Do You Want To Be A Lawyer?

by Andreoli

Overview

Every year, thousands of college graduates matriculate into law school, a process that requires extraordinary time, money, and effort. Despite these costs, many future lawyers don't know what a career in the law entails.

Embarking on a career as an attorney can be rewarding, but it can also be regrettable. This book is meant to provide aspiring attorneys with the information they need to make a knowledgeable decision whether law school, and a career in the law, is the right choice.

The book provides a broad overview of the different fields, practice areas, and career choices available to law graduates. Not every lawyer practices in a court room, or negotiates high stakes business deals. Although attorneys are often portrayed in entertainment and media, these portrayals are frequently distortions of an attorney's actual day-to-day work life.

This book will lay out the work expected and performed by attorneys in different specialties. The book will also provide some insight regarding a prospective lawyers career objectives. It is no longer safe to assume a law degree will be a key to financial security.

Ultimately, this book will arm a prospective law student with the information they need to determine whether a career in the law fits their long-term life ambitions.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011920103
Publisher:	Anthony Andreoli
Publication date:	11/08/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	102 KB

About the Author

I went to law school with steadfast determination to practice law, although I really wasn't sure what a lawyer actually did. This certainly sounds foolish considering what's at stake, but it's an ignorance all too common amongst many incoming law students.

When I graduated law school I had a job at a venerable Philadelphia law firm, but circumstances derailed my incipient career, and I was laid off only months into my position as an associate. I then began to question why I initially went to law school, and realized a firm answer didn't exist. I never fully questioned or contemplated the decision - it was more of a foregone conclusion rooted in childhood.

Regret soon followed, as I considered other opportunities I had passed, and other potential careers entirely unrelated to the law. I took the chance unemployment provided and explored some of the adventures a conventional career in the law did not entail. I briefly worked in the entertainment industry, but ultimately went back to practicing law. I've meandered through what seems like practically every possible legal position in existence, and now practice in the field of personal injury.

I wrote this career guide to provide potential law students with the knowledge I would have wanted from the beginning of undergraduate school, at a time when my marriage to a legal career already seemed solidified.

I enjoy practicing law, but it took a circuitous path to arrive at my current position. The reports in my book are a reflection of what I learned while traveling this winding path, and will provide the reader with a window into a legal career.