What makes a good Lawyer?

Strider590

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Coupled with this is the morals of happily stepping all over your peers to move on, as ones success often comes at the detriment to another (or many others) who then have to move on etc. Or so I hear.

And the people you meet on the way up, are the same people you meet on the way down

There's a lot of jumped up manager type's who'd do well to remember that.

Nicki

Combining good legal skills with good people skills is the secret, and it's the only one! You can be the best legal brain in the world but if clients don't like you they will not come back or recommend others to you, and you will not make any money for yourself or your employer. Equally if you are a lovely person but give rubbish advice, you won't get a lot of repeat business.

When 7 year qualified lawyers are headhunted ferociously or offered excellent packages, it is always because they have a sizable following - ie a set of regular clients who will follow them to the new firm. That's the first question you'll be asked at interview at this level, and you will have to prove it too. If you don't have a following by this point in your career, you are unlikely to progress much further in your career.