in need of study skills

[theculturewarrior]

What different things to attorneys do? They're not all trial lawyers, are they?

[Proud2BCatholic139]

I'm in need of better study skills also

[Sojourner]

[quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:22 PM']What different things to attorneys do? They're not all trial lawyers, are they?
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Nope. Most aren't, actually.

There's a ton of different directions you could go with it. If you end up working for a big firm, chances are you'll end up doing some sort of business-related law. Smaller firms often handle the same kinds of work, but for smaller clients. The largest percentage of attorneys deal with business-related things -- contracts, risk assessment, etc.

Then, of course, there's the idealistic side of the profession. You could be a prosecutor, a public defender, a legal services provider, and so on.

Some lawyers never actually practice -- they use their law degrees in other professions.

Personally, I'll probably practice in some form of education-related law, if this is the direction I end up doing. I'll probably also end up doing some form of lobbying, because I love politics and the legislative system.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Oct 31 2005, 10:59 AM']I was telling one of my new hardcopy friends why I don't have that many hardcopy friends and why I've been living like a hermit for so long. It's hard to get sympathy when you sound like Ross Perot.
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NO, YOU DON'T! well, at least not to me. Ross Perot sounds like an old, dying toad. don't be mean to yourself.

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Oct 31 2005, 11:18 AM']Law librarians are a dying breed. Lexis has made them all but obsolete.
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I love Lexis. Lexis allows me to research without actually having to do work!

[quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Oct 31 2005, 02:22 PM']What different things to attorneys do? They're not all trial lawyers, are they?
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well, there are criminal attorneys and civil attorneys... defense attorneys, prosecuting attorneys... family attorneys, educational attorneys, medical attorneys, media attorneys. You name it, there's an attorney for it!

[theculturewarrior]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:48 PM']Personally, I'll probably practice in some form of education-related law, if this is the direction I end up doing. I'll probably also end up doing some form of lobbying, because I love politics and the legislative system.
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I just want to sue people.



























JK! :

[Guest T-Bone]

I used to want to be an attorney, but I'm barely able to graduate from college.

[theculturewarrior]

*praying for you*

Stick with it! If this is your first year, it's an adjustment, and if anybody is going to look at your grades, they're going to weigh the last few semesters heavier than the first.