A Day in the Life of a Lawyer - What Does a Lawyer Actually Do? 

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Oh dear - were you hoping for something different?

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Lol

How?

Ah well - it has its upsides too :-) But it's certainly not day after day of attractive people walking side by side through neverending hallways having sassy, clever conversations about stuff :-)

@@TipsforlawyersAus what about suits, do you wear them on a day to day basis? 😏 You know, for someone that says they dont engage in lots of sassy talk, your tone in the video and comments is at least slyly sassy ;)

That’s every office job

@@deer5224 In fact, that's EVERY job. Most people enter a career thinking it's awesome and fun but it's just boring in reality. Movies give people wrong expectations. If you become a doctor, you think that you'll do master science work and cure diseases when in reality, you're just going to be arguing with patients who won't listen to your prescriptions. If you become a lawyer, you think you'll be defending and prosecuting high profile criminals and clients but in reality, you're just going to be writing boring paperwork, pleadings, drafts, etc. If you become an architect, you think you'll be designing skyscrapers when in reality, you'd be designing boring old apartment blocks. If you become a cop, you think you'll be raiding houses, shooting your guns, arresting people but in reality, you'll be driving around the city waiting for someone to run over a red light or speed so you can actually do something for once. If you become a special agent, you think you'll be doing some James Bond-esque spy stuff but in reality, you'll be doing paperwork like writing reports of your day, putting your signatures on cases, etc. I could go on forever. -A law student.

@@IssyFishyy Yeah, we should be baseball players, arguing with umpires and with the players of the other team, spitting, cursing, taking showers naked with the team mates,etc, of course being an athlete is somthing of talent and hard work and not depened of memorization, at least is exciting and fun most of the time

Same lol 😂😂✋

Same it sounds good and challenging career

Same here !

I got quite excited when they said that.

As long as there’s no coding lol

I think Lawyer is the coolest job I’ve ever heard

like everything it has its ups and its downs - not sure there are many careers that aren't the same in that respect :-)

That depends in what you like, if you want to work outside, maybe in different places and maybe different countries, Civil Engineering is a career that offers that

Me too

I’ve been working as a lawyer for over 5 years and this is the best comment i’ve seen that really describes the job as it is the best!

I agree with you!

It's actually a pretty good job to have. Does come with a few downsides though :-)

@@TipsforlawyersAus what are the downsides?

But some people who are paid minimum wage didn't even try to get a degree and a better job

@@williamfleming3115 Occasional (weekly) sacrifice of your soul, social life, and health to the law gods

welcome to private practice

Glad I could help :-)

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What did you end up taking? Bc I’m researching for my a levels too and I’m so confused 😭😭

amazing how long it took to find the music :-)

I try to be real - at least from my personal context :-)

it depends to your field I suppose

It depends on the country. America’s legal system is different in australia the lawyers arent like the american ones debating in a court room. Its mostly paperwork

I heard to never do any kind of divorce court cause that shit will fuck you up

Ah well - it's true I have a corporate background. Nice spot :-) And yes.. replying to this a year later, in true corporate style.

The problem with Criminal law is you are dealing with Criminals. Usually they aren't the brightest, don't do what you ask/say and can't or won't pay their bills.

@@Tm3filmsis it not for the light hearted? I’m curious actually

​@@1980syuppieif you're curious about criminal law then yes i would say it's not for the light hearted. It requires you to be stone cold so that your clients actually listen to what you have to say. As more often than naught you're dealing with folk that are chest deep in shit and STILL think good advice feom their lawyer is not worth their time.

you will be a master of slightly disdainful, passive-aggressive emails in no time then

R u joking or is it for real?😂

I can't believe people really think all lawyers do the same thing. Law is just like medicine. Not all surgeons do the same thing and as with law nowadays it is mostly paper pushing unless you get presented with something truly outlandish. So yes. Law, much like being a surgeon is walking around the building talking to staff but mostling being in ur office

@@hungcapitalll good money tho don't u agree?

