Some of that, but not much—the stakes aren’t usually that high. My intended point was that the practice of law is about repeating what you are good at, over and over and over again. Like if you are a divorce lawyer. You can try to argue every case about the theory and purpose of alimony and child support—or you can just reference the schedule of presumptive amounts from the statute or the regulations.
The first one is interesting, like thinking about the implications of Milgram’s experiment. The second one is the way it actually works.
Lots of people think that want to be lawyers because they want to translate their idealism into real-world consequences. I’m not saying that’s impossible (heck, I’m trying to do it now), but it isn’t the natural progression of a career in law. In short, I’m given to understand that “The Firm” is a moderately accurate picture of what the practice of law is often like.
Some of that, but not much—the stakes aren’t usually that high. My intended point was that the practice of law is about repeating what you are good at, over and over and over again. Like if you are a divorce lawyer. You can try to argue every case about the theory and purpose of alimony and child support—or you can just reference the schedule of presumptive amounts from the statute or the regulations.
The first one is interesting, like thinking about the implications of Milgram’s experiment. The second one is the way it actually works.
Lots of people think that want to be lawyers because they want to translate their idealism into real-world consequences. I’m not saying that’s impossible (heck, I’m trying to do it now), but it isn’t the natural progression of a career in law. In short, I’m given to understand that “The Firm” is a moderately accurate picture of what the practice of law is often like.