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Aerial
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Yuma, Arizona
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What skills or qualities do you think I should need if I wanted to be a lawyer?
Hello, I go to crane middle school in Yuma Arizona, I was asking these questions to be peppered for what skills I would need or use to be able to be a lawyer one day.
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James Constantine Frangos
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Good Day Aerial!
To be a successful lawyer, you should possess the following skills and qualities:-
Communication Skills: Essential for effectively conveying legal information and collaborating with clients and colleagues.
Adjudication Skills: Knowing when to tell a complainer to shut up or leave.
Analytical Skills: Important for understanding complex legal cases and making informed decisions.
Research Skills: Necessary for gathering and analyzing legal information and precedents.
Problem-Solving Skills: Critical for addressing legal challenges and finding effective solutions.
Stress Tolerance: Important for managing the pressures of a legal career, especially in high-stakes situations.
Organizational Skills: Helps in managing case files, deadlines, and client communications efficiently.
These skills and qualities are fundamental for success in the legal profession.
Protect Yourself from burnout, just do 8 hours work a day!
To be a successful lawyer, you should possess the following skills and qualities:-
Communication Skills: Essential for effectively conveying legal information and collaborating with clients and colleagues.
Adjudication Skills: Knowing when to tell a complainer to shut up or leave.
Analytical Skills: Important for understanding complex legal cases and making informed decisions.
Research Skills: Necessary for gathering and analyzing legal information and precedents.
Problem-Solving Skills: Critical for addressing legal challenges and finding effective solutions.
Stress Tolerance: Important for managing the pressures of a legal career, especially in high-stakes situations.
Organizational Skills: Helps in managing case files, deadlines, and client communications efficiently.
These skills and qualities are fundamental for success in the legal profession.
Protect Yourself from burnout, just do 8 hours work a day!
Felix Zeydelis
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Hi Aerial. Here are some things that have helped us along our career journeys toward becoming lawyers.
- Being inquisitive, empathetic, patient and understanding is important because you will be working with people that are going through difficult circumstances, they may not readily know exactly what their legal issue is and you will need to be able to help them figure it out.
- Love of reading/writing because you'll be doing quite a bit of it!
- Solution-oriented, organized, and a creative problem solver.
- Work well with others, be a strong communicator, and practice public speaking.
- Being inquisitive, empathetic, patient and understanding is important because you will be working with people that are going through difficult circumstances, they may not readily know exactly what their legal issue is and you will need to be able to help them figure it out.
- Love of reading/writing because you'll be doing quite a bit of it!
- Solution-oriented, organized, and a creative problem solver.
- Work well with others, be a strong communicator, and practice public speaking.
Shannon Champion
Corporate Attorney
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Mission Viejo, California
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Shannon’s Answer
While some areas of law require specific skills, general skills/qualities that will help you be successful as a lawyer include communications/public speaking, ability to work with others (teamwork), critical thinking, reading comprehension, writing, attention to detail, patience, multi-tasking, persevance and resilience. Some things you could do now to prepare for a career in law....read, read, read (books). Learn about the world by following the news/current events. See if there are any internship or "shadowing" opportunities through your town or local businesses. Join the debate team or theater, or other clubs and activities where you learn to work with others as a team.
Scott Michael
Attorney
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It's important that you develop your ability to think clearly, reach conclusions based on facts and communicate them both orally and in writing. All of the classes that you are taking are, in some way, helping you develop these skills. For example, your history and English classes are teaching you how to read and understand what you've read, and how to write clearly.
It's very important to develop critical thinking skills, and logical and impartial reasoning. Do things that challenge your mind, such as reading and analyzing what you've read.
Here's a list of some thoughts:
weighing facts and coming to conclusions
weighing the pros and cons of issues and options
deciding what information is and is not accurate and relevant
your ability to interpret that fact to lead to a conclusion
Practice doing word problems or story problems, and logic puzzles.
Practice oral and written communications skills. Clear and concise writing is very important
It's very important to develop critical thinking skills, and logical and impartial reasoning. Do things that challenge your mind, such as reading and analyzing what you've read.
Here's a list of some thoughts:
weighing facts and coming to conclusions
weighing the pros and cons of issues and options
deciding what information is and is not accurate and relevant
your ability to interpret that fact to lead to a conclusion
Practice doing word problems or story problems, and logic puzzles.
Practice oral and written communications skills. Clear and concise writing is very important
Damion Josephs
Lawyer
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Damion’s Answer
To add, time management skills are also important as a lawyer. Lawyers typically have several matters that they are working on at any given time. A lawyer’s ability to give each matter the appropriate time and respond by the relevant deadline are some keys to success in the legal field.
Keep up your interest in being a lawyer, and all the best to you!
Keep up your interest in being a lawyer, and all the best to you!
DENNIS BREEN
Lawyer
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Cary, North Carolina
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DENNIS’s Answer
Aerial: You already have the skills! Just be yourself.
Being a lawyer requires a guy to learn a whole bunch of different stuff for each case, know how to handle tough situations and being able to understand your client. You are well on your way of having all these skill.
For now - just be a kid - that's the best way to be a good lawyer!
Being a lawyer requires a guy to learn a whole bunch of different stuff for each case, know how to handle tough situations and being able to understand your client. You are well on your way of having all these skill.
For now - just be a kid - that's the best way to be a good lawyer!
Thank you so much for your advice and encouragement. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. Your support means a lot and helps me feel more confident about my goals.
Aerial