Law is the underlying organizer of all things human.  No part of society is truely lawless, and everything that has to do with the government is law based.  No surprise, but here is a blurb from farm and farmer rights activists, touching on legal malpractice.

"Some USDA employees, including a top official in the department, are organizing a lobbying campaign to eliminate a provision in the farm bill passed July 27 by the House of Representatives that would reopen a landmark civil rights case against the department for discrimination in providing farm loans to black farmers.

Deadline barred 64,000 claims, despite lack of notice.The settlement-funded arbitrator rejected 64,000 farmers who came forward with claims during the late claims process established by the court. The farmers’ attorneys, whose representation was characterized by the court as "bordering on legal malpractice," were responsible for properly notifying the farmers of the original deadline for application.