Get a good boss. This job could be either excellent or terrible depending on your boss. You feel excellent when you help someone, but you don't feel good when you mess something up.
I hate my job and I think that if you are thinking of going to law school you should reconsider. Furthermore, I am not alone, studies showed that most lawyers are not happy with their jobs. I think that people go into law thinking they will be able to have prestige and great fulfilling careers. Well, it pays well. That's the only advantage. And this is true only if you either did really well in law school or went to the top 10 school in the country. I did both, and now I am working ungodly hours at a huge law firm doing work that a moneky can perform. Of course a monkey would not charge $300 an hour to do this job. So to summarize: pros - you get paid well and people are impressed with you but if and only if you do well in law school or get into a very good lawschool; cons: you have no life as you work all the time, you don't really make any difference because the work that you do is generally meaningless, and you are stressed out of your mind most of the time. I would not do it again, if I hadn't sunk over 100K in law school loans. I know that many lawyers leave law to do other things in just a few years. I indend to do the same. One little known thing about law career is that third year of law school is pointless. You get very little in terms of substantive knowledge but you waste a year worth of tuition. I wish they made law schools in the US more like law schools in Europe where practical training is emphasized after a year or two of academic study.
THE LAW ITSELF IS FASCINATING AND INTRIGUING. THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF TEDIUM AND IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES IF SOME ONE NEEDS YOU THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE WORST PROBLEMS OF THEIR LIFE. THEREFOR INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE LAW YOU END UP BEING A GLORIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST AND SUBJECT TO A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ABUSE.
It can be a great and rewarding career. Just don't plan on moving anywhere when you first start out. It's a very inflexible profession that requires you to keep retaking the bar. Be sure to choose the path that's right for you because you will end up there anyway, regardless of salary.
No, I would not recommend this career. The only thing good about it is the money. OTherwise it is very cutthroat, the hours are brutal, and most of the time, your employers treat you poorly
This i a thoroughly rewarding career although anyone embarking upon it would be strongly advised to do so following a good college education, ths is practically mandatory. The work is often difficult and the long hours can prove unpopular, but the prestige, good pay and enjoyable nature of the work make this career a good choice for anyone who has a strong work ethic and good determination
Learn something useful, even if it's simply mastering a foreign language, before even thinking about becoming a lawyer. I'd recommend a career in law, because it's a fairly easy way to make a modest income without getting your hands dirty or engaging in physical labor, but it's not a sure-fire way to riches. The average high school teacher will make more over his or her lifetime than the average lawyer.
I would recommend this career because I get to help people daily and that is ver rewarding. Despite long hours I would choose this career. The pros are helping others and being able to work for yourself. The cons are the hours. You should know that you have to put in alot of work to be a lawyer. A tip I would give is to not give up on going to law school because you majored in something else.
Don't do it. Just say no. Evil people. Awful hours. Sure, a lot of the work pays well -- the most evil of it all. What good is money when you have no time to spend it. To top it all off, by the time you graduate from law school, you are drowning in so much debt that going back to school after you realize what a mistake you made is not an option.
I like very much my career.
I studied Laws at university and is very good that I can work in this subject.
I recommenr this career and I would make again this career if i start again my university years.
Pros: salary and timetable.
Cons: people argue very much!!
When I first became a legal professional, I was excited by the sweep and scope of the law, and its essential role in how we all manage to live together. However, I found out rather quickly that the practice of law differs greatly from the philosophy of law. Once the basic tenets are learned and practiced, all cases tend to look the same, save for details. In particular, practicing patent law, which is administrative law, the process of arguing a case is more like a set dance than an intellectual adventure. I would not repeat this mistake.
In the 18th and 19th century, hatmakers used poisionous chemicals including mercury in their work. As result, many developed pathological symptons -- an estimated 10% went insane. Hence the term "mad as a hatter" and Lewis Carroll's character, the Mad Hatter.
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