What I Learned In Law School - An Asheville Personal Injury Lawyer Discusses His Law School Experience.
Generally speaking, law school does not prepare you for most of the realities most people face in practicing law. As an Asheville personal injury lawyer, I have learned almost everything I know about practicing law since graduating from law school; from other attorneys, organizations, seminars, books and DVD's. However, law school provided me with a few important skills that I have applied to my practice.
I learned in law school "how to think like an attorney". What does that really mean? It means being able to see an argument or legal dispute from all sides. I'll give you an example. Today, a potential client contacted me with a complaint that is not uncommon for Asheville personal injury attorneys to encounter: He had a car accident about a month ago. He has not yet been to see a doctor regarding his injuries and called me today saying that, predictably, the insurance company for the at fault driver is refusing to pay the claim, on the grounds that its been too long since the car accident. Before law school, I would have thought only about how unfair and irrelevant that is, and would have taken the case and argued that the injury was related to the accident. My experience in law school helped me step back and see this issue from the other side. I informed the gentleman that since he had not seen a doctor since before the car accident, which was a month ago, it would be very hard to prove in court that the injuries were a direct result of the crash. Without medical records to back it up, it is easily arguable that those injuries occurred sometime in the last month. So "thinking like an attorney" can mean seeing not only your own argument, but the counter argument as well, and can help you make better decisions upon seeing the fuller scope of the case.
I also learned in law school how to learn and assimilate material that is incredibly boring yet vitally important. Having to take courses like Tax Law, and Corporate Law means having to learn material that you may not find all that interesting. Sitting through 6 months of Tax Law can seem torturous, and having to learn it inside and out, in order to get a good grade can make one crazy. I didn't learn anything in Tax Law that was particularly helpful, given that I'm an Asheville Personal Injury Lawyer. I did however, learn to be patient, focused and detail oriented with material that bored me to tears. This comes in handy in my practice when I'm dealing with intricate insurance subrogation issues that may not be my passion, but require a lot of attention. In dealing with insurance companies, Medicaid, and Medicare, you can bet there are a lot of boring but necessary details to be considered.
Learning the importance of preparation. Law school essentially boils down to a single 2-3 hour-long exam, much of which is in essay form. It is incredible how much preparation is involved in getting a successful grade on this test. I had to learn how to organize and distill 6 months of lectures and class notes into a 5-page document designed for memorization, so that I could speak intelligently on the given topic. The amount of information on that exam was so immense, that I had to employ all kinds of mnemonics to help me organize and catalog all the information in the course. I memorized case law, elements of law and purposes of laws. Do I remember any of that any more? No. Do I ever review my notes from law school? No. But did I learn skills invaluable for an Asheville personal injury attorney such as: how to prepare and organize effectively for trial, because of my experiences in law school? Absolutely.
Although law school does not really teach much substance (unless you want to be a professor someday), it does teach skills. Skills that are very useful as an Asheville personal injury attorney. If you are considering law school, or if you are in law school now, try to look at the bigger picture. Three years and $140,000 doesn't seem so pointless once you understand exactly what you'll get from it.
Lakota Denton is a personal injury attorney at Minick Law in Asheville, NC. To learn more about him and his firm, visit them on the web at http://www.minicklaw.com
I learned in law school "how to think like an attorney". What does that really mean? It means being able to see an argument or legal dispute from all sides. I'll give you an example. Today, a potential client contacted me with a complaint that is not uncommon for Asheville personal injury attorneys to encounter: He had a car accident about a month ago. He has not yet been to see a doctor regarding his injuries and called me today saying that, predictably, the insurance company for the at fault driver is refusing to pay the claim, on the grounds that its been too long since the car accident. Before law school, I would have thought only about how unfair and irrelevant that is, and would have taken the case and argued that the injury was related to the accident. My experience in law school helped me step back and see this issue from the other side. I informed the gentleman that since he had not seen a doctor since before the car accident, which was a month ago, it would be very hard to prove in court that the injuries were a direct result of the crash. Without medical records to back it up, it is easily arguable that those injuries occurred sometime in the last month. So "thinking like an attorney" can mean seeing not only your own argument, but the counter argument as well, and can help you make better decisions upon seeing the fuller scope of the case.
I also learned in law school how to learn and assimilate material that is incredibly boring yet vitally important. Having to take courses like Tax Law, and Corporate Law means having to learn material that you may not find all that interesting. Sitting through 6 months of Tax Law can seem torturous, and having to learn it inside and out, in order to get a good grade can make one crazy. I didn't learn anything in Tax Law that was particularly helpful, given that I'm an Asheville Personal Injury Lawyer. I did however, learn to be patient, focused and detail oriented with material that bored me to tears. This comes in handy in my practice when I'm dealing with intricate insurance subrogation issues that may not be my passion, but require a lot of attention. In dealing with insurance companies, Medicaid, and Medicare, you can bet there are a lot of boring but necessary details to be considered.
Learning the importance of preparation. Law school essentially boils down to a single 2-3 hour-long exam, much of which is in essay form. It is incredible how much preparation is involved in getting a successful grade on this test. I had to learn how to organize and distill 6 months of lectures and class notes into a 5-page document designed for memorization, so that I could speak intelligently on the given topic. The amount of information on that exam was so immense, that I had to employ all kinds of mnemonics to help me organize and catalog all the information in the course. I memorized case law, elements of law and purposes of laws. Do I remember any of that any more? No. Do I ever review my notes from law school? No. But did I learn skills invaluable for an Asheville personal injury attorney such as: how to prepare and organize effectively for trial, because of my experiences in law school? Absolutely.
Although law school does not really teach much substance (unless you want to be a professor someday), it does teach skills. Skills that are very useful as an Asheville personal injury attorney. If you are considering law school, or if you are in law school now, try to look at the bigger picture. Three years and $140,000 doesn't seem so pointless once you understand exactly what you'll get from it.
Lakota Denton is a personal injury attorney at Minick Law in Asheville, NC. To learn more about him and his firm, visit them on the web at http://www.minicklaw.com
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