The Ministry’s advocates were considered average, avaricious, and ambitious. In short, not to be trusted. The best of Sondheim’s School were recruited by Frayser, Sladek, and Rue, and the other privately owned firms specialized so as not to compete with them. Then, there were the public defenders. Do-gooders who thought they could change the world, one injustice at a time. Scorned for their idealism, mocked for their willingness to work for comparatively nonexistent pay, and discussed with impolite surprise when they managed a win.