@@hungcapitalll wait what? A surgeon has a much more practical job, he analyses data to make diagnoses and forms a plan --> implements plan later. Yes he keeps files, forms and all non medical stuff what makes them hate the job because they want to perform medicine, not paperwork. All a lawyer does is paperwork, how is this the same? All jobs have more and more paperwork, i agree to that.

@@Unavailablea4 it depends. If ur just looking at the money maybe. But to factor in all the cost factors including time. You may "just" (inch) out ahead over the long term. And thats only i u live within ur means as a doctor. It many cases am accountant ends up better financially. Making money doesn't mean good mgmt. So if u want my opinion, i would say no. Not for the ROI unless your parents are paying and u won't be on a bean's and rice lifestyle. I had a choice comjg out of military. I chose to keep my inheritance to invest it over spending on a physician assistant/med degree. I could make 100k with the same effort with an accounting degree vs 200 guaranteed but with 400k in loans before interest. Most people aren't that long term oriented quantitatively though

same!!!!

Dont worry I can find time to diminish my boredom by watching animes

You probably waste your clients time and make them beg you to help them like the rest of the snakes in your profession

Alas my golf game is terrible - his or her Honour would be finished and ordering a pint before I was done at the third hole I suspect...

if you love paperwork then this is definitely the right place to be.

Lmfaoooo haha that’s my reason too .. nosey asf 🤣🤣

So what did you decide on?

do the things you love. if you become an expert in your field (no matter what it is), the money will flow to you (you may just have to be a little creative about it).

I Know right? I feel the same lol

You must both be very impressive humans.

Yea me too haha

I’m on the same struggle bus

Lawyers don't make as much as physicians especially surgeons but physicians have to go through med school than a residency.

Doctors earn more money lol the difference is the instruction time

Lol same

Same here too. Although I've got a Bsc in civil engineering...I feel there's a lot to be done in my countries law space.

Greetings from Aus :-) It's true - any job has its moments both high and low

I'm 26 and decided as well. Good luck my friend

We have a maturity advantage

good luck i wish you the best

24 is young, and a great age to decide to go back to school. What 17/18-year-old really knows what they want to do for the rest of their life? Not many. Which is why there’s a lot of kids with school debt and degrees that they don’t care for

@@jacklinh8111 I dropped out with a 4.0. I have met more stupid people in college than I did in The US Army and thats saying a lot. I dont like college people half are cool the other half are brain dead

@@calvinmathew250 settle = agreeing that, despite the fact we don't agree we'll agree on something that we all find awful but can live with.

because if we don't agree it will be awfuler.

Haha this is me. Except I have a double degree and ended up going with the other degree as law just seemed too boring and limiting (I want the option to work abroad) but I know I have my degree there if I ever want to go back to it

@@ye23. what degree/degrees did you end up getting cuz this sounds like me too!

@@ye23.If you don’t mind me asking, what is your other degree?

there's a lot of stuff involved :-)

it's the light-hearted and calming music I reckon :-)

most welcome

Yes.

What u doing now

nd doing the same task for 40hrs a week. for 40 years. Actually every matter is different and so can add some variety and difference, but in the end it becomes all quite similar as you specialise. This occurs in every industry (think of a mechanic, and then specialize in a brand of car, and so can earn more money). The most important thing is finding what you love to do.

Hi I’m interested in becoming a lawyer and was wondering if I could interview you to ask some questions regarding the career field ?

@@leahchristian8936 I'd be happy to!

How did you realise you wanted to do law?

"it shows the true nature of the job and furthers my interest in it" this is the most depressing thing I've read in a long while.

So you're saying... Dilbert was right all along?

What about the money?

I think movies and shows are to blame for mental health problems in america. Low job satisfaction and over all life satisfaction because we compare our lives to some fake movie.

become a paralegal. You will certainly have a step up when you finally get your law degree.

