This draft is based on the viral story of a Kenyan lawyer with no qualifications who won 26 cases. However, yes, I am not a lawyer myself, so please do correct me if this draft contains unrealistic stuff/inaccuracies/contradictions/incorrect use of terminology etc.
Feedback on effect lines would also be mightily appreciated this time around!
[title] Liar Liar
[desc] Rising legal star Mick Dross, who won twenty out of his first twenty cases, was recently exposed for having no legal qualifications whatsoever and subsequently lying about it.
[validity] has courts, moderate level of corruption, no tuition-free tertiary education
[option] "This conman isn't even the first to try this trick. Many such cases!" fumes @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Chair of the Bar Council, as a thick coat of @@HIS@@ wig powder gets all over your desk. "These grifters make a mockery of our justice system, waste valuable resources and fail the people they represent by not providing expert legal advice, all for a quick buck! Have this disgraceful hustler and anyone else like him imprisoned, and prevent future cases from occuring by strictly scrutinising anyone who claims to be a lawyer."
[validity] has prisons
[effect] forgetting to start legal advice with "IANAL" can land you behind bars
[option] "This conman isn't even the first to try this trick. Many such cases!" fumes @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Chair of the Bar Council, as a thick coat of @@HIS@@ wig powder gets all over your desk. "These grifters make a mockery of our justice system, waste valuable resources and fail the people they represent by not providing expert legal advice, all for a quick buck! Have this disgraceful hustler and anyone else like him exiled, and prevent future cases from occuring by strictly scrutinising anyone who claims to be a lawyer."
[validity] no prisons
[effect] forgetting to start legal advice with "IANAL" can land you in exile
[option] "Or maybe we should consider why people are turning to these methods of practicing law in the first place!" proclaims @@RANDOMNAME@@, an aspiring barrister turned barista who failed the bar exam three times in a row. "Perhaps it's because law school is too expensive. Or perhaps it's because getting a degree means brown-nosing snobs who wouldn't know a creative mind if it slapped them in the face. Or perhaps it's because a degree is a useless waste of time! Mr Dross sure as hell didn't have one, and yet he managed to beat a bunch of people who did. You should allow everyone to choose whoever they want to represent them in court, even if they aren't "qualified" to."
[effect] the "right to counsel" has finally been enshrined in law
[option] "We obviously can't let buffoons run amok in our courthouses, but we also can't let great legal minds slip away because they didn't have the required credentials" says your Minister of Compromises as he attempts to balance your erasers on a model pair of scales. "What if we offered everyone a chance at being a lawyer? Allow aspiring attorneys to take on a maximum of 5 cases without a degree. If they prove themselves to be worthy with their practical skills, we can offer them subsidised legal education and opportunites to be accredited. If they don't show potential, well, tough luck. This way, we can sieve out the bad from the good and maintain a healthy workforce of qualified lawyers."
[effect] people are offered free trials to go to trial
