In civilised nations, lawyers carry a certain image. They need to. They are astute and fairly well put together. They have to be because they go through tough processes to become a lawyer. They read extensively, take the LSAT, read more and then take their exams. By the end of it, they come out the other side more polished, academically sound and equipped with necessary analytical and critical skills to understand how to apply the law.

If you didn't notice up there, I was talking about civilised nations.

Again, I'll leave it your fine sense of judgement because whenever I speak up against our inconsistent standards, old flabby men on WhatsApp groups begin conversating about the ill-knowing-first-generation lawyers.

Bar councils regulate lawyers. Bars get people drunk, there's a difference. You dance in the latter, not the former. But in our case, the distinction seems to become murkier day by day.

Thankfully, the bar elections are over. At least one of them. I........

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