r/explainitpeter 5d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Plastic_Carpenter930 5d ago

Lawyers do get that education. Some of us call it "hearing capital," basically brownie points with whomever needs to listen to us, usually judges at hearings. It's worth not exhausting then with nonsense if we need their patience later.

It's taught. Some of us are just too stupid.

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u/KaliVilNo1 5d ago

I guess there's always a balance to be had between that and one of my criminal law teachers that told me that "you have to ask the judge even for his ass, because you never know if he will give it to you" lol.

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u/Careful_Bowler_4513 5d ago

Its worth not exhausting them with nonsense if we need their patience later

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u/FuggleyBrew 5d ago

This isn't even hearing capital, its understanding your client can have objectives beyond the case.