"Actually the lawyers are the ones who should get the inspection
reports and then handle any
necessary negotiations on repairs--and the only repairs you should ask
for are issues that are code violations and/or affect your immediate
safety or major structural issues. "

The lawyers are the last ones that should be negotiating repairs. They
haven't seen the property, much less the repairs. How would the
lawyer know exactly what needs to be done, who is capable of, or wants
to do it, etc. The best approach is for the buyer to get estimates to
fix those items on the inspection that he thinks need to be fixed. Let
the seller get estimates too or agree to pick a couple contractors
agreeable to both. Then you can negotiate a discount in price to
cover the repairs, instead of having the seller fix it. That way, you
can get it done the way you want, not have a rushed job, and know that
it was done right. Some repairs you may even want to ignore, because
you're going to remodel a room, for example. In some cases, you may be
able to do it yourself. All this is for straightforward repairs.
Obviously, if you have somthing like a serious structural issue that
you can't easily determine the scope of, then I would walk.