Hey Chelsea! So glad you found it helpful 🤗Yeh - I will definitely try and do that at some point, to give a bit more of a realistic insight into the life of a trainee lawyer!! 😀
Do corporate lawyers travel a lot or at all for work? Also what A-levels would you recommend for someone aspiring to become a corporate / medical lawyer? Thank you
I grew up in a poor home in a small apartment, my mother is a housewife while my father was a janitor at a supermarket, my father was a janitor for 21 years working minimun wage most of his career until he found out he was going to be a grandparent, he went back to university where he majored in recreation and leisure, and he went back and got his JD degree, and at 47 years old he became a Lawyer at a firm. Its never to late to get your education. My dad is our role model and im happy that my children will have someone to look up to.
As someone who is starting law school in September, this is one of the most informative videos i've come across detailing the true lifestyle of lawyers. It's hard to find the real information about life as a lawyer with the romanticised nature of the work in the media. Thank you!
Just started studying for the LSAT here in the US and all the negativity online has been freaking me out about being a lawyer... thank you for this video, it was nice to hear some positivity and I feel calmer now :)
OMG same. I really am not THAT sure about it so went on yt and everyone's like no it's a lot of work, you'll be stuck , this and That and now I'm scared cause I'll be giving my entrance exam soon
Even I'm thinking to pursue law as a career specially corporate but going through so much negative about it makes me self conscious whether I'm gonna end up in a trap😖
yea I saw the same thing and after talking to my best friends dad, an actual corporate lawyer i realized it’s better to trust people you know than an NPC on reddit trauma dumping
After being employed as a trainee and now owning a firm i can confidently say it is far better to get a training contract with a small firm, learn the ropes inside out, and set up own firm. If you get the location and marketing right believe me you would easily average 10k upwards each month. The best part is working on your own times, take as many holidays off as you need, and you end up building a business for yourself and future generations! As opposed to working in the city for a paycheck, hitting targets all the time, and ass licking others..
Once you taste the freedom of your own business and success you can never go back to being an employee. You realise all employees are just an expense! Its a harsh reality but its the truth. I realised my shit a level grades and my 2.2 degree didnt matter at all. I learnt from high street firms, saved money and invested into my own firm. Best decision ever! I learnt sales, marketing, legal work, google ads, pretty much rverything at a small firm
As a practicing lawyer, I'd say real lawyers are not like Harvey Specter. But sometimes, when things fall in the right place and when my suit wears a little nice on a good day, and if you are talking to the right person, you are as Harvey Specter as a motherfu..
Thanks a lot for your content man! Its so difficult to really gain tangible insight on the lifestyle in the corporate law profession. This is so helpful.
Anish Sharma you’re literally a man child with the brain of a peanut. It’s because there is a powerful minority of them that are greedy and corrupt. Because financial institutions will crash the economy and the tax payers have to bail them out while they are losing their houses. Lawyers who help write laws to slow businesses to destroy the enviroment or allow financial institutions to get away with horrible things. It’s obviously not everyone, it’s a small fraction of them but when these issues happen they effect large swaths of people. Nobody gives a fuck what car you drive or house you live in. They just want to be happy and healthy.
When it comes to any profession we are often fed an unrealistic cliche through shows or movies. Content like this sheds light on that and helps us make better decisions on our career paths.
Hey, loved this video! I used it for a career inspiration project for class! I am a corporate communications and diplomacy major, I am also planning on going to law school. I am very interested in corporate law and this video was very helpful! Also wanted to mention to all the people that are calling this a boring career or saying its just for the money. That is YOUR opinion, I consider many jobs boring that others might enjoy. For example I work as a tech in a pharmacy and to me being a pharmacist looks like the most boring and unfulfilling job, but that is just MY OPINION. To people who like teamwork, problem-solving, and delegation - this is a career. Maybe solving corporate problems might not be fulfilling for you, but it is to others. So stop your hating :)
Love the conversational style this was! You don't always get such clear, honest answers from these types of videos. Thanks for providing a very human view into the sometimes mysterious life of lawyers! haha
Thanks for this, Liam. I've recently finished undergrad and thought it would be the perfect time to spend this quarantine studying for the LSATs. While many experiences of lawyers may vary, this gave me a lot of insight on the day to day life of a lawyer - which further encouraged me to pursue a career in law. Cheers!
