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What are the best skills, talents, experiences, and advice a student can obtain during high school to be successful in the pre-law or pre-dentistry career fields?
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Adhiragni’s Answer
Saul, here are couple of skills essential to be successful in Law career:
1. Communication (verbal and written): Your vocabulary and grammar will definitely play a good role but you have to demonstrate your are confident, clear, to the point and influential every time to talk. Written is just as important for drafting legal documents, letters, emails and making sure you understand use appropriate legal terms.
2. Commercial awareness: Make sure stay updated to major trends, advancement in business and law. Learn about different Law firms, how they work, listen to some podcast or follow relevant channels on Youtube. Stay in touch with social, economical and political aspects. Read publications like Financial Times or The Economist.
3. Organisation: Organising your research, document, files, client data, learn how to priorities from early so you increase your efficiency overall.
4. Also focus on your analytical, logical and research and analysis skills.
1. Communication (verbal and written): Your vocabulary and grammar will definitely play a good role but you have to demonstrate your are confident, clear, to the point and influential every time to talk. Written is just as important for drafting legal documents, letters, emails and making sure you understand use appropriate legal terms.
2. Commercial awareness: Make sure stay updated to major trends, advancement in business and law. Learn about different Law firms, how they work, listen to some podcast or follow relevant channels on Youtube. Stay in touch with social, economical and political aspects. Read publications like Financial Times or The Economist.
3. Organisation: Organising your research, document, files, client data, learn how to priorities from early so you increase your efficiency overall.
4. Also focus on your analytical, logical and research and analysis skills.
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Shannon’s Answer
These answers can apply to all degree programs including law and dentistry. I recommend that you further research the terms I use for more detail insight.
Skills to develop: *Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, *Oral/Written Communications Mastery, *Detailed Comprehension, *Time Management/Organizational Excellence, *Interpersonal Effectiveness, *Research/Study Prowess, *Business Acumen Competency, *School/Work/Life Balance,
Talent to ensure is part of your core being: Learn to be an Over-comer, to Persevere and Thrive ! Life is full of challenges. All the skills in the world will not help you to succeed without having the talent to know how to work through challenges. Maintain an Unwavering Positive Attitude, and always be Adaptable.
Experiences: *Intern and/or shadow lawyers and dentist, *Practice School/Work/Life Balance now
Advice: *Try things that challenge you and get you out of your comfort zone, *Seek Mentors that you admire, *Embrace "Failures" (there are statistics on the most successful people in business and sports have numerous failures in their record. It is not that you fall that matters, it is how you get up and thrive through the fall. ), *Set healthy goals and boundaries for yourself, *Make a healthy lifestyle the habit of your life (convictions, nutrition/food, exercise, rest, positive attitude)
There is a lot here and I hope this helps you as you pursue what you want to do in life. Your purpose.
Best, Shannon
Make a plan with a checklist of tasks and milestones you want to achieve prior to going to college. Review the plan and check list with mentors.
Identify mentors and request them to be a mentor.
Take dual credit courses in high school. Get basics out of way at a local Junior College while in High School.
Start taking care of your emotional, mental and physical well being now.
Work daily on self discipline.
Skills to develop: *Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, *Oral/Written Communications Mastery, *Detailed Comprehension, *Time Management/Organizational Excellence, *Interpersonal Effectiveness, *Research/Study Prowess, *Business Acumen Competency, *School/Work/Life Balance,
Talent to ensure is part of your core being: Learn to be an Over-comer, to Persevere and Thrive ! Life is full of challenges. All the skills in the world will not help you to succeed without having the talent to know how to work through challenges. Maintain an Unwavering Positive Attitude, and always be Adaptable.
Experiences: *Intern and/or shadow lawyers and dentist, *Practice School/Work/Life Balance now
Advice: *Try things that challenge you and get you out of your comfort zone, *Seek Mentors that you admire, *Embrace "Failures" (there are statistics on the most successful people in business and sports have numerous failures in their record. It is not that you fall that matters, it is how you get up and thrive through the fall. ), *Set healthy goals and boundaries for yourself, *Make a healthy lifestyle the habit of your life (convictions, nutrition/food, exercise, rest, positive attitude)
There is a lot here and I hope this helps you as you pursue what you want to do in life. Your purpose.
Best, Shannon
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Hi Shannon!! Thank you so much for your detailed, specific, and significant response!! I will be taking all your advice into account throughout my last year of high school!
Saul