"I suppose I could have just used a Confundus Charm." – Harry Potter
Lawyers, for lack of a better analogy, have been lobotomized to a certain extent. Not the Nurse Ratched kind of lobotomy, mind you, but rather a bloodless one that begins in law school.
During their initial re-education, law students are trained to no longer see things through binary lenses. This ultimately leads to an almost super-human ability to view positions from multiple angles. This skill is further honed over the course of years in practice, where clients pay them to advocate positions on their behalf in various settings. This includes developing creative interpretations of otherwise innocuous words and phrases.
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