The question of whether a field is broken (not working how people would like it to work) is different from the question of whether it&#x27;s valuable.<p>There&#x27;s a question of whether lawyers are a net good for society, and I would expect a lawyer to think &#x27;yes&#x27; whether or not that&#x27;s true. But there&#x27;s also a question of, how much of a lawyer&#x27;s job involves being friendly with the judge?<p>I&#x27;d expect a lawyer to know the true answer to that, independently of whether or not [she thinks] lawyers are a net good.<p>(At least, I&#x27;d trust the lawyer more than I&#x27;d trust a randomer.)