The first quality: the ability to resist pressure to be strong enough
In our China, especially talk about peace as a value. In real life, without the situation of last resort, people generally will not fight the lawsuit. Therefore, in general, the parties to seek help from lawyers, are some very difficult problems. For the parties, may be once in a lifetime to fight a lawsuit, if the lawsuit lost, will be angry at the lawyer on the probability is very high.
Perhaps people will say, lawyers have a high income ah, take some pressure is not it should be? Indeed, the few big lawyers do earn a lot. However, there is a law of two or eight in any industry. In the legal profession, 20% of the barristers hold 80% of the resources. Then, the remaining 80% of lawyers have only 20% of the resources, and the competition is very keen. Let's not forget oh, lawyers are freelancers. Another layer of meaning of freelancing is that no one will pay your salary, pay social security, no case is equal to no income.
Lawyers work for themselves, so working hard is a given, and almost most lawyers choose to give up their sabbaticals. Most lawyers have to do a lot of work, such as: coordinating relationships, learning legal texts, reading practice books, taking evidence, court sessions and so on. For civil and commercial lawyers, they have to face a lot of contract modifications every day; for criminal defense lawyers, they are either in the detention center or on the way to the detention center. Lawyers every case, almost always have to make themselves an expert in the relevant field.
With such a large workload, exceptionally fierce competition, and lifelong learning, the profession is difficult to find a balance between career and family. So it seems that lawyers are a profession that needs to withstand great pressure. If the psychological quality is not good and the ability to resist pressure is not strong, one may be mentally depressed.
Perhaps some people will say again, the ability to resist pressure is my `strong point ah, I have a thicker skin is not on the line? Strive to do scolding, fighting not to fight back, in order to make millions of dollars a year, or even ten million dollars a year I am willing to ah! In fact, which is so simple, in the lawyer's career, challenges are everywhere.
The second quality: dare to accept the challenge
Because, the lawyer's career is to go through a series of long-term examination. Dershowitz, the author of this book, talks about how he once worked on a complex criminal case with a retired federal judge***. The judge had just retired and made partner in a large law firm. But he lost his first case, and lost it badly, despite the judge's best efforts.
From then on, the judge never took another litigation case, and only wanted to do non-litigation business. When Dershowitz asked him why he gave up his passion for litigation for a non-litigation practice that bothered him, he replied, I'm too old to take the test, and I have to choose to do what everyone else can't fail at.
You see, taking on the challenge of risking failure is such a torturous thing to do, especially for those who have already accomplished something.
That's because lawyers, in reality, failing the exam is a common achievement. All lose cases, lose clients, lose face from time to time, and it's inevitable no matter how good you are.
In his book, Dershowitz advises, "If you're not prepared to put your whole life to the test, to be judged by people who are usually less than you, then it's better to get a win-win job in the legal profession."
So if you can't be challenged for the rest of your life, don't choose to be a lawyer, at least not a litigator.
There are some people who are naturally bold and think that daring is their life's creed, and that does make them good candidates for lawyering. But beyond that, one must be able to withstand negative comments from clients as well as society.
Nowadays, China is promoting the full coverage of criminal defense. However, most of the public is still stuck in the idea that as long as they are taken by the police, they must be bad people. Therefore, when the lawyer for the client's defense, it is easy for people to think of criminals as accomplices. At this point, people will find someone to blame, and lawyers will of course bear the brunt. This is one of the major problems to be faced by being a lawyer.
What kind of person is suitable to be a lawyer?
In recent years, many of my friends around the neighborhood have asked me what kind of person is suitable to be a lawyer? His or her children suitable for lawyers? Oh This also shows that I am old, but also shows that my answer is not hairless, is hairy! ......? What have I said ! The first thing I'd like to do is to get back to the main topic!
First of all, I myself divided into three categories of lawyers fellow lawyers, you see you belong to which category!
First, the high emotional intelligence and high IQ people, you can do lawyers, speak and listen, paperwork and good-looking, are talented! This category of people to do lawyers, part-time work is not possible!
