freedom
At a certain stage of work (usually the partner stage), you are free to decide what to do or not to do, you are free to choose the time and place of work, and you are free to form your own team.
The income is good and relatively stable.
The richest people in society are definitely not lawyers, but lawyers are usually richer. Top lawyers earn tens of millions a year, which exceeds the annual income of many listed companies. Moreover, listed companies may have losses and profits, and lawyers are unlikely to lose money. A good lawyer, a few horses, a few yachts and a private jet are not a problem.
Lawyers have good cash flow. On the one hand, lawyers don't have to spend a little money to expand production like entrepreneurs. On the other hand, lawyers' risk awareness is too high, which also leads many lawyers to prefer money to investment. For example, our trip abroad can be summarized in three words: buy while buying.
Good social status
Although there are many people who scold lawyers, although many lawyers have a hard life and lawyers are not welcomed by various government departments, it is very likely that people will always hire lawyers several times in their lives, and this society is money-oriented, and their social status is largely determined by their income level.
Lawyers are not confused.
Law is a system of rules and a system of thinking. This is rare in other occupations. At least for me, after becoming a lawyer, I feel that everything has a solution. Because he is good at using legal weapons, he is likely to be bullied less.
Simple interpersonal relationship
Generally speaking, lawyers may need to maintain a necessary social network outside the law firm. But within the law firm, interpersonal relationship is relatively simple, because everyone in the law firm has the opportunity to become a partner, unlike the pyramid structure of the company, you have to step on others to get promoted.
What are the disadvantages of being a lawyer?
mean
(1) Unless you don't want to make money, you basically have more and more work and less free time.
(2) As a service provider, it is essentially to earn money by selling time, and to respond to customers' needs almost at any time. The so-called freelancers are sometimes just free to choose the time and place to work overtime.
difficult
Forget the hard work at work. Lawyers have to study all their lives. Of course, other industries have to learn, but the lawyer industry is particularly good.
tense；nervous
The pressure will increase regardless of litigation or non-litigation. For non-litigation, the progress of the company's listing may depend on the speed at which you complete the documents; Litigants take people's money to help others eliminate disasters, and all kinds of disputes are piled on lawyers.
As a partner, you should also consider the management, business development and customer maintenance of the law firm. A person has to be the general manager, marketing director, sales director, human resources director, production director and so on in other industries.
Threshold height
To be a lawyer, you must first make textual research. Theoretically, most people can take the judicial examination. But even if you pass the exam, you only pass the first level. The competition in this industry is still fierce, and only a few people can survive and develop. Other industries may have the opportunity to muddle along, and in the lawyer industry, they will basically be eliminated.
danger
Defenders' crime of obstructing testimony, that is, lawyers' perjury, is a sword hanging over criminal lawyers' heads, and the famous Li Zhuang was arrested for this crime. There are not a few criminal lawyers who defend criminal suspects and turn themselves into criminal suspects, which may also be a major feature in the judicial field.
Personal threats are also a common practice of lawyers. A non-litigious lawyer will do. Litigation lawyers have been working for a long time, and their arms and legs must have been orally removed many times.