What's up everyone? My name is Jarrett Stone and in this video I'm gonna give
you a five question quiz to determine whether you should become a lawyer
welcome to law venture a channel devoted to lawyers and in this case future
lawyers because most likely if you're watching this video you're still
contemplating on whether or not you want to become a lawyer
luckily you've come to the right place as I said I'll have a five question quiz
that will help determine whether or not you're on the right path or this is
something you should even begin to contemplate I want to go ahead and
preface everything by saying that this isn't the end-all Beall
each of these five questions are factors that I want you just to consider and
apply to your life and try and be truthful and honest whenever you're
making these considerations okay let's begin question 1 do you enjoy being a
student question 2 do you see yourself ever being a teacher question 3
do you think you have the skill sets to be a good waiter or waitress
question 4 could you ever see yourself being a therapist
question 5 do you consider yourself to be a planner I hope you're able to take
a few minutes to kind of answer the question and think about why you
answered the way you did now before I just dive into the analysis
let me start by saying if you answered any of the questions by thinking well I
guess it depends and good news you're ready to become a lawyer because
essentially in a legal profession there is no yes or no or it's very rare
and most answers are normally yeah it kind of depends okay
let's dive into question number one this can be boiled down to the fact that you
need to be willing to be a student now I'm not just talking about going through
undergrad to get your bachelor's and going through law school to get your JD
that takes seven years and you need to be willing to do that
and honestly a lot of people just the idea of going through that much
schooling scares them on but if seven years of schooling is cool with you then
I want you to think more big picture and that big picture is as a lawyer you're
basically a forever student you're a student until the day you retire and
then just as life advice you should actually offer be a student in all
aspects of your life that way you can continue to grow but that's just a
little side note but as a lawyer you're always having to keep up with the law
because the law is this changing moving rules of the game type of scenario now
let me use myself as an example I began with experience working to Prosecutor's
Office so I had experience with criminal law then life transition to where I
started working and doing family law work and then life transition to where I
was doing personal injury work and then life transition one more time to where
not only am i doing personal injury work but I'm also handling class actions I
can tell you in each one of those scenarios and paths I was having to do
my homework not only just so I could know what I was
doing but also so I could better represent my clients or victims in the
prosecutor's case when I started handling class actions
it was extremely intimidating calling up a defense attorney who works at this
huge law firm and they're representing a billion dollar company and I have zero
experience or at least hands-on experience handling class actions and so
you pick up the phone and you're a little nervous and you don't want to
sound dumb you don't want them to know how inexperienced you are luckily you're
able to handle it if you're able to put in the work and you're able to do the
research so let's transition from being a student to being a teacher because in
reality as a lawyer you have to be both and most likely what you have to do
depending on kind of what niche you're in as a lawyer but most likely you're
gonna have to be talking to your clients on a daily basis and explaining them the
law because they don't know the law like you do they don't know the language like
you do and you answer be able to explain it in a very simple form
in a very simple fashion so that they understand it and so that they're happy
with what decision you're recommending they take in a similar situation you
also need to be a teacher when it comes to having a jury trial and what you have
to do is you have to explain and jury selection or during the actual trial to
a jury the law and you have to be able to simplify it and if you're the
typically the one who can simplify it better than the other side and your odds
of winning go much much higher because they understand you and typically just
mentally if someone can understand what someone else is saying and they trust
that person and the person who's just saying things that's confusing and it's
way over their head now this leads me to question number four which is whether
you could be a therapist or if you think you would be a good therapist the reason
why I ask this question is because if you're in the service industry you're
also going to have to counsel your client because the truth is the client
isn't always going to make the decision that best helps the client as your job
to protect the client from him or herself you'll be surprised how often
you have to do that but sometimes during the legal process emotions are high and
the client isn't seeing very clearly now this leads me into the final question
question number five whether or not you are the planner I'll go ahead and tell
you in most aspects of my life I'm not a planner when it comes to going on
vacations I don't even plan what I'm gonna do
there I've my job on vacation is just to relax that's the only plan I have but in
the legal sense you need to be a planner and a better word probably a strategist
because when the client comes in you need to have a strategy of how the
clients gonna get to the finish line this it's pretty fun if you really get
into it because when you have to anticipate what the other side is doing
you can really start kind of playing chess a little bit maybe you move one
piece one direction or you have a smoke screen or you know you give them facts
and they start going down this rabbit hole that doesn't lead to anywhere and
you just keep progressing and progressing and strengthening your case
and by the end of it the other side doesn't know how in the world there
case became so weak and yours became so strong and then the clients super happy
because the client gets either most or all of what they wanted it's because you
were able to see the finish line before you even got there and the other side
wasn't able to and that right there we'll put you miles ahead of the
competition and that's what will make you a great lawyer okay so you can take
these five questions or five factors you can apply them to your life
to help you kind of determine whether or not you should start going down the path
and becoming a lawyer on that note in the comments section let
me know the results of this quiz or have you ever have any questions I'd be happy
to answer them if you need to give them contact with me directly
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come out see you in the next one what's up everyone
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