IS LAW A GOOD FIT FOR YOU?

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IS LAW A GOOD FIT FOR YOU?
Many students might have seen the epic web series
that is Suits and must have thought that we
want to those suited high-class lawyers. But the
question is, are you the right candidate to
pursue Law as your career choice? To find the
answer, if you have these five qualities or seek
them as mentioned below, then yes, Law is the
best choice for you. Analytical skills- All
lawyers need to have good analytical skills. From
these skills, it means that the person should
have good critical thinking capacity,
problem-solving aptitude, and can make decisions
wisely. A lawyer has to sometimes make quick
decisions before cross-questioning or while
answering the judge and their replies can have a
very big impact. Even judges have to make
certain decisions that are difficult to make.
Therefore, analytical skills are something that
every law student must possess. It is the sine
qua non of being a law student. Good reading
habit- The field of law requires a student to
read a lot, be it academic books or judgements.
It is a fact that many times, a judgement runs
into hundreds of pages and students have to read
every word of it to understand it. Similarly, Law
books and other reading materials are very
lengthy and difficult to comprehend. So if you
are a good reader or have the willpower to read
and read, then Law is a place for you. Good in
networking- Networking and making contacts are
essential ingredients in pursuing Law. This is
important at every stage of law. From getting
good internships to being recommended for jobs,
or getting reputable litigation cases,
networking helps you in all this and therefore,
you have to be good at building contacts. You
should be happy in talking to new people and
discussing ideas, projects, etc. with them. You
should be communicative and a good orator- It is
desired that you should be good at expressing
your thoughts and be vocal about what you want
to communicate. Mostly, law students and people
from the legal profession are open and have the
skills of articulating arguments and conveying
the same to the other
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person. Good communication skills result in
higher chances of conveyancing the other person
which is indispensable in this field. So a person
from law background has to be unique in
expressing ideas and has to be a good orator who
can communicate those expressions easily. Hunger
to learn everyday something new- The field of Law
is so dynamic and transitional that to match its
speed, you have to be an active seeker with a
hunger to learn new things each day. To be noble
in law, you have to ensure that you are thorough
with the recent positions of the legal system and
you dont lack to follow the transformative
nature of the same. Steve Jobs once said that you
have to stay hungry and stay foolish. Similarly,
in this discipline, you have to be always hungry
to learn new things each day to be the master of
this domain.