There are so many ways solicitors can increase their costs against the best interests of their clients. I hate seeing all this go on. Especially when we are talking about the spend of public money. This is not what I signed up to. I’m in a bit of a golden handcuffs situation now and struggling to know where to go next. I’m even tempted to leave the law all together.