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Zymeria
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How many people a lawyer can work with?
I choose a lawyer to be successful when I'm on my own when I graduate #lawyer
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Jenna Zebrowski, JD, MBA
Bilingual JD/MBA with compliance and regulatory experience and real estate (leasing and franchise) expertise
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As in most legal questions...it depends! As an attorney, you work with your clients (many, or maybe just one big client). If you aren't in a solo practice, you will have other attorneys in your office, and probably support staff as well. Then you have other departments that are cross-functional with legal, if you're in a corporate setting, if you're practicing in court, you have the judges , other attorneys, and the employees of the justice system. If you are writing appellate briefs or working in a law library, you might interact with a whole other set of people! In short, you will encounter a lot of people with a lot of different functions, no matter what kind of attorney you are!
Glenn Rowley
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Zymeria,
Jenna's answer is a good one. In the practice of law you will have to work with many different kinds of people.
In law, as well as in most other areas of life, I have found that the most successful people are those who know how to work well with others, including those who are very different from themselves. Successful people focus on others, rather than on themselves. They are quick to observe and nurture the strengths of others. Team-building skills and general social skills are invaluable not only in completing large projects you could never complete on your own, but also in the art of persuasion. I would have been a much better attorney, and a better person, if I had learned earlier how to work better with others.
Warmest regards,
Glenn
Jenna's answer is a good one. In the practice of law you will have to work with many different kinds of people.
In law, as well as in most other areas of life, I have found that the most successful people are those who know how to work well with others, including those who are very different from themselves. Successful people focus on others, rather than on themselves. They are quick to observe and nurture the strengths of others. Team-building skills and general social skills are invaluable not only in completing large projects you could never complete on your own, but also in the art of persuasion. I would have been a much better attorney, and a better person, if I had learned earlier how to work better with others.
Warmest regards,
Glenn