Without going to the law library, any decent law student can find and print out dozens of cases in minutes instead of hours. I use the same technology to do research on the computer for a variety of topics, legal and otherwise. When I needed to write a scene in a house of Japanese design for 9 Scorpions , I found what I wanted in less than ten minutes. It might have taken hours in a library. Surveys often show that attorneys have some of the lowest job satisfaction ratings of any of the professions.
Attorneys like to whine.
Sometimes you call, sometimes you raise, and sometimes you bluff. It can be a grind where the goal is to bill the most hours. The inefficiency of the system and the sense that justice is seldom served are also downers. Subject to the truth being misstated by sleazy lawyers, overlooked by incompetent judges, and ignored by lazy jurors. I treat it as a job.