Got two monitors for a reason :-)

There are lots of intelligent discussions, and a lot of intellectual and emotional work - but it bears no resemblance to movies or television... at all.

@Christopher Mendes do not fear failure. Fear not trying in the first place.

@@TipsforlawyersAus I think its very different for american lawyers. They do the arguing in court thing a lot lol. Their careers look more interesting but also more stressful

Sadly I left my trailer somewhere and I can't find it.

Tips For Lawyers lol, mine is lost in transit

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Haha, I am an attorney in North Carolina and agree with you. Where is my trailer of cash?

@@aalegalfocus I’m also searching for it

are you in the U.S ? First time hearing of this .

Definitely not.

on the up side, it helped you make up your mind :-)

My suggestion is this: don't pick the job that seems most exciting. Pick the job that most closely aligns with the best way you think you can help people, knowing yourself as you do. Other good things generally follow

Most lawyers don't travel ... unless you want to drive around to boring towns doing SSDI appeals.

if by medical field you mean a 'doctor' then definitely pick that up

@@jalal3254 why?

Lawyers in australia can only practice within their own state. This is because every jurisdiction has their own laws so if you want to travel or practice out of state this will involve further study or even your degree not meaning anything at all. So if you like to travel scratch law out of the equation

I am a litigation lawyer, believe it or not :-)

admittedly I'm pretty chill in the overall scheme of things - other lawyers might be a bit less relaxed sometimes :-)

wasnt Megan Markle a paralegal?

Hi Dee, what area do you practice to spend most of yout time in court? and are you Australian?

You must be american

sometimes after reading too much stuff, you just say "stuff it" and go home :-)

Interesting questions. Pretty sure bad handwriting is mandatory - at least I know few lawyers who have good handwriting. Law school is largely mandatory if you want to be a lawyer - so no choices there. If you want to find out whether law is for you, speak to some actual lawyers and ask them what they do in a day - find out if that sounds good or not. Don't just say "do you like being a lawyer" because that provides no helpful information...

typing, everything is typing. in fact the only hand writing you do is for correcting documents (but now thats done in docs anyway). Learn how to touch type.

Depends on what kind of job you have. You could be in court all the time if you do criminal law or family law.

Dude, don't.

You can still get other jobs

So.. basically boring. Which is pretty much what he said

lol. In certain that a lot of professors and isn’t cuties would have a thing or two to say about this. Countless of fields besides law, are intellectually stimulating.

@@mojakhaha You don't understand.

@@Bibirallie Indeed. You cannot call yourself a philosopher without reading the most important books written by those who left the culture in the hands of the posterity par exemple. Those are the inspiration, the fuel for your work. You can 'stimulate' yourself intellectually without being a professional in a domain which requires that. I think you can become a better builder if you read, a better plumber, a better individual, because you start exploring. You start questioning and throughout good questions you can reach regions in yourself that are new and unexplored. That is how you build a personality - gaining a meaning. Understanding that you live to understand and not just to live.

I am a 15 year old lawyer aspirant who wants to fight for justice but I often find myself getting advises from other people that a strong will for justice doesn't matter for a lawyer, what matters is diplomacy and the trait of being a good lier and there is no sign of morality. So my question is, since I want to fight for justice, is lawyer a suited career for me? I also want to ask that since justice is important and needed to be done, when a lawyer gets hired how do they find out whether their client is truly innocent or not because sometimes people falsely accuse others lie that they are innocent whereas in reality they are actually guilty.

Yep

I hear ya - it can be challenging to tell the difference between clerical work and lawyering - they look pretty similar from many vantage points

Boring and tedious. Keep your job lol

to be fair, I'm pretty chilled compared to some of my colleagues :-)

"lawyer is supposed to be rich" - might want to adjust your thinking there :-) But in any event the bus for me at that place was the most sensible way to travel. If Warren Buffet can take the bus then I'm ok with it.