http://careerstrategiesgroup.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://careerstrategiesgroup.com/the-top-10-reasons-why-lawyers-seek-alternative-careers-part-2-of-2/#comment-3 John Carlson Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:47:26 +0000 http://www.careerstrategiesgroup.com/?p=415#comment-3 Law schools should bear more responsibility for instilling the concept that lawyers are ultimately entrepeneurial businesspersons regardless of whether they practice alone or in a firm. Many young people who attend law school are not aware that having a succesful career as an attorney requires them to think like a small businessperson, and to approach the development of their career from that perspective. Having a successful law practice requires the acquisition of skills that have nothing to do with the "skill" of practicing law, per se. Law schools should bear more responsibility for instilling the concept that lawyers are ultimately entrepeneurial businesspersons regardless of whether they practice alone or in a firm. Many young people who attend law school are not aware that having a succesful career as an attorney requires them to think like a small businessperson, and to approach the development of their career from that perspective. Having a successful law practice requires the acquisition of skills that have nothing to do with the “skill” of practicing law, per se.

]]> http://careerstrategiesgroup.com/the-top-10-reasons-why-lawyers-seek-alternative-careers-part-1-of-2/#comment-2 Daniel B. Kennedy Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:27:04 +0000 http://www.careerstrategiesgroup.com/?p=410#comment-2 Yeah, but at 64 what other options are there? Yeah, but at 64 what other options are there?

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