I work in an office Mon-Fri as a plain Administrator. I process Legal Aid applications.
These applications are from people who have committed a range of bad crimes and are asking for someone to legally represent them in Court, as they cannot afford (or they claim they cannot afford) to pay for a Solicitor or Barrister/Lawyer themselves.
Our job is to look at their finances and decide if the taxpayer will pay towards their legal costs in court.