Bruh I just hope to maybe have an office like Harvey’s. I understand the show isn’t realistic in how law is practiced, but damn it must be nice to have an office like that and make a lot of money.
@@hokageenergy9599 It is absolutely worth it, when you get to senior levels. You can be earning in excess of £200,000 a year and retire earlier than most. I'd rather work excessively until 50 and then wave good bye to work for good.
@@Randomukperson yeah... I started working at a top 5 uk law firms in 2019, my average hours in a week were 10/day, thats not life ..., But i understand your point
A friend of my father was and still is a practising corporate lawyer. He has that 'I know best' archetypical Chinese born again Christian character. But experienced and wise no less. He describes his job being cleaning up after accountants, raining in the start-ups stuck ups and trying to outsmart the old-school Jewish New York lawyers. Mind you that was the 80's. Now he just tells young people to stop signing non-compete agreements. Funny, his generation was what build the corporate form as it is and now trying to educate the public on how not to get totally destroyed by them.
Big law lawyer in LA here. It’s a very lonely job. I spend most days in my office with my door shut and my face glued to a computer screen. Most of my office interactions are with overworked angry partners or overworked frustrated associates. I would have chosen another path if I could do it over again.
IDFbjfodk Dkdbdidndb That depends on what a lot is to you. For my standards, it’s a lot. But I would happily take a 30% pay cut to do something I enjoyed. At this point law is all I know and I don’t think I’m very marketable for anything else.
@@RickySterling Would you please refer to some disadvantages of this path that you have experienced? I am considering studying law and need a genuine advice from someone who is an actual lawyer. Is that true that there is no work-life balance? Thank you
Hello, I am studying Business and Financial Management, I am in my final year, but am planning on doing the GDL conversion course to pursue a career as a Corporate Lawyer. This helped a lot thank you.
Hey Liam! My uncle is an employment lawyer in London and is my inspiration and I hope to one day become a lawyer too, I’m in 13 at the moment looking for universities to pursue law. Your videos are really inspiring and are keeping me motivated during these stressful times of mocks and UCAS applications closing in. Hope your new job is going well keep up the great work :)
Great video! Answers my key questions between the relationship between Harvey Specter and an actual corporate lawyer... definitely contemplating going down this path of law
JustG just make sure you understand the workload involved; many people don’t leave the office until 7:30. Doing this week in week out is not feasible unless you actually derive satisfaction from it!
Am studying law doing my second year 😶 this late night's got me looking a zombie at this rate my body just reacts on its own when I study some MUI sh***
Honest truth! No life- workacholic, not nearly the same enjoyment as other types of specializations, got much money but no time to spend it- feeling miserable. This goes to all of you i wanna be Harvey Specter type of students or hogh school grads!
I really appreciated the dispute lawyer bringing up teachers. I feel like some corporate workers are so absorbed in their own little bubble that they don’t realise just how hard other professions are working…or how much effort is actually being put into their job/role. Like okay you earn more money but the workload is just as much if not more (sometimes).
Is it just me or are these dudes godamn good looking. Very good video. I'm a pre-law student in the U.S and I love watching these day in the life videos-they keep me siked for law school.
@@asvinanpu4469 omg! Wow I forgot I even commented this! Thank you for asking. I just finished my first semester and it went pretty good. Currently interviewing for 1L summer internships and hope to secure one pretty soon!
Thanks for sharing, I am currently doing an internship in a law firm in the area of EU and antitrust law and I recognize myself and the trainees there, wish you good luck on your way:)!
