Law firms are just an AWFUL place to work. The profession is self-entitled to begin with - charging the most ridiculous rates and then refusing to spend money on staff, technology or any other costs. Money is often frittered away on meaningless "client development" lunches and dinners that are just a way for the partners to reward themselves and claim it as an expense. If someone did a survey of lawyers for job satisfaction - the number would be so pathetic that the Law Society would probably cover it up. The province should step in and break up the union that is the Law Society and find an appropriate mechanism for rates. Purchasing or selling a house shouldn't cost $2000 and the legal cost of divorce is a travesty. The inflation of legal fees is so out of whack with the rest of the economy that it's obvious price fixing is to blame. Unfortunately, too many politicians are lawyers and they'll never harm their backup career.