>> I admire the idea of giving a tween a useful job to do <<

I agree. A paycheck rewards them for hard work, and a job minimizes time for making trouble from scratch.

>> and kids in that age bracket usually have picked up enough English to be good translators.<<

Often true.

>> And if I needed that kind of legal advice, I'd go to that firm, because of how they got to be there.<<

Agreed.