I often hear people say “you’d be a fool to represent yourself in court, you need a lawyer!”?

Question by Healthy Environment: I often hear people say “you’d be a fool to represent yourself in court, you need a lawyer!”?
Wouldn’t judges decide the case based on its CONTENT,
not on whose arguing the case?

I mean, just because lawyers have been to law school doesn’t mean they’re smart.
I know lots of college graduates who are dumbasses.

What’s so important about having a lawyer to represent you?

Best answer:

Answer by slycye99
For the same reason when you break your leg you go to a doctor or when a pipe in your house bursts you don’t call a dentist.

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