Clay Puppington
rabid
TV & Movies makes that shyt look too lit 
Who really be in them legal trenches & what is it like?
Who really be in them legal trenches & what is it like?
What is being a lawyer like?
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Doobie Doo
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TV and movies romanticize it. I'm not a lawyer but I work with lawyers. Its mainly paperwork 75% of the time.
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
If you're in litigation, you're sitting behind a desk researching and writing motions/memos/briefs/etc all day. You go to court every so often, some more than others. I used to go a couple of times a week, but for just a short case management conference with the judge. Trial prep you're working the entire day getting ready and barely sleep. I've had one trial and it was cool, nothing that would look good on TV. If you do transaction work, you never go to court and work on doing business deals and shyt and nothing about that looks like one would look on TV. But I mostly sit behind my desk for 8 plus hours writing shyt all day if I'm not in court.TV & Movies makes that shyt look too lit
Who really be in them legal trenches & what is it like?
Brolic
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humminbird
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there's a reason there's not a lot fit lawyers.
You are by a desk for at least 10 hours at a time.
it's not like the films at all.
The cases last months to years and it drains the life out of you.
My parents aren't lawyers but they had a case(lawsuit) and I saw the toll it took on them.
You are by a desk for at least 10 hours at a time.
it's not like the films at all.
The cases last months to years and it drains the life out of you.
My parents aren't lawyers but they had a case(lawsuit) and I saw the toll it took on them.
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I dunno, but apparently they make concessions for you to post on The Coli for lengthy periods of time so it can't be as bad as other folk make it sound.
Rest in Peace, #24.
TV & Movies makes that shyt look too lit
Who really be in them legal trenches & what is it like?
That shyt do be looking dope on TV though, they be arguing in court making people look dumb then go have a drink afterwards
Reading this thread I had no idea it was that much paperwork and they were confined to a desk for that long
Can't believe nobody hollared at the homie @Stringer Cochran
I would holla at another person but we all know that would cause chaos
Yall know who "it" is tho
I would holla at another person but we all know that would cause chaos
Yall know who "it" is tho
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
Nah, I enjoy what I do. But it's like a lot of other desk jobs. I like litigation more because I get out of the office more than a transaction attorney, so I'm not confined to my desk every hour every day. But I always tell people considering going into law, if you don't like (or at least can deal with) reading and writing a lot, you won't like being an attorney at all.That sounds horrible. Do you regret picking that as a career?
Clay Puppington
rabid
That shyt do be looking dope on TV though, they be arguing in court making people look dumb then go have a drink afterwards
Reading this thread I had no idea it was that much paperwork and they were confined to a desk for that long
Breh them TV lawyers wear Brioni suits, have immaculate mouthpieces and charisma, only drink aged whisky, the secretaries be bad too
Pull up in court like "How could you be innocent when a fabric of your shirt was shown at the crime scene 10 minutes after the crime
"Get the guilty verdict
Chuckle it up with the cronies over filet mignons
Be like this shyt entertaining but come on