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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a lawyer from a zero-lawyers family. I've enjoyed all my jobs, including early years at a big firm (although I could not do that lifestyle long-term). She needs to be a strong writer, detail-oriented, with strong executive function. Most lawyers are bit high strung, so if she can manage to be both detail-oriented and calm, she'll go far. Three common mistakes people make, IMO, are: - Going into big debt if you are not sure you can get a big salary. There are [i]a lot[/i] of lawyers: the fancy jobs are competitive. - Thinking that you should be a lawyer because you "like to argue." Lawyers are strategic and customer-oriented: it's usually not in our interest to argue for the sake of it. - Thinking that an enviro/animal law focus will involve any actual contact with nature. You won't be doing field work, you'll be writing donor agreements. [/quote]
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