and the rain keeps pouring in...
unlike my brother, who will have his residency, clerkship and intership, he already determined his career when he chose surgery. he's gonna be a surgeon. as there are pediatricians, ob-gynecologists, neurologists, anesthesiologists, etc.
but me, no, law is such a general practice that the terms corporate lawyer, criminal lawyer, banker-lawyer, intellectual property lawyer, lawyer-professor are more of adjectives rather than nouns. that's simply it. Lawyer. it speaks of what one wants to practice in terms of the field of expertise.... damn, i'm good at Remedial Law, but there is no such thing as a Remedial Lawyer... Remedial Law is all encompassing, and every one is required to know it because one way or another, you end up in court.
On one hand, I want the easy life, Corporate practice, whether high paying or not, pencil-pushing, litigation usually involves civil suits for damages, collections, foreclosures, and on rare occasions, derivatives, insolvency, receiverships.... nothing personal.
And on the other hand, there is trial practice... criminal law and civil law... you meet people... some are hardened criminals, some are plain criminals, some are negligent, some are children, some adults, some are innocent... mental anguish, besmirched reputations, sleepless nights... Money depends on the case's value (which includes docket), but this is where Law is at its works... that is why we have laws... in order to deal with people. People make the law, the law is for the people.
Somehow, trial litigation is indeed exciting, yes, I want to become a litigator too.
Well, you don't really make money out of this profession, cause like doctors, the public interest is always at its helms...
I have so many plans, but I have not yet gained focus. Focus... is what I need to have right now.
but me, no, law is such a general practice that the terms corporate lawyer, criminal lawyer, banker-lawyer, intellectual property lawyer, lawyer-professor are more of adjectives rather than nouns. that's simply it. Lawyer. it speaks of what one wants to practice in terms of the field of expertise.... damn, i'm good at Remedial Law, but there is no such thing as a Remedial Lawyer... Remedial Law is all encompassing, and every one is required to know it because one way or another, you end up in court.
On one hand, I want the easy life, Corporate practice, whether high paying or not, pencil-pushing, litigation usually involves civil suits for damages, collections, foreclosures, and on rare occasions, derivatives, insolvency, receiverships.... nothing personal.
And on the other hand, there is trial practice... criminal law and civil law... you meet people... some are hardened criminals, some are plain criminals, some are negligent, some are children, some adults, some are innocent... mental anguish, besmirched reputations, sleepless nights... Money depends on the case's value (which includes docket), but this is where Law is at its works... that is why we have laws... in order to deal with people. People make the law, the law is for the people.
Somehow, trial litigation is indeed exciting, yes, I want to become a litigator too.
Well, you don't really make money out of this profession, cause like doctors, the public interest is always at its helms...
I have so many plans, but I have not yet gained focus. Focus... is what I need to have right now.
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