Hey Liam, I’m currently just an aspiring corporate lawyer. I am just wondering what undergraduate degree is a good idea to not only get into law school, but to be focused on corporate law throughout college. Would it be smart to get a MBA (masters of business administration) before law school for the focus of corporate law? Thank you for spending time reading this it is truly appreciated!
3:09 LMAO. Unbelievable. I've been hooked to a story named "Skin of the night" and the male lead is a blue eyed, dark haired rich solicitor based in London. Oh my GAWD! I'm going bonkers. The character was super handsome and had stubble🤤 and this guy is handsome as well. I can't help but notice the similarity. 😂😂😂 The guy in the story was Hot af and a manwh*re though, I guess that could be the difference.
Can you have a law career and not take work at home? Doesn't have to be a lawyer, just something relative to the field. I'm halfway through law school and i dread having my life sucked out of me by my career. I'm not lazy, i can work hard during hours, but i want to be able to go home and not have to worry about deadlines and stuff, as I've been doing with my education throughout my life. My dad goes to the office in the day, the comes back in the afternoon and at night he's always on his computer working again. I want to have a life, I don't want that.
Thanks for doing this. I'm considering a carreer change to law and you answered one key question I have fretted about which is work life balance. I have a family so I need to be sure I'm not putting myself in a position where I loose my family over a carreer. Thanks a lot and I wish you well.
Hey Tony! Yeh - I think law is a tough career and I think you certainly will likely have to make some sacrifices when you first start your career in law! The lawyer in this video is about 6 years into his journey, so he certainly has a better work-life balance than lots of trainees do when they first start... so worth baring that in mind 🤗
Tony Wurst that's good. Do bear in mind that the work life balance is also dependent on the type of firm and the area of law you practice in too, so there are plenty of options to choose from in that sense.
Great video Liam - quite insightful re corporate litigation but but I think it's slightly misleading. Work life balance for a corporate lawyer and a banking lawyer will be far different to this 0 you will be working on transaction after transaction and insofar that there are transactions happening, you will be working.
Yep - definitely true! I'd say that I wanted the video to have mass appeal to people who know very little about corporate law generally, but I will definitely consider more videos on more specific areas of law, distinguishing transactional practice areas from disputes :)
i am a 15 year old teen, trying to be a lawyer and i am kinda leaning on the corporate lawyer side. is there anything i should do now that will help me in the future? thanks! any advice will do!
get top grades get into a top uni and major in something you like for example I'm going for econ after that give the lsat to get into a top tier law school like yale, Harvard. gpa needs to be strong
Practical advice: 1) learn people power dynamics and communication- best resources both books by Oren Klaff and on RU-vid find the 3 questions David Snyder uses. The premise is if you can master frames and frame control, and then know how to get info past the reptile brain- you will master any negotiation or convo in general. Or at the very least know wtf is going on in terms of power dynamics. 2. Block a 2-4hr dedicated study pomodoro session per day - you can find a lot of study with me vids on RU-vid of medics, chemical engineers and probably also lawyer trainees so you won’t feel alone. If you focus this time to pursuing your goal, the momentum here will make you unstoppable. Everything you want to accomplish is on the other side of getting through this session. 3. Further systemise and routine things to make what you want to achieve easier. For example- you reaching any goal is a consequence of doing the right things in the right order, whilst having fun and enjoying the process so you don’t burn out. James Clear author of atomic has done a lot of interviews on RU-vid you can check out to get the premise overall. You can get the book too but the RU-vid interviews will suffice. 4. Your appearance, self care and self image matter. The reason why your appearance matters is because humans take info from their environment via sense organs to determine if something is a threat. Your heirachy position is subtly communicated through your dress, grooming and posture. (Think to suits episode when Harvey openly states the importance of looking good). This is built into our biology. The appearance of power is a good book on this as a start point of you are Male. Your growth and abilities will never out grow your self image and how you perceive yourself in your own head. This is why you will see guys and girls start to progress and then shoot themselves in the foot and ruin their progression- because on a subconscious level it doesn’t line up with how they truly view themselves. Three resources that helped me fix this. 1) book : psycho-cybernetics 2) book: Relentless by Grover (mental coach for Kobe, Jordan, Pippin, etc) 3)David Snyder RU-vid self image (free). The David Snyder stuff on this may seem a bit hippie woo woo bull shit, but fuck, it worked for me. Then combining it with the other resources above, I’ve never looked back. As you grow more this will become more important especially as you enter increasingly competitive industries and environments. People will try to put insecurity and self doubt into you. This will make you iron against it. 5. Email people at firms to ask for a quick 5 min call to find out more advice about the industry. Get a LinkedIn profile and message people in the fields you want through that. Have the grit and balls to try this and don’t be disheartened. With you being young this will definitely show character, and a go getter mentality. Hardly anyone ever reaches out to these people, and worst they will do is ignore you. No professional wants to shit on a 15yr old kid who is asking for guidance. Anything else, just reply and I’ll respond :)
Thank you very much for your video. I am currently studying economics and law in Argentina, my project is to emigrate to Canada at 24 to dedicate myself to corporate law (I'm 21 now).
