I'm far from an expert but what about defending innocent people who are accused of crimes, that's also part of the job right? And on the flip side is prosecution much better if you're going after an innocent person?
This isn't necessarily an attack on your comment or even disagreeing with you, but it makes me wonder if any legal profession is compatible with religion.
That's part of the job too... for me personally defending a guilty person would outweigh any good I attempt to achieve in helping the innocent/framed. Because that guilty person he defends may (and often do) go reoffend and harm others - how do you not feel partially responsible for that?
I find it odd that he's gone from being an intern at Clifford Chance (who specialise predominantly in litigious and non litigious corporate work) to criminal defence. They are polar opposites. He also studied at Durham & Nottingham (top law schools) who push the corporate lawyer route down your throat. So honestly I'm just curious how he ended up opting for criminal defence an area that doesn't quite align with his religious beliefs, educational background & not as financially lucrative.
The legal sphere is vast he could have chosen something better paid like banking, mergers & acquisitions, real estate etc ... areas that don't pose the above predicament.
You could say any pretty much any job is incompatible with religion to some extent to be fair though. Depends on how religious you are as well
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I agree with you to a certain extent. Workplace environment may not be compatible for people who practice their religion and people are often forced to compromise.
This is very different to actively making a choice to specialise in an area of law like criminal defence... I guess what I'm saying is there is a scale to that incompatibility and as I mention in my above post he has options that aren't as incompatible with his morals.