He considers the idea a moment, then dismisses it the next.

"I don't think I can accomplish the things I want to from a position like that. Judges... not to discount anything they do, but by the time a case reaches them for decision the defense has rested. It isn't so much helping people as it is managing what becomes of them."

It's too late to save a person, or to stop them, when it comes time for delivering verdicts. And past that point it leaves the hands of the law altogether.