The title of The Street Lawyer reflects Michael Brock’s decision to give up his wealth and lifestyle for a job as a “Street Lawyer”, or lawyer for the poor or financially incapable.  Street lawyers are described as thinking like first year law students. They want to use their degrees and talents to help people and benefit society. They make very little compared to regular lawyers, Michael bringing in just under 30k with his new job. Money is not the concern of street lawyers, however. They use their job to provide free legal assistance to those who can’t afford it.  Often the ones who can’t afford lawyers in the first place are the ones who get mixed up with the law, so street lawyers are in high demand. A street lawyer is the exact opposite of the typical lawyer. They don’t have the money, fancy offices, nice houses and cars, and luxuries that normal lawyers can afford. In a lot of ways they are like their clients:  Shabby, informal, barely able to scrape by financially. So the change to a street lawyer is really a “full immersion experience” into the lives and experiences of the poor.