Secondly, people with high EQ but low IQ can be lawyers, speak and listen well, the paperwork does not look good, it does not matter! This category of people to do lawyers, case source is bar, let other lawyers to work on it! The premise is low IQ, can apply for the judicial examination, and can pass the judicial examination, think about it is not simple, emotional intelligence ah emotional intelligence, I do not seem to have! Oh I'm so happy! Are you sure it's not a lack of heart? Returning to the topic, the topic is my habit!
Third, the low emotional intelligence but high IQ people can do lawyers, talk bad, the instrument is good ass! Can not say foul language, here did not omit how many words! Which book is this quote, so familiar? Come back! This category of people to do lawyers, talk bad, can only give other lawyers work, work is sure, at least the country is currently this status quo, but the bull can choose the boss and salary compensation! Oh Still good drops!
Fourth, the low emotional intelligence and low IQ people, haha Laughing dead me, still consider doing lawyers? I said, the surrounding silence, the voice of the people Oh offended, but his or her child is such a person? Beat him or her to death and wouldn't say yes! Oh
when the lawyer's how 3Advantages of the lawyer's career:
1, free
work to a certain stage (usually to the partner stage), can be free to decide what to do what not to do, can be free to choose to go to work at a time and place, can freely choose to go to work. Freedom to build your own team.
2. Relatively high income
In the United States, lawyers and doctors are the highest-paid middle class. In China, lawyers are also a relatively stable economic income. Moreover, the income of lawyers is directly proportional to the rise in performance. Thus, as a person with no family background or capital, a lawyer is a profession where you can start from nothing and exchange your hard work for a happy life.
In the past two decades, the number of lawyers in China has grown hundreds of times, but the total income of Chinese lawyers has risen thousands of times. It can be seen that the income of Chinese lawyers has been in direct proportion to China's rapid economic development. China's economy is full of hope and unlimited development potential, China's lawyers' income is also rising, also has unlimited upside.
3, social status is good
Although many people curse lawyers, although many lawyers life is very difficult, although lawyers are not all kinds of government departments to see, but a person's life is very likely to always have a few times have a lawyer's time, and this society is to look at the money of the society, the level of income to a large extent determines the status of society.
4, rising space fast
In addition to the rising space of income, the lawyer's career in this industry is also relatively large, rising speed is relatively fast. In an ordinary business, the average person to achieve intermediate title is not easy, to achieve the senior position is very difficult, to achieve the role of the business owner level that is much more difficult. For example, it's easy to buy a stock in a big company, but it's hard to become a person who has a core interest in a business.
But as a lawyer, as long as you work hard and have that quality, generally speaking, maybe six or seven years, slower maybe nine or ten years, you can become a partner in a firm, you have an interest in the firm, you become a boss-level person, play a shareholder-type role.
In the state organs, large companies, the level of strict, and employees can only be a long time to the middle position, but also may need to deal with complex interpersonal relationships. But law firms are different, there is no overly strict division of superior and inferior, internal personnel relations related to simple and simple, as long as the performance is outstanding, lawyers can generally rise to the position of partner in about ten years.
5, interpersonal relationships are simple
In general, lawyers may need to maintain a necessary social network outside the law firm. However, within the law firm, relationships are relatively simple because everyone has the opportunity to be a partner, unlike the pyramid structure of a firm where you have to step on others if you want to be promoted.
6. Career change is easy
Because of their work, lawyers come into contact with different things every day, and exercise different skills, including analysis, research, organization, and synthesis. Therefore, it is easier for lawyers to change careers.
In the United States, many lawyers have switched to politics or to the bench. In China, because of China's political system, not many lawyers have switched to politics, but there are many lawyers who have switched to be civil servants of the government, in-house lawyers or senior managers of companies, independent directors of listed companies, arbitrators of arbitration commissions, teachers of schools, and even judges.
For example, a lawyer who provides year-round legal services to a large company is eventually selected by the company as the director of the company's legal department, who is selected as an arbitrator of the Arbitration Commission because he is good at dealing with arbitration cases, who is familiar with a certain field of business and establishes a company specializing in the field of investment, who joins an investment bank or a securities company because of his frequent engagement in capital market operations such as IPOs, funds, etc., are all common in the lawyer community.
These are all examples of successful career changes that are commonplace in the legal profession.