Quokka Why emigrate, do you not love your home country. I would love to go back to my country but not forever just a vacation like 2-4 weeks I miss all the fun times I had 😅. Although I love NYC I’m so happy and thankful my parents brought me here
Thanks so much! I use a Panasonic G85, and that’s a tough question... in terms of all-round common sense and switched-on ability, I’d say it was probably my friend who features in the banking video, who studied law 🤗
While since I watched the show but no. I recall watching thinking I’m pretty sure a lawyer would get struck off for X, Y Z. Then there’s the show claiming he’s a master of several branches of law. Top lawyers specialise.
Excellent Video! Very helpful insight into what it’s like! I’m a college freshman majoring in Business Management and I’m trying to become a corporate lawyer.
Hey Clem! So glad you enjoyed it and found it gave you a bit more of an insight into what being a corporate lawyer is really like! Although it will be 7 years until you get there in the US, right!??
I'm in high school and I"m thinking if I"m suited to be a corporate lawyer. Just a few days ago, my mom asked me "What do you want to be?" and it is stuck in my mind for days. I still have time to think but I hope I can survive this path I'm choosing. Corporate lawyer it is!
A proper large scale merger and acquisition takes a lot of time... Definitely not like 'suits' where Harvey specter walks into a room and 30% of the company changes Hands..
Hey Jochebed! Thanks a lot for commenting! Ummm... I really don't think it matters too much what GCSE subjects you do, or even what A-levels you do! However, it is obviously helpful to get the best results you can... but I mean, that kinda goes without saying. In terms of practical advice, I think the best thing you can do is actively go out of your way to get legal work experience. That is generally what differentiates candidates with good academic results from one another = having got work experience displays that you care enough to go out of your way to try and get experience in the legal sector, and that counts for a lot :)
I was a corporate lawyer with big british global law firm, dont like the stress, pressure, and long night hours (no good for your long term health)the guy in the video looks like a litigation lawyer, he is not corporate laws purist. Thats explain how he looks like having a balance life lol
Hello Alisa, I'm 42 and final year of 3 bachelor of laws ,Australia...never too late, I enrolled 39, started business and contract law. Your experience in education would help a lot.
@@chickentrain1016 which uni is curtain good online? How many hours a week would I need. I'd need to work while I study ! Yes my work in education does help.
@@chickentrain1016 also would it be better to do certificate three at Tafe in legal. As I don't know anything about law. Besides a few incidents I was involved in myself?
@Alisa Thomas, on the question of study, I am required to do 12 hrs per week per unit as a study load. Do you live Australia? I'm not sure about Curtin Uni law, but I'm at UNE Armidale and their online component is very good plus they offer introductory dip level law courses with foundational law units, which is what I studied prior B Law 3 as I needed a dip level qual for entry. Skip TAFE, as I am not sure if they'd teach the appropriate level of legal referencing, a BIG part of studying law, or research, another big part of law, in a cert 3 level.
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