What are some good and bad things about being a lawyer?

Answer 1

You don't have to lie to succeed as a lawyer. In fact, if a lawyer gets caught lying to clients or to the court, they can suffer severe consequences - including disbarment (losing your license to practice law, for life).

Pros

# There is the potential (though by no means a guarantee) to make quite a lot of money as a lawyer

# Your education continues throughout your career - because the law changes constantly, and lawyers have to remain up to speed on the latest developments, they are always learning new things

# You are paid to think - the essence of the practice of law is applying the law to a unique set of facts - this requires the use of logic, reason, and analytical skills. It is mentally laborious, but it keeps your mind sharp

# You are paid to help people - if you're a prosecutor, you are helping society by putting criminals in jail, if you're a criminal defense attorney, you can help set innocent people free, and even if you're representing a guilty person, you can help ensure that they get a fair trial, even if they're eventually convicted. If you do civil litigation, you can help people get compensated for their injuries. If you do business law, you can assist people in setting up and running their businesses - the list goes on

# There is a certain prestige to the profession - sure, lawyers are the subject of a lot of jokes, but overall, the are quite well-regarded, even if it's just because most people recognize the amount of education and hard work it takes to become a lawyer. Cons

# Law school is expensive - unless you or your parents are very wealthy, or you get into law school with a really good scholarship, you might have to take out around $100,000 or more in loans to cover tuition and living expenses for those 3 years of school. You'll be paying those loans off for 10 years, at least.

# The legal job market is not doing well right now. The economy is in the tank. This is affecting every sector of the economy, but the legal market has been particularly hard-hit. When you graduate with massive amounts of debt to pay off, there is a lot of pressure to find a high-paying job at a big law firm. There are very few of those jobs going around right now. Furthermore, law schools are turning out a huge number of graduates every year. There are simply not enough jobs for all of them.

# Long hours - if you do manage to get a job at a big firm right after graduation, you will be working 60-80 hours a week for your first few years. Huge firms are able to do this, because they pay very well, and they know that recent graduates are desperate to pay down their loans. As a result, they can treat young associates like dirt, and none of them will complain, because they know there's somebody waiting to take their place at the drop of hat. # High stress - besides the long hours, the stakes are very high. If you screw up your client's case, you can quite literally ruin their life. If you screw up badly enough, your client can sue you for malpractice. Screw up REALLY bad, and you can get disbarred. That's a lot of pressure. As a result, lawyers suffer from higher rates of Alcoholism and stress-related illnesses than the general population.

# Law school is not for everyone - of course, neither is the legal profession - but if you go to law school straight out of college, it will be 3 years of the most rigorous study you have ever done. If you start seriously considering law school, you will hear Horror stories about the first year. The first year can get pretty rough for some people, but it's not as bad as some make it out to be. You'll just have to work much harder than you did in college. There are many more pros and cons that I could list, but the pros basically boil down to money (potentially), prestige, education, and (again, potentially) rewarding work. The cons boil down to the very large initial financial investment required, stress, and long hours.

money is a good thing but you have lie alot

Answer 2

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