its not ALL bad

So I decided to try my luck today and went to my school to see if Icould run into one of my teachers who happens to be a retired lawyer and as luck would have it he was there and helped me with understanding what we could do about our landlord/agent situation. and come to find out this landlord could have only taken us to small claims court but decided to go to superior court and I found out why. because if he were to lose in small claims court he would not be able to appeal to where in small claims court only the defendant can file for an appeal if they lose. this is news to me because in my study of Criminal Justice, the only grounds for appeal is a.) constitutional issues b.) legal mistakes. but I guess in Civil Law, you are able to appeal if you dont like the outcome of the court. which is amazing to to me and makes me want to study Civil Law. that just sounds more interesting to me. as I said previously, I am studyng Criminal Justice. that is the only side of the law available to learn at the school I go to, being that I am only able to earn my A.A.S. degree. which is not a bad thing but if I want to learn more, or get a higher degree, I would need to go to a University or somewhere else other than my school I am at now.

So I was able to get a referral from my ex-lawyer teacher to another attorney who is a property attorney who sounds like he may be willing to help us and walk into court with us. because come to find out if we were to walk into Superior Court without a lawyer, we would be pretty much dead in the water before the case even starts. so I am very grateful that I have teachers who are so willing to help "the little guy" and it helps that they know other attorneys who seem willing to help.