The first post since I joined is this one. Thus, I am an interloper, of sorts, and clearly one who is unaware of everything that has come before. Is the adversary system a good or bad idea. I want to mention only two right now. They can make a living, feed their ego, and meet their needs for aggression is a lawful manner.
Many people come to the law because of deep feelings of conscience and social concern.
They see the law as a great way to struggle for Justice, as they deem that concept. Of course, these people are very different in their goals than the first group. Oftern, however, they have the same temperament. Others, however, are conscientiously, deeply, on all levels, and thus they are sometimes put off by what they experience from their colleagues in law school and later as lawyers. But, I will tell you where I think the undergraduate is MOST critical.