In this section, I augment the interview data presented above with extracts from the participant observation.

The opinions lawyers expressed while going about their work suggest negative attitudes and a strained lawyer-client relationship.

As with the formal interviews, data from the participant observation is offered with minimal assessment so as to allow for a greater appreciation of the state of affairs encountered. However, to aid comprehension, this data is disseminated under three titles, namely:

1. Intelligence - clients were believed to be stupid.

2. Moral Culpability - clients were also considered to be of questionable character.

3. Factual Guilt - finally, clients were assumed to have